Perplexity Max: 200 US dollars per month

Anyone who takes out a Perplexity Max subscription gets unlimited access to the provider's services as well as access to future services. However, this also costs 200 US dollars per month. AI services are becoming noticeably pricier. OpenAI, Anthropic and Google also have similarly expensive subscriptions up their sleeves, but OpenAI has already publicly considered much more expensive access.

In addition to the regular AI answer engine, as they call their main service, Perplexity Max also includes access to Labs. This is an orchestration tool that people can use to create dashboards, presentations, and web applications. Labs is already available for Pro users, but is limited.

In addition, all new applications are available to subscribers first. They will also have immediate access when Perplexity's AI browser Comet is released. Further benefits have been announced, but these have not yet been specified. New products are constantly being released, Perplexity assures in the blog post.

Perplexity Max for academics and content creators

The scope of services also includes access to other AI models, such as OpenAI's o3-pro and Claude Opus 4, although Perplexity actually has its AI model, which is apparently no longer particularly relevant.

Perplexity Max is aimed at people who need the service for their work. The blog post mentions content creators, for example, who can make use of the research capabilities. Academics would also benefit. The advantage over other providers is certainly the ability to choose the model according to your needs. Whether this justifies 200 US dollars a month, or whether it can be saved elsewhere, the answer to this question is likely to vary.

Either way, financing AI services is difficult for all providers. Operation and development cost a lot of money. Subscriptions for 20 US dollars or euros per month cannot compensate for this in the long term.

(emw)