If you’re evaluating Perplexity AI Enterprise for your company, the biggest questions are: How much does it cost per user? What’s the difference between Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max? And how does API pricing work?
This guide breaks down the current Perplexity AI enterprise pricing structure, plan features, and billing details so you can estimate your budget more accurately.
Perplexity currently offers two main enterprise tiers: Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max.
From Perplexity’s official onboarding and plan comparison pages:
$40 per seat / month
$400 per seat / year (about 20% cheaper than paying monthly)
Enterprise Max
$325 per seat / month
$3,250 per seat / year
Key notes:
Pricing is per active seat (user) inside your organization.
You can mix Pro and Max seats in one organization and adjust seat counts over time. >
Third-party breakdowns and pricing guides are consistent with this “Enterprise from $40/user/month” structure.
Enterprise Pro is the entry-level business plan, aimed at teams that need collaboration tools, security and admin controls beyond the individual Pro/Max plans.
According to Perplexity’s plan comparison: >
Includes everything in individual Pro, plus:
Enterprise-grade data privacy
Enterprise data is never used to train models.
Access to a dedicated Trust Center and stricter privacy controls.
Seat-based admin controls
Centralized seat management (assign, revoke, or upgrade seats).
Admins manage billing, account access, and roles.
Organization-wide knowledge
Organization file repository for shared docs and datasets.
Internal knowledge search across your company files and Spaces.
Higher daily file upload limits with organization-level controls.
Collaboration features
Spaces for teams, with shared threads and knowledge hubs.
Ability to build internal “mini-wikis” or workspaces around topics.
Support & reliability
Dedicated support, targeting responses within about 8 hours for enterprise customers.
Better SLAs than the free or individual Pro plans.
Best for: Teams that want secure AI-assisted research and collaboration, but don’t need the most advanced Labs/Research limits or security options of Max.
Enterprise Max builds on Enterprise Pro and is designed for organizations that want maximum power, highest limits and premium security options.
It includes all Enterprise Pro features, plus:
“Practically unlimited” usage in advanced modes
Very high / effectively unlimited Labs queries (dashboards, spreadsheets, web apps).
Very high / effectively unlimited Research queries for deep, multi-step analysis.
Access to top-tier models in Search
Enterprise Max users get advanced models like o3-pro, GPT-5 Thinking, Opus 4.5 and similar, with no strict usage caps inside Perplexity Search.
Enhanced video generation
Up to 15 AI-generated videos per month, ~8 seconds each with audio in 16:9 landscape.
Much higher file limits
Personal repository (My Files) can host around 10,000 files.
Each Space can host up to 5,000 files.
Premium security & analytics
Organization-wide access (with at least one Max seat) to:
SCIM for user provisioning.
Audit logs.
Configurable data retention.
Insights dashboard for usage analytics.
Top-tier support and early access
Higher-priority support routing.
Early access to new features, tools (like Comet browser integrations, advanced Research modes, etc.).
Best for: Larger orgs or AI-heavy teams that push the limits of Labs/Research, have strict compliance/security needs, or want early access to Perplexity’s newest enterprise capabilities.
Perplexity offers 50% off Enterprise Pro seats for:
Eligible educational institutions (outside the regular student program),
Non-profits, and
Some government agencies.
Discounts are applied at the seat level, so a university or NGO can significantly cut its per-user price.
For organizations needing 250+ seats, Perplexity mentions custom terms:
Negotiable contracts and pricing (“White Glove” tier),
Dedicated Customer Success Manager (CSM),
Custom invoicing and legal terms.
Enterprise customers can typically pay via:
Credit/Debit cards – Visa, Mastercard, American Express.
Invoice (for annual contracts) – usually with short payment terms.
Bank / wire transfer – when you choose invoice billing.
If you have a promotion code for Enterprise:
Sign in and go to the Enterprise page.
Start the onboarding/checkout.
Enter the promo code in the “Add promotion code” box.
The discounted total will show before you complete the purchase.
Perplexity’s docs describe a flexible approach to seat management and upgrading.
Key behaviors:
You only pay for active members.
You invite users by email or share an invite link.
You’re billed only for seats that are actually accepted and active.
Mixing Pro and Max seats
In the same org, some people can stay on Enterprise Pro, while others use Enterprise Max based on workload.
Admins can upgrade a single user from Pro → Max (or downgrade) at any time.
Prorated charges
If you upgrade a Pro seat to Max mid-cycle, you pay a prorated fee based on remaining time until renewal.
Downgrades typically generate a credit applied at the next renewal.
From individual Pro/Max to Enterprise
If someone already pays for an individual Pro/Max subscription and joins an Enterprise org, the individual plan is cancelled and unused time is credited towards Enterprise billing.
The seat-based Enterprise Pro/Max plans do not include API usage – Perplexity’s own docs explicitly say that API credits must be purchased separately.
If your use case includes embedding Perplexity’s search/LLM into your product or data pipelines, you’ll also look at Sonar API pricing:
Perplexity’s docs and third-party guides indicate that base Sonar models cost roughly $0.20–$1.00 per 1M tokens, depending on model size (small/medium/large).
Sonar Pro – the advanced reasoning/search model – is typically priced around:
$3 per 1M input tokens
$15 per 1M output tokens, plus per-request or per-search fees in some contexts.
Exact API prices can vary by region, partner and latest updates, so it’s best to:
Check the official Sonar pricing docs or
Contact sales for high-volume or dedicated-infrastructure pricing.
Here’s a quick decision framework based on Perplexity’s own “which plan is right for you” guide:
Choose Individual Pro if:
You’re a single user doing intensive research, content or coding, and
You don’t need admin controls or organization-wide knowledge.
Choose Enterprise Pro if:
You’re a business, startup, agency, or department that needs:
Seat management and billing control,
Shared Spaces and knowledge repositories,
Stronger data-privacy guarantees.
Choose Enterprise Max if:
You’re a larger org, AI-heavy team, or regulated company that needs:
Very high Labs/Research usage,
Maximum file limits and collaboration at scale,
Advanced models and security features like SCIM, audit logs, and data retention policies.
Add Sonar API if:
You want to embed Perplexity’s search/LLM into your own apps, dashboards, or automations, beyond the web UI.
Because enterprise pricing depends on seat count, Max vs Pro mix, discounts, and potential API usage, the most accurate quote will always come from Perplexity’s sales team via the Enterprise page.
When you talk to them, be ready with:
Approximate number of users (and which ones might need Max),
Expected workloads (daily research volume, Labs/Research heavy teams),
Any compliance needs (SOC 2, HIPAA, data residency, etc.),
Whether you’ll also be using Sonar API.
All prices here are based on the most recent official help-center articles and trusted third-party breakdowns as of late 2026. Perplexity can change pricing or feature limits at any time, so always double-check the current details on the official Enterprise and Sonar pricing pages before you sign a contract.
