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Up to the event, Perplexity had offered:
Up to the event, Perplexity had offered:


*600 daily Deep Research queries, which is the mode that most distinguishes the AI platform. It takes 3-5 minutes for the answer, acting like an agent
*Unlimited queries<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-16 |title=How does Perplexity work? |url=https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/10352895-how-does-perplexity-work |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250918164004/https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/10352895-how-does-perplexity-work |archive-date=2025-09-18 |access-date=2026-02-16 |website=perplexity.ai}}</ref>, this is the common query, the action of writing a query and pressing send;
*50 Labs queries, which takes around 10 minutes to complete the iterations, and this is a mode to generate outputs that are entire webpages/apps.
*600 daily Deep Research queries, which is the mode that most distinguishes the AI platform. It takes 3-5 minutes for the answer, acting like an agent;
*Unlimited<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-07 |title=Perplexity PRO subscribe page |url=https://www.perplexity.ai/pro |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250807201456/https://www.perplexity.ai/pro |archive-date=2025-08-07 |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=perplexity.ai}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Benzinger |first=Jessica |last2=Bengian |first2=Richard |date=2025-08-11 |title=What Perplexity Pro has to offer - Yahoo Finance News |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/bell-partners-with-perplexity-to-bring-advanced-ai-search-tools-to-customers-895273524.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819065509/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/bell-partners-with-perplexity-to-bring-advanced-ai-search-tools-to-customers-895273524.html |archive-date=2025-08-19 |access-date=2026-02-14 |work=Cision - newswire - Bell Canada}}</ref> file uploads. When making queries, users can attach files to have them analyzed.
*50 Labs queries, which takes around 10 minutes to complete the iterations, and this is a mode to generate outputs that are entire webpages/apps;
*Unlimited file uploads<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-07 |title=Perplexity PRO subscribe page |url=https://www.perplexity.ai/pro |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250807201456/https://www.perplexity.ai/pro |archive-date=2025-08-07 |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=perplexity.ai}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Benzinger |first=Jessica |last2=Bengian |first2=Richard |date=2025-08-11 |title=What Perplexity Pro has to offer - Yahoo Finance News |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/bell-partners-with-perplexity-to-bring-advanced-ai-search-tools-to-customers-895273524.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819065509/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/bell-partners-with-perplexity-to-bring-advanced-ai-search-tools-to-customers-895273524.html |archive-date=2025-08-19 |access-date=2026-02-14 |work=Cision - newswire - Bell Canada}}</ref>. When making queries, users can attach files to have them analyzed.


Deep Research is one of the main reasons why customers subscribes to the PRO plan, and file uploads are important, particularly for research/students use.
Deep Research is one of the main reasons why customers subscribes to the PRO plan, and file uploads are important, particularly for research/students use.
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==Incident==
==Incident==
Perplexity has deliberately reduced monthly queries for Pro users without prior notice for all their Pro user base.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-05 |title=Reddit reports |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/perplexity_ai/comments/1qwhej3/9989_reduction_in_research_quota_over_night/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260208223836/https://www.reddit.com/r/perplexity_ai/comments/1qwhej3/9989_reduction_in_research_quota_over_night/ |archive-date=2026-02-08 |access-date=2026-02-08 |website=Reddit}}</ref> The new limits are the followings:
Perplexity has deliberately reduced monthly and daily queries for Pro users without prior notice for all their Pro user base.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-05 |title=Reddit reports |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/perplexity_ai/comments/1qwhej3/9989_reduction_in_research_quota_over_night/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260208223836/https://www.reddit.com/r/perplexity_ai/comments/1qwhej3/9989_reduction_in_research_quota_over_night/ |archive-date=2026-02-08 |access-date=2026-02-08 |website=Reddit}}</ref> The new limits are the followings:


*Queries: '''Unlimited -> 200/day'''
*Deep Research: '''600/day -> 20/month'''
*Deep Research: '''600/day -> 20/month'''
*Labs: '''50/month -> 25/month'''
*Labs: '''50/month -> 25/month'''