Perplexity throttles PRO subscribers without prior notice: Difference between revisions
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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> | *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''' | ||