Perplexity throttles PRO subscribers without prior notice: Difference between revisions
grammar error |
Went more specific on the name of the limited service |
||
| Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
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 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: | ||
*Research: '''600/day -> 20/month''' | *Deep Research: '''600/day -> 20/month''' | ||
*Labs: '''50/month -> 25/month''' | *Labs: '''50/month -> 25/month''' | ||
Since the new web UI didn't show the new limits and no announcement has been done, users have exhausted their monthly allowance in less than a day, having now to wait 1.5 days before they could make another query. This is notably important for users that renew monthly, and a break of trust for annual subscribers, which mid-term has found themselves with a service different from the one they've subscribed to. [[File:2026-02-08-perplexity-new-limits-comparison.webp|alt=Screenshot of queries limits before and after.|thumb|Comparison between queries limits before and after the 2026-02-05 incident.]] | Since the new web UI didn't show the new limits and no announcement has been done, users have exhausted their monthly allowance in less than a day, having now to wait 1.5 days before they could make another query. This is notably important for users that renew monthly, and a break of trust for annual subscribers, which mid-term has found themselves with a service different from the one they've subscribed to. [[File:2026-02-08-perplexity-new-limits-comparison.webp|alt=Screenshot of queries limits before and after.|thumb|Comparison between queries limits before and after the 2026-02-05 incident.]] | ||