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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
*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
* 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.
*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<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> file uploads. When making queries, users can attach files to have them analyzed.
*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> file uploads. 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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Some users<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-07 |title=Cancelled my pro subscription after the recent Deep Research limits |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/perplexity_ai/comments/1qy9pc4/cancelled_my_pro_subscription_after_the_recent/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=Reddit}}</ref> have cancelled their subscription.
Some users<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-07 |title=Cancelled my pro subscription after the recent Deep Research limits |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/perplexity_ai/comments/1qy9pc4/cancelled_my_pro_subscription_after_the_recent/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=Reddit}}</ref> have cancelled their subscription.


One user has started a petition<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desm |first=Mark |date=2026-02-09 |title=Hold Perplexity accountable for unlimited claims |url=https://www.change.org/p/hold-perplexity-accountable-for-unlimited-claims |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260210234656/https://www.change.org/p/hold-perplexity-accountable-for-unlimited-claims |archive-date=2026-02-11 |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=change.org}}</ref> on change.org, over 80 people have signed on the first day. Perplexity is actively removing the petition link whenever gets posted on the server.
One user has started a petition<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desm |first=Mark |date=2026-02-09 |title=Hold Perplexity accountable for unlimited claims |url=https://www.change.org/p/hold-perplexity-accountable-for-unlimited-claims |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260210234656/https://www.change.org/p/hold-perplexity-accountable-for-unlimited-claims |archive-date=2026-02-10 |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=change.org}}</ref> on change.org, over 80 people have signed on the first day. Perplexity is actively removing the petition link whenever gets posted on the server.


==Perplexity response==
==Perplexity response==