Perplexity throttles PRO subscribers without prior notice: Difference between revisions

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more incident details, and move of one from response to incident.
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*Labs: '''50/month -> 25/month'''
*Labs: '''50/month -> 25/month'''
*File uploads: '''unlimited -> 50/week'''
*File uploads: '''unlimited -> 50/week'''
Since the new web UI didn't show the new limits and no announcement has been made, users have exhausted their monthly allowance in less than a day, having now to wait 1.5 days before they could make another query, similar for attachments to queries. This is notably important for users that renew monthly, and a break of trust for annual subscribers, which mid-term have found themselves with a service notably 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 made, users have exhausted their monthly allowance in less than a day, having now to wait 1.5 days before they could make another query, similar for attachments to queries. This is notably important for users that renew monthly, and a break of trust for annual subscribers, which mid-term have found themselves with a service notably different from the one they've subscribed to.
 
The usage of a Deep research or Labs query, gets deducted from the normal queries, further reducing their weekly cap.
 
Some users report, that also the use of Perplexity's browser "Comet", deducts queries during use, reducing the queries even more.
 
One user got muted and received a 90 days warn for posting a link to this wiki article, it was valuated non-constructive feedback and eliminated. [[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.]]


==Consumers response==
==Consumers response==
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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.
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.
One user got muted and received a 90 days warn for posting a link to this wiki article, it was valuated non-constructive feedback and eliminated.


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