Perplexity

Current free tier

What's free

Unlimited quick AI searches with citations.

Limits

~5 Pro searches / day, a few Deep Research runs / day

The catch

No Labs or premium model picker on the free plan; Deep Research is capped to a handful of runs a day.

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Change history

• 2026-07-04

  Limits changed.
  Before: ~5 Pro searches / day
  After: ~5 Pro searches / day, a few Deep Research runs / day

• 2026-07-04

  The catch changed.
  Before: No Deep Research, Labs or premium model picker on the free plan.
  After: No Labs or premium model picker on the free plan; Deep Research is capped to a handful of runs a day. (Correction: Perplexity's own Deep Research announcement says non-subscribers get a limited number of runs per day, so 'No Deep Research' was too absolute.)