Perplexity Comet Pricing Explained (2026)

The direct answer: Perplexity Comet is free for everyone. Perplexity dropped the Comet paywall on March 18, 2026, so the full agentic browser — agentic search, page summarization, voice mode, the shopping assistant, and Deep Research — costs $0 on iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac. You only start paying if you want premium publisher content inside answers (Comet Plus at $5/mo) or the higher limits and top-tier models in Perplexity Pro ($20/mo) and Perplexity Max ($200/mo).

So Comet's pricing isn't really "browser pricing" at all — the browser is the free front end for Perplexity's subscription ladder. Here's every plan side by side, then what each tier actually unlocks.

Plan	Price	What's included
Comet (browser)	$0	Full agentic browser: agentic search, page summarization, voice mode, shopping assistant, Deep Research. Cross-platform (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac).
Comet Plus	$5/mo add-on	Premium publisher content surfaced inside Comet's AI answers. Free for Pro & Max.
Perplexity Pro	$20/mo	Comet Plus included, higher usage and model limits, Pro search.
Perplexity Max	$200/mo ($2,000/yr)	Perplexity Computer (agentic action layer), Model Council (parallel multi-model answers), unrestricted Claude Opus 4.6 + GPT-5.2.
Comet Enterprise	Custom	macOS + Windows, silent MDM deployment, admin action policies.

Is Comet really free?

Yes, genuinely. Since the paywall dropped on March 18, 2026, anyone can download Comet and use the agentic browser at no cost, with no trial clock and no credit card. This isn't a stripped-down "lite" build either — the free tier keeps the features people actually came for.

That includes agentic search (the browser doing multi-step research and taking actions for you), page summarization on any tab, voice mode, the shopping assistant, and Deep Research for longer citation-backed reports. Comet is also the only cross-platform pick in this category, running on iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac, so you're not locked to one OS the way you are with some rivals. If you want the full feature-by-feature take, our Perplexity Comet review walks through how well each of those actually works.

Comet Plus ($5) — what it adds

Comet Plus is a $5/month add-on, and it changes the content in your answers, not the features of the browser. It surfaces premium publisher content — paywalled journalism and licensed sources — inside Comet's AI responses, so answers can draw on material the free web index doesn't reach.

The important detail: Comet Plus is included free with both Perplexity Pro and Max. So the standalone $5 charge only matters if you're staying on the free browser but want richer sourcing. If you were already considering Pro or Max, don't pay for Comet Plus separately — it's folded in.

Perplexity Pro ($20) — worth it?

Perplexity Pro is $20/month, and for heavy researchers it's the sweet-spot plan. It bundles Comet Plus for free, raises your usage and model limits well above the free ceiling, and turns on Pro search — the stronger reasoning models handling more queries per day.

Do the math and it reads well: at $20 you're effectively getting the $5 Comet Plus content plus higher limits and better models, so the marginal cost over Comet Plus alone is $15/month for a real capability bump. If you run Deep Research reports daily, synthesize across dozens of tabs, or hit the free tier's caps, Pro pays for itself fast. For lighter users, the free browser is still plenty. See where Pro sits against the competition in our best AI browsers roundup.

Perplexity Max ($200) — who it's for

Perplexity Max is $200/month, or $2,000/year if you commit annually. It's a power-user tier, and the jump from Pro's $20 is steep, so it only makes sense if you'll use what it unlocks.

Max adds three things Pro doesn't have. Perplexity Computer is an agentic action layer that lets the assistant carry out longer, more autonomous workflows on your behalf. Model Council runs your query through several flagship models in parallel and shows their answers side by side, which is useful when you want to cross-check a hard question. And you get unrestricted access to the top models — Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.2 — without the throttling the lower tiers impose. Unless you're leaning on that agentic Computer or genuinely need multiple frontier models at once, $200/month is far more than most people should spend.

Comet Enterprise

Comet Enterprise, launched in March 2026, is priced custom and aimed at IT-managed rollouts rather than individuals. Pricing scales with seat count and requirements, so you contact Perplexity's sales team rather than picking it off a page.

It covers macOS and Windows, supports silent MDM deployment so admins can push the browser across a fleet without user setup, and adds admin-controlled action policies that govern what the agent is allowed to do. If you're deploying Comet to a team and need governance over its agentic actions, this is the tier — otherwise, ignore it.

Is Comet worth paying for?

For most people, no — and that's a compliment. The free Comet browser already handles the core agentic work, so the honest default is: stay on free and don't spend anything until you feel a specific ceiling.

If you do hit one, Perplexity Pro at $20/month is the sweet spot for heavy researchers. It folds in Comet Plus, lifts the usage and model limits, and unlocks Pro search, so it's the one upgrade that pays off for daily research work. Max at $200/month is only for power users who want the agentic Perplexity Computer, Model Council's parallel answers, and unrestricted Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.2 — a small slice of users, not the average person. And Comet Plus at $5 standalone only makes sense if you want premium publisher sourcing but aren't ready for Pro. If you're weighing Comet against OpenAI's browser first, our Comet vs ChatGPT Atlas comparison covers how the free agent stacks up before you spend a cent.