Reader, it's not cheap. Perplexity Max costs $200 per month or $2,000 a year; the tier down, Perplexity Pro, costs $20 per month or $200 per year. It's the same monthly price as the top tier of OpenAI's offering, ChatGPT Pro; in comparison, the most expensive tier of Google's AI, Gemini, is Google AI Ultra, which costs $249.99 per month.

Claude, ChatGPT, and Google Gemini all have $200+ monthly subscription tiers to access the best AI features, and Perplexity Max is now joining the group with early access to in-development features from the search-oriented AI company.