Does Claude or Perplexity have a free plan?

Both do. Claude and Perplexity each offer a free tier, so you can try either without paying.

Claude vs Perplexity

A side-by-side look at Claude and Perplexity: what each costs to start, whether there is a free plan, how easy they are to pick up, and which features and integrations they cover.

Which should you choose?

Choose Claude if

Writers, analysts and researchers working with long documents
Developers who want a coding agent bundled with a chat subscription
Small teams that want a shared assistant without a large seat minimum

Visit Claude

Choose Perplexity if

Researchers, analysts and journalists who have to open every source they cite
Competitor, market and product research where a checkable trail matters more than polish
Anyone who wants to compare answers from several frontier models in one place
Teams replacing an hour of desk research a day with cited summaries

Visit Perplexity

Cheapest to start

Not confirmed

Free plan

Claude, Perplexity

Highest editor rating

Claude · 4.6

Key differences

Listed for Claude but not Perplexity: Audit logs and Long-form content.
Only Claude lists CLI among its platforms.

Comparison of Claude and Perplexity
Compare	Claude Visit site	Perplexity Visit site
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Free trial	No	No
Starting price	From $20/mo	From $17/mo
Editor rating	4.6	4.3
Ease of use	Very easy (5/5)	Very easy (5/5)
Category	AI	AI
Pricing model	Free plan; Pro is $20 per month ($17 billed annually), Max is $100 or $200 per month; Team is $25 per user per month ($20 annually) with a 2-seat minimum; Enterprise is annual with per-seat plus usage pricing.	Free tier with a small daily quota of Pro searches. The individual plans are published on annual billing: Pro $17 a month and Max $167 a month, each billed yearly; Education Pro is $10 a month with SheerID verification. Enterprise Pro starts at $40 per seat a month ($400 a year) and Enterprise Max is $271 per seat a month.
Plans	Free — Free Pro — $20/mo Max — $100/mo Team — $25/user/mo	Free — Free Pro — $17/mo Max — $167/mo Enterprise Pro — $40/user/mo Enterprise Max — $271/user/mo
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Browser extension, API, CLI	Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Browser extension, API
Integrations	Asana, Canva, GitHub, Gmail, Google Workspace, Jira, Microsoft 365, Notion, Slack, Zapier	Dropbox, GitHub, Gmail, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Notion, Outlook, Slack, WhatsApp
Best for	Writers, analysts and researchers working with long documents Developers who want a coding agent bundled with a chat subscription Small teams that want a shared assistant without a large seat minimum	Researchers, analysts and journalists who have to open every source they cite Competitor, market and product research where a checkable trail matters more than polish Anyone who wants to compare answers from several frontier models in one place Teams replacing an hour of desk research a day with cited summaries
Pros	Strong long-document reading, analysis and natural prose Claude Code and Cowork agents included with Pro and above Projects, Artifacts and file creation for documents, spreadsheets and slides Connectors to Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Notion, Jira, GitHub and more Team plan starts at 2 seats	Every answer carries numbered citations that can be checked Choice of frontier models from several vendors on Pro Deep Research and Perplexity Computer turn one prompt into a structured report, dashboard or small app Comet browser and WhatsApp bot extend it beyond the chat window Enterprise tier searches internal files from Drive, SharePoint, Dropbox and GitHub
Cons	No native image generation Usage windows on Pro can run out during heavy coding or agent sessions Free tier limits are low and vary with demand Enterprise pricing adds usage charges on top of seats	Answers can still misread or misattribute sources Free tier's Pro search and Research quotas are small, and the paid allowances are described rather than published as fixed numbers Max at $167 a month is a serious subscription, and most people never reach the usage that justifies it The plan page publishes annual pricing only, so the month-to-month cost is not shown before you sign up Ongoing publisher lawsuits create uncertainty about future source coverage
AI agents	Yes	Yes
AI assistant	Yes	Yes
AI content generation	Yes	Yes
API access	Yes	Yes
Audit logs	Yes	No
Browser extension	Yes	Yes
Desktop app	Yes	Yes
Long-form content	Yes	No
Mobile app	Yes	Yes
Multi-language support	Yes	Yes
Roles & permissions	Yes	Yes
SSO / SAML	Yes	Yes

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