Subscription comparison · Anthropic and Perplexity
Claude Ultra vs Perplexity Max
The monthly prices of Claude Ultra and Perplexity Max as each provider lists them, the usage limits each publishes in its own words, and what the terms say about automated use. Features and output quality are not compared.
Calculated impact price per month and over 12 months
Claude Ultra costs $200.00 a month and Perplexity Max $200.00 a month with monthly billing, as listed in the United States on : the same amount.
| Price, USD | Claude Ultra | Perplexity Max | Claude Ultra minus Perplexity Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per month, monthly billing | $200.00 Published | $200.00 Published | $0 |
| Per month, billed yearly | Not listed | $167.00 Published | — |
| 12 months, monthly billing | $2,400.00 | $2,400.00 | $0 |
Calculated 12 months = 12 × the monthly price; prices per person, as listed in the United States on . Sources: Claude Ultra price page · Perplexity Max price page.
Limits in the provider’s words Published quoted with the date read
| What the provider says | Claude Ultra | Perplexity Max |
|---|---|---|
| Usage compared with another plan | “The Ultra plan includes 10 times the Pro plan's usage every week.”support.claude.com, read | Not in our data |
| Reset | “Verified Ultra accounts don't have a five-hour limit. If your account isn't verified yet, a temporary limit applies.”support.claude.com, read | Not in our data |
| Weekly limit | “Ultra plans have a weekly usage limit that applies across all models, and a separate weekly limit for Fable.”support.claude.com, read | Not in our data |
| Coding agent | “Claude Code is included in all paid plans. It shares the same usage limits as the rest of your plan, so your work in the terminal and your chats draw from one pool.”claude.com, read | Not in our data |
| Does this plan have a weekly limit on browser agent queries? | Not in our data | “As a Max subscriber, you receive the highest weekly limit on browser agent queries available across all subscription tiers.”perplexity.ai, read |
| How many files can I upload per chat on Claude Max 20x? | “Chat uploads File size: 500MB per file Number of files: Up to 20 files per chat”support.claude.com, read | Not in our data |
| How many files can I upload per chat on this plan? | “Chat uploads File size: 500MB per file Number of files: Up to 20 files per chat”support.claude.com, read | Not in our data |
| What access to advanced AI models do usage limits give on this plan, in the provider's words? | Not in our data | “Quicker access to the latest advanced AI models by OpenAI, Anthropic and others with new frontier models added as they release. Research and Create files and apps also run on more powerful models.”perplexity.ai, read |
Word for word from each provider’s own pages, each read on at least two different dates; a row says “Not in our data” where we have no such statement for that plan.
Automated use in the terms
What the terms that apply to each plan say about automated access or scraping, which matters if you plan to run the subscription from scripts rather than by hand.
- Claude Ultra — Anthropic Consumer Terms of Service restricts automated access or scraping: “To crawl, scrape, or otherwise harvest data or information from our Services other than as permitted under these Terms.” — read .
- Perplexity Max — Perplexity Terms of Service has no answer on automated access in our data.