Subscription comparison · Google and Perplexity
Google AI Ultra, 20x tier (Gemini) vs Perplexity Max
The monthly prices of Google AI Ultra, 20x tier (Gemini) 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
Google AI Ultra, 20x tier (Gemini) costs $199.99 a month and Perplexity Max $200.00 a month with monthly billing, as listed in the United States on , so Google AI Ultra, 20x tier (Gemini) is $0.01 a month less than Perplexity Max (0.0 %): $0.12 less over 12 months.
| Price, USD | Google AI Ultra, 20x tier (Gemini) | Perplexity Max | Google AI Ultra, 20x tier (Gemini) minus Perplexity Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per month, monthly billing | $199.99 Published | $200.00 Published | −$0.01 (−0.0 %) |
| Per month, billed yearly | Not listed | $167.00 Published | — |
| 12 months, monthly billing | $2,399.88 | $2,400.00 | −$0.12 |
Calculated 12 months = 12 × the monthly price; prices per person, as listed in the United States on . Sources: Google AI Ultra, 20x tier (Gemini) price page · Perplexity Max price page.
Limits in the provider’s words Published quoted with the date read
| What the provider says | Google AI Ultra, 20x tier (Gemini) | Perplexity Max |
|---|---|---|
| Usage compared with another plan | “$199.99 / month: 20x higher usage limits vs. AI Pro”gemini.google, read | Not in our data |
| Reset | “Your limit refreshes every 5 hours until you reach your weekly limit.”support.google.com, read | Not in our data |
| Coding agent | “Ultra 20x: Highest rate limits to agent model in Google Antigravity”gemini.google, 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 large is the context window on this plan? | “AI Pro & AI Ultra 1 million tokens”support.google.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.
- Google AI Ultra, 20x tier (Gemini) — the terms that apply to this plan are not in our data.
- Perplexity Max — Perplexity Terms of Service has no answer on automated access in our data.