How much does Perplexity Comet cost?

Comet is free on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. Perplexity Pro is $20 a month and Max $200 a month, both including Comet Plus, which is $5 standalone. Comet for Enterprise comes with Enterprise Pro at $40 a seat a month ($400 a year) or Enterprise Max at $325 ($3,250 a year).

Does Perplexity Comet have SOC 2, SSO and role based access control?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. Perplexity Comet publishes public evidence of enterprise security and identity controls, covering a compliance posture such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001, single sign on (SSO or SAML), and role based access control (RBAC). Evidence basis: Admins on Comet Enterprise control which members get Comet, whether the agent may control the browser, per domain agent permissions and 500+ Chromium policies deployed by MDM, and Perplexity Enterprise states SSO and SCIM. SOC 2 Type II and. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Does Perplexity Comet give you tracing and observability into agent runs?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. Perplexity Comet publishes public evidence of tracing, observability and audit logging into agent runs, so a team can see what an agent did and why. Evidence basis: Comet Enterprise keeps audit logs tracking user browser activity and administrative actions (from 50 Enterprise Pro seats or any Enterprise Max seat) and gives admins native telemetry and analytics on AI use; the log fields are not itemized. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

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Perplexity Comet

Q: Who is Perplexity Comet for?

Researchers and analysts, Writers and knowledge workers, Founders and students, Power users who treat the browser as a workspace

Q: What are the best alternatives to Perplexity Comet?

Based on documented capability coverage across the Agentic Index 14 point taxonomy, the closest alternatives to Perplexity Comet among browser and computer-use agents are Island, Manus, Asteroid, Automat AI. Each is graded on the same public evidence, and no vendor pays for placement.

Also known as: Perplexity Comet, Comet Browser

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Browser / computer-use agentfirst party productVerified 2026-09-27

Entry priceComet is free; Perplexity Pro $20 a month, Max $200 a month; Enterprise Pro $40 a seat a month, Enterprise Max $325Full pricing detail

Free AI native Chromium browser from Perplexity whose assistant reads across your tabs and whose agent clicks, fills forms and completes tasks like booking, shopping and email once you grant permission, with enterprise admin controls, audit logs and MDM deployment.

Perplexity Comet is an AI native web browser built on Chromium by Perplexity, the company behind the citation first answer engine. It imports Chrome data and runs Chrome Web Store extensions, and puts two AI modes on every tab. The Comet Assistant, in a sidebar, summarizes pages and emails, answers questions about open tabs by voice or text, and cross references content across tabs. The Comet Agent acts: it clicks, fills forms and navigates sites autonomously, and works in connected Gmail, Calendar and Drive accounts to book, shop, schedule and send on the user's behalf.

Comet asks permission before it takes control of the browser and holds approval checkpoints for sensitive actions, with an Always Allow option that organization admins can switch off. Background Assistants run several agentic tasks at once for Max subscribers, reusable shortcuts turn repeated prompts into commands, and the Perplexity account memory carries saved preferences across devices and sessions. The Comet agent defaults to Claude Sonnet 4.6 on Pro and Opus 4.6 on Max, with other models selectable. Browsing data, cookies and passwords stay on the device.

Comet is free on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android, with deeper use through Perplexity Pro and Max. Comet for Enterprise adds MDM deployment with 500+ Chromium policies, per domain agent permissions, member access controls, audit logs and telemetry, under Perplexity Enterprise's SSO, SCIM, SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA. It fits knowledge workers who live in the browser and want it to act rather than just display; buyers with strict requirements should weigh third party reports of prompt injection in agentic browsers against the enterprise permission controls.

Vendor details

Canonical URL

https://www.perplexity.ai/comet

Subcategory

AI native agentic web browser

Funding status

A product of Perplexity AI, an independent, very well funded company led by CEO Aravind Srinivas. Perplexity raised about two hundred million dollars around June 5, 2026 at a valuation near twenty billion dollars, bringing total funding to roughly one point seven two billion dollars. Comet itself is offered free as a strategic surface, with monetization through Perplexity Pro and Max subscriptions and the Comet Plus publisher tier.

Company status

first party product

Use cases & customers

Primary use cases

Agentic tasks across tabs like booking, forms, and price comparisonCross tab research synthesis and Deep Research in the browserDelegated everyday tasks like inbox and shoppingScheduled background tasks via Max Background Assistants

Target customers

Researchers and analystsWriters and knowledge workersFounders and studentsPower users who treat the browser as a workspace

Deployment options

Desktop app (Mac, Windows)Mobile app (iOS, Android)Enterprise MDM deployment

Integrations

A Chromium browser that imports Chrome data and runs Chrome Web Store extensions; the agent operates any website and acts in Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Drive through opt in Perplexity connectors; enterprise deployment through MDM with 500+ Chromium policies. Perplexity's separate API Platform is not a Comet API.

In practice

A user types compare the pricing of the top three project management tools into the sidebar. Comet opens tabs, reads each page, and returns a synthesized comparison with citations.

An analyst has ten research tabs open and asks Comet to summarize findings across all of them, surface common themes, and flag contradictions, something a sandboxed extension cannot do.

A Max user sets a Background Assistant to summarize the morning's emails and the day's meetings at 8:30 AM daily, running hands free on a schedule.

Sources & related URLs

Related / legacy domains

https://www.perplexity.ai/pro

Research sources

https://www.perplexity.ai/comet https://www.switchtools.io/blog/perplexity-comet-ai-agent-browser https://www.eesel.ai/blog/perplexity-comet-pricing https://felloai.com/perplexity-pricing/ https://theplanettools.ai/tools/perplexity-comet https://www.techtimes.com/articles/318028/20260608/perplexity-raises-200-million-comet-ai-browser-agent-economy-front-door.htm

Agentic Index coverage score

9.5 / 14 capabilities · 68%

Integrations & Tool Calling	Full
The Comet Agent acts in connected accounts such as Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Drive through Perplexity connectors the user opts into and can revoke, sending email and scheduling meetings on the user's behalf. Sourceperplexity.ai/comet/resources/articles/comet-assistant-vs-agentread 2026-09-27
Workflow Orchestration	Full
The agent completes multi step workflows across several tabs at once (booking, unsubscribing, cart management), and Background Assistants run several agentic tasks simultaneously and asynchronously from one page where the user handles confirmations and follow ups. Sourceperplexity.ai/changelog/what-we-shipped-october-3rdread 2026-09-27
Knowledge Grounding & RAG	Partial
Answers are grounded in Perplexity web search with citations and across open tabs, and personal search draws on browsing history and connected Gmail; that is context assembled per query from outside sources, and no maintained index over the customer's own knowledge is documented for Comet. Sourceperplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/11172798-getting-started-with-cometread 2026-09-27
Human Oversight & Guardrails	Full
Comet asks the user's permission before it takes control of the browser and holds approval checkpoints for sensitive actions; an Always Allow option exists, and enterprise admins can disable browser control or Always Allow and set per domain Browser Control, Read Only or No Access. Sourceperplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/13531023-managing-comet-assistant-permissionsread 2026-09-27
Security, Identity & Governance	Full
Admins on Comet Enterprise control which members get Comet, whether the agent may control the browser, per domain agent permissions and 500+ Chromium policies deployed by MDM, and Perplexity Enterprise states SSO and SCIM. SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA are stated on the enterprise pages. Sourceperplexity.ai/enterprise/cometread 2026-09-27
Observability & Auditability	Full
Comet Enterprise keeps audit logs tracking user browser activity and administrative actions (from 50 Enterprise Pro seats or any Enterprise Max seat) and gives admins native telemetry and analytics on AI use; the log fields are not itemized. Individual users watch the agent act in the browser. Sourceperplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/12781449-comet-for-enterpriseread 2026-09-27
Memory & State Persistence	Partial
Comet uses the Perplexity account memory: saved memories and the search library persist across devices and sessions, users review and delete them under Preferences, Memory, and the assistant applies remembered preferences when operating the browser; agent actions are not stored, and no lifetime is stated. Sourceperplexity.ai/help-center/comet/en/articles/12658438-comet-memoryread 2026-09-27
Deployment & Data Residency	Not documented
Browsing data, cookies and credentials stay on the user's device and agent requests are processed in Perplexity's cloud; enterprise MDM deployment installs the browser but no region selection, VPC or self hosted agent option is documented. Sourceperplexity.ai/comet/resources/articles/comet-data-privacy-security-faq-sread 2026-09-27
Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs	Partial
A basic default set of query shortcuts ships with a library described as coming soon, and the Resource Hub has a prompt library; the default set is not enumerated, and user created shortcuts are assets the customer assembles. Sourceperplexity.ai/help-center/comet/en/articles/11906981-comet-query-shortcutsread 2026-09-27
Triggers & Channel Coverage	Partial
The user hands the agent work from the sidebar, voice, a shortcut or the mobile apps, and the Max Email Assistant takes tasks when cc'd on a thread; no schedule, recurring run or webhook is documented for Comet first party, and Background Assistants are parallel, not scheduled. Sourceperplexity.ai/help-center/comet/en/articles/11906981-comet-query-shortcutsread 2026-09-27
Model Flexibility & Routing	Full
Model selection has its own experience in Comet, and a shortcut can pin its model; the Comet agent defaults to Claude Sonnet 4.6 on Pro and Opus 4.6 on Max, with Gemini 3.1 Pro available to Pro and Max subscribers, so the user picks among providers. The Comet model list is not published separately from the Search list. Sourceperplexity.ai/changelog/what-we-shipped---february-20th-2026read 2026-09-27
APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility	Partial
Comet runs Chrome Web Store extensions and takes 500+ Chromium policies from an admin's MDM, but no API or SDK that lets an outside caller drive Comet or its agent is documented; Perplexity's API Platform is a separate product. Sourceperplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/12781449-comet-for-enterpriseread 2026-09-27
Testing, Debugging & Optimization	Not documented
The 23 percent improvement over the previous assistant is a vendor benchmark of its own product rather than an evaluation surface, and no evaluation harness, scored test cases or quality gate for the agent is documented. Sourceperplexity.ai/hub/blog/the-new-comet-assistantread 2026-09-27
Browser & Computer Use	Full
Comet is a Chromium browser whose agent clicks buttons, fills forms and navigates websites autonomously across several tabs, booking, shopping and sending on the user's behalf once permitted. Sourceperplexity.ai/comet/resources/articles/comet-assistant-vs-agentread 2026-09-27

The Agentic Index coverage score grades every vendor Full, Partial or Not documented against the same 14 buyer facing capabilities, from public evidence only. Each capability links to how all vendors in the index score on it. How this evidence is graded

Recent platform changes

2026-10-02·Browser/computer usePartially Verified

Browser tasks can now be started from the Comet Assistant on iPhone and iPad, in Comet for iOS 26.38.0. The release note names the feature without describing its limits.

Bears on: Browser/computer use

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2026-08-25·Deployment / data residencyVerified

Perplexity launched Portable Computer, a fully local version of its agent platform co-designed with Nvidia. The agent runs entirely on-device using RTX GPUs or Nvidia DGX Spark and accesses remote capabilities only on demand.

Bears on: Deployment / data residency

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View all 2 changes for Perplexity Comet →Tracked since Aug 2026 · Verified from public vendor sources

Pricing

Comet is free; Perplexity Pro $20 a month, Max $200 a month; Enterprise Pro $40 a seat a month, Enterprise Max $325

free browser; capability gated by flat Perplexity subscription tiers plus a small publisher add on

Free tierTrial available

What is public

The free browser, Pro and Max monthly prices, Comet Plus at $5, and Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max per seat prices, monthly and annual, are all published.

Billing mechanics

The browser is free. Capability scales through flat Perplexity subscriptions, Pro and Max, which include Comet Plus; Comet for Enterprise is part of per seat Enterprise Pro ($40 a month or $400 a year) and Enterprise Max ($325 a month or $3,250 a year), with discounts for 250 or more members through sales.

Cost watchouts

Background Assistants and the Email Assistant sit on Max at $200 a month, and enterprise audit logs need 50 Enterprise Pro seats or an Enterprise Max seat.

Variable cost rationale

Comet is a free browser and its paid tiers are flat monthly or annual subscriptions, so there is little usage based cost exposure for the browser itself; only the Max tier carries a monthly credit pool for the separate Labs and Computer features.

Additional watchouts

Free is generous but uses lighter models; the differentiating agent depth, model choice, and Background Assistants require Max at $200 per month, a ten times jump from Pro.

Sales call required

No, self serve available

Free / trial

The browser is free on macOS, Windows, Android, and iOS with no account required for core agentic features

Lowest paid plan

Perplexity Pro at $20 a month

Key ambiguities

How much of the agentic value a given user gets on the free tier versus needing Pro or Max, since free users get lighter models and reduced automation depth.

Missing data

Annual prices for individual Pro and Max are not shown on the pricing page; which Comet agent features the free tier includes is not itemized.

Agentic Index verified 2026-09-27

Official pricing page

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Alternatives to Perplexity Comet

The closest documented capability profiles to Perplexity Comet among browser and computer-use agents tracked by Agentic Index, ordered by similarity on the same 14 point evidence the rankings use. No vendor pays for placement.

Island9.0 / 14Adds documented Deployment & Data Residency
Manus10.0 / 14Fuller documented coverage on Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs and Triggers & Channel CoveragePerplexity Comet vs Manus →
Asteroid11.5 / 14Adds documented Testing, Debugging & Optimization
Automat AI11.5 / 14Adds documented Deployment & Data Residency and Testing, Debugging & Optimization
Opera Neon7.5 / 14Fuller documented coverage on Triggers & Channel Coverage
Skyvern11.5 / 14Adds documented Deployment & Data Residency and Testing, Debugging & Optimization

Similarity is computed from each vendor's Agentic Index coverage score evidence, axis by axis, not from the totals. How this evidence is graded

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Data confidence: high

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