Perplexity Pro daily search cap drops from 600 to 300 with no changelog entry
Pro subscribers paying $20/mo found their daily Pro Search quota silently halved. The change was announced only after multiple users reported hitting the cap, and Perplexity initially denied any cap existed before walking that back.
What changed
Panel verdict· 3 frontier models · sealed rubric · Brier-scored
- claude-haiku-4-5ruling · harmful
Pro subscribers paying for advertised unlimited got halved without notice or refund window.
64 - gpt-5-nanoruling · harmful
Material reduction in paid product value. Discoverability of new limit was poor.
58 - gemini-2-5-flashruling · harmful
Cap reduction with no advance notice violates standard SaaS expectations.
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Each model graded independently behind a sealed rubric. Verdicts are immutable and Brier-scored against subsequent reality — a public model-accuracy leaderboard, on us.
Response· vendor statement · uncontested
UNCONTESTEDPerplexity has not publicly addressed this change.284 days since filing · response window has closed · this receipt is marked uncontested.
Predicted impact · est.
medium confidenceHeuristic estimate. Heavy users feel it most; pro-rated by usage profile. How we estimate ↗
Context · narrative
Perplexity Pro shipped with an advertised 'unlimited' Pro Search tier at $20/mo. Power users started hitting daily caps around early August 2025. The change appeared in support forum responses before any official notice. Perplexity's CEO later acknowledged the cap exists but did not commit to public quotas going forward.