Generated 2026-06-29
Vendor risk report · 2026-06-29
Perplexity
ai-search · Perplexity · founded 2022
Nerf Index
10
clean
Executive Summary
1 major change on record.
Primary use case: AI search + answers.
Risk Profile
1
Total receipts
0
Critical
1
Major
0
Last 90 days
43
Peak nerf score
major
Avg severity
n/a
Cadence
Series C
Funding stage
12-Month Forecast
24%
Next 30 days
43%
Next 60 days
57%
Next 90 days
Most likely change kind: rate-limit-cut · Expected severity: major
Observed 1 receipt over 1 days (cadence ~30d). Last receipt 329 days ago. Most common kind: rate-limit-cut.
Receipts (chronological)
- 2025-08-04 · major · nerf 43 · rate-limit-cutPerplexity Pro daily search cap drops from 600 to 300 with no changelog entryPro 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.Predicted impact: 28-49% of paid users · ~$7-$56 per user
Recommendations
- Low risk. Vendor has demonstrated stable behavior over the observed period.
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