SCANNING● LIVE DATAUTC 2026-06-29 00:00:00
VENDORS 23RECEIPTS 32CRITICAL 57D 0 NEWv0.9.4-rc1
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✓Filed by gotnerfed.comCase #P-2022-244Classification CLEAN-trackOpened 2025-08-04Last scanned 2026-06-29 01:00 UTCACTIVE
AI SEARCH/Perplexity/founded 2022/Series C

Perplexity

AI search + answers

1 major change on record.

Defining receipt|Perplexity Pro daily search cap drops from 600 to 300 with no changelog entry|2025-08-04
► Clean5-24 · no critical receipts; nothing on watch.
Ranked #15 of 23 tracked vendors.
Receipt trail
1 filed · latest 329d ago
◆ At a glanceAll time · since 2025-08-04
329days
Since last receipt
Perplexity Pro daily search cap dro… · major
1
Receipts
all time
0
Critical
—
1
Major
limits cut
0
Last 90d
quiet
43
Peak nerf
Aug 4 · limits cut
—
Cadence
avg between receipts
►Verdict: Clean
Receipt trail
1 filed
Methodology ↗
↗ Current pricing pageHow the index is calculatedEmbed badgeProcurement report (PDF)Compare to peers
◆ 30 / 60 / 90 forecast →
likely next: limits cut · expected severity major
Next 30d24%
prob of any change
Next 60d43%
prob of any change
Next 90d57%
prob of any change
Observed 1 receipt over 1 days (cadence ~30d). Last receipt 329 days ago. Most common kind: rate-limit-cut. Brier-scored against subsequent reality on the public leaderboard.
Vendor average17%Category avg13%Brier · last 90d0.18Modelv0 heuristic
◆ Nerf Index · trailing 12 monthsflat vs. 90d · now 10
JunAugOctDecFebAprJun
Recency-weighted Nerf Index, 30-day rolling. Dots mark receipts. Index breached “clean” threshold on 2025-08-04 at the defining receipt.
◆ Community sentimentReddit · last 90d

Community sentiment

No sentiment data yet. Reddit posts about Perplexity are scored by Claude Haiku 4.5 on first render and cached daily - the next page load will populate this card. Requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY + Vercel KV.

Net = (positive − negative) / total Reddit posts mentioning Perplexity in the trailing 7 days. Updated daily. Read methodology →
Receipts · all time · reverse chronological

Every silent change Perplexity made.

1 receipt · 0 critical · 1 major · 0 minor
1 MORE RECEIPT HIDDEN · LAST 12 MONTHS

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Free tier shows the most recent 30 days of receipts per vendor. Personal ($9/mo) unlocks the full 1-year diff history - plus a 3-vendor watchlist, real-time alerts on every severity, migration playbooks, and Slack/Discord/Teams webhooks.

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Free & open-source alternatives to Perplexity.

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3 ranked alternatives to Perplexity.
  • Perplexica ↗FREE / OSSMIT★ 19k
    Direct Perplexity replacement. Free if you BYO API key.
    Open-source Perplexity cloneMultiple search modes (Academic, YouTube, Reddit)Self-host, BYO LLM + SearXNG
    install: Docker compose with SearXNG
    caveat: Requires running SearXNG alongside. Self-host setup is ~30 minutes.
  • SearXNG ↗FREE / OSSAGPL-3.0★ 17k
    Use under Perplexica/Morphic for the search backend, or just as a private Google.
    Privacy-respecting meta-search engine70+ search backendsFoundation for AI search tools
    install: Docker
    caveat: Default config tunes for privacy, not result quality. Tweak engines/weights for AI search backing.
  • Morphic ↗FREE / OSSApache-2.0★ 8.5k
    Lighter-weight Perplexica with prettier output.
    Generative UI search engineStreaming results with rich cardsVercel-deployable in 1 click
    install: git clone + Vercel deploy or npm run dev
    caveat: Smaller community.
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