Perplexity AI alternatives ranked by price

80 tools from Surba's catalog, compared on what 10 people would pay a month on each one's entry paid plan, with Perplexity AI as the benchmark. Updated for 2026.

Ranking

Perplexity AI vs 80 alternatives

Perplexity AI and its alternatives, cheapest first for a team of 10
#Tool10 people / mo
1ElevenLabsStarter · $6/mo$6
2SunoPro · $8/mo$8
3KreaBasic · $9/mo$9
4Lelapa AI (Vulavula)Dev Pass · $9.99/mo$9.99
5MidjourneyBasic · $10/mo$10
6PikaStarter · $10/mo$10
7Leonardo.AiEssential · $12/mo$12
8RunwayStandard · $15/mo$15
9OpusClipStarter · $15/mo$15
10SynthesiaStarter · $19/mo$19
11Murf AICreator · $19/mo$19
12ReplitCore · $20/mo$20
13Augment CodeStandard · $20/mo$20
14n8nStarter · $23.20/mo$23.20
15CaptionsMax · $24.99/mo$24.99
16WondercraftCreator · $25/mo$25
17HeyGenCreator · $29/mo$29
18Copy.aiChat · $29/mo$29
19Elai.ioCreator · $29/mo$29
20PictoryStarter · $29/mo$29
21Luma AIPlus · $30/mo$30
22Rask AICreator · $39/mo$39
23ChatbaseHobby · $40/mo$40
24LandbotStarter · $46.40/mo$46.40
25WordtuneAdvanced · $4.89/user/mo$48.90
26DocsBot AIPersonal · $49/mo$49
27AnywordStarter · $49/mo$49
28DifyProfessional · $49.17/mo$49.17
29LanguageToolPremium Team · $5.50/user/mo$55
30ColossyanProfessional · $59/mo$59
31QuillBotTeam (2-10 seats) · $7.50/user/mo$75
32ChatGPT PlusGo · $8/user/mo$80
33Cursor ProPlus · $8/user/mo$80
34NottaPro · $8.17/user/mo$81.70
35DeepLIndividual · $8.69/user/mo$86.90
36Hugging FacePRO · $9/user/mo$90
37InVideo AIBasic · $9/user/mo$90
38MemPlus · $9/user/mo$90
39RytrLite · $9/user/mo$90
40WritesonicStarter · $99/mo$99
41CustomGPT.aiStandard · $99/mo$99
42GitHub CopilotPro · $10/user/mo$100
43Abacus.AI ChatLLM TeamsBasic · $10/user/mo$100
44TactiqPro · $12/user/mo$120
45GranolaBusiness · $14/user/mo$140
46Mistral AIPro · $14.99/user/mo$149.90
47BotpressPlus · $150/mo$150
48Wispr FlowPro · $15/user/mo$150
49BitoAI Code Reviews Team · $15/user/mo$150
50MeetGeekPro · $15.99/user/mo$159.90
51KrispCore · $16/user/mo$160
52Otter.aiPro · $16.99/user/mo$169.90
53Sembly AIBasic · $17/user/mo$170
54Fireflies.aiPro · $18/user/mo$180
55BluedotBasic · $18/user/mo$180
56WellSaidStarter · $19/user/mo$190
57GrainStarter · $19/user/mo$190
58Fathom AI NotetakerTeam · $19/user/mo$190
59Read AIPro · $19.75/user/mo$197.50
—Perplexity AIBenchmarkPro · $20/user/mo$200
60Claude ProPro · $20/user/mo$200
61IdeogramPlus · $20/user/mo$200
62DevinPro · $20/user/mo$200
63Notion AIBusiness (includes Notion AI) · $20/user/mo$200
64KiroPro · $20/user/mo$200
65WarpBuild · $20/user/mo$200
66Microsoft 365 CopilotCopilot Business · $23.50/user/mo$235
67LOVO (Genny)Basic · $24/user/mo$240
68BoltPro · $25/user/mo$250
69AvomaStartup · $29/user/mo$290
70JamiePlus · $29/user/mo$290
71LangdockBusiness · $29/user/mo$290
72CodeRabbitEssentials · $30/user/mo$300
73v0Plus · $30/user/mo$300
74tl;dvPro · $33.64/user/mo$336.40
75DustPro · $34.80/user/mo$348
76ElicitPro · $49/user/mo$490
77Jasper AIPro · $69/user/mo$690
78SynthflowEnterprise · $2,500/mo$2,500
79GleanNo list price—
80Hypotenuse AINo list price—

Ranked by what 10 people would pay a month on each tool's cheapest paid plan, in US dollars. Prices marked as checked come from the vendor's pricing page on that date; the others are as recorded in Surba's catalog, so check the vendor's site for the latest. Per-user prices are multiplied by the team; per-plan prices aren't. Tools without a comparable list price come last. Features differ between tools, so the cheapest isn't always the closest match.

FAQ

Perplexity AI alternatives: questions

What is the cheapest alternative to Perplexity AI?

Among the paid plans in Surba's catalog, ElevenLabs is the cheapest: Starter at $6/mo, about $6 a month for 10 people, against $200 for Perplexity AI Pro.

Is there a free alternative to Perplexity AI?

ElevenLabs, Suno, Krea and Pika have a free plan in Surba's catalog. Free plans usually limit users, storage or features.

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