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Claude vs Perplexity
Compare Claude vs Perplexity: pricing, context window, benchmarks (coding, math, reasoning), capabilities. Updated April 2026.
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claude.ai ↗ Perplexity
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Free tier
Limited Sonnet 4.6, ~30 messages/5h
5 Pro searches/day
Standard plan
Pro — $20/mo
Pro — $20/mo
Top plan
Max 20× — $200/mo
Enterprise — $200/mo
API input / 1M tokens
$3.00
$3.00 Best
API output / 1M tokens
$15.00
$15.00 Best
Capability
Context window
1M Best
200K
Max output tokens
64K Best
4K
Knowledge cutoff
2026-03
Live (web)
Benchmarks
Coding (LiveCodeBench)
78% Best
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Math (AIME 2025)
78% Best
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Reasoning (GPQA Diamond)
84% Best
65%
Human pref. (LMArena Elo)
1395 Best
1280
Features
Image input
✓
✓
Voice mode
Partial
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Web search
✓
✓
File upload
✓
✓
Image generation
—
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Code execution
✓
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Agent / tool use
✓
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Persistent memory
✓
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Claude
Strongest at coding and long-context reasoning. No native image generation.
Perplexity
Search-grounded, not a general assistant. Best when you need cited, real-time answers.
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