Perplexity Computer
General-purpose agent from Perplexity with subagents
Perplexity Computer is an agent from Perplexity, introduced in February 2026, that completes multi-step tasks in an isolated compute environment with a file system, browser and tool integrations. It breaks a task into subtasks and creates sub-agents that work asynchronously; models from different providers are used depending on the subtask, and users can also pick models for subagents themselves. Personal Computer extends this on the Mac with local files and local computer use, and there is also a Slack integration. Computer is available in Pro, Max, Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max and is billed through credits.
Good fit if
Focus: Knowledge workers and organizations who want to hand off long-running research and work processes without any setup
- your project is about Long-running research, Data analysis and reports or Code generation
- people without programming skills should work with it (5/5 for use without developers)
- your team is just getting started (skill level: Beginner)
- you want to get started quickly (learning curve: very flat)
Key figures
- Usable without developers
- 5/5
- Scalability
- 4/5
- Integrations
- 5/5
- Versioning
- 1/5
- Observability
- 3/5
Editorial rating on a scale from 1 to 5. Methodology
Fact sheet
- Category
- AI assistants
- Type
- General-purpose agent from Perplexity with subagents
- Licence
- Proprietär
- Pricing
- AbonnementPro includes a weekly Computer allowance (price on the website). Max $200/month or $2,000/year with 10,000 credits per month. Enterprise Pro from $40 per seat per month or $400 per year with 500 credits per month; Enterprise Max with 15,000 credits per month, price on request. Additional credits: 100 credits equal $1.
- Deployment
- Cloud, Desktop
- Models
- Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI
- Compliance
- SOC 2
- RAG
- Yes
- Multi-Agent
- Yes
- SSO, roles (RBAC)
- SSO yes, RBAC no
Key features
- Decomposition into subtasks with sub-agents (Perplexity Computer)
- Model choice per subtask from 20+ models
- Isolated sandbox with browser and file system
- Connectors including Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Salesforce
- Personal Computer on the Mac
Typical use cases
- Long-running research
- Data analysis and reports
- Code generation
- Recurring workflows in Slack
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