# Comet (Perplexity)

> Comet: Best for an assistant inside a free browser; agent work in Work mode runs on paid credits.
> Pricing: Free $0, with Comet included; Pro $17/mo billed annually; Max $167/mo billed annually or $200 monthly ($2,000 a year). ([source](https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/pricing), verified 2026-11-03).

- Canonical page: https://usewhichtool.com/tools/perplexity-comet
- Last verified: 2026-11-03
- Publisher: Use Which Tool (https://usewhichtool.com), run by Sameer Chowdhry
- Cite as: Use Which Tool, "Comet (Perplexity)", https://usewhichtool.com/tools/perplexity-comet (last verified 2026-11-03)


## Verdict

Best for an assistant inside a free browser; agent work in Work mode runs on paid credits.

Perplexity's Comet page and pricing hub say Comet is free on desktop and mobile, with higher assistant limits on Pro and Max.

## Pricing

- Summary: Free $0, with Comet included; Pro $17/mo billed annually; Max $167/mo billed annually or $200 monthly ($2,000 a year).
- Price type: Free tier
- Official source: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/pricing
- Verified: 2026-11-03
- Official site: https://www.perplexity.ai/comet

## Use cases

- have a browser assistant work through web pages for you
- draft an email reply from the browser
- shop for something, like an office chair
- use one assistant across desktop and phone browsers

## Strengths

- Free browser, and Perplexity says the free version of Perplexity will always include Comet
- Available for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android
- Comet is itself a web browser, with the assistant built in
- Max adds the highest weekly limit on browser agent queries

## Limitations

- Higher agent limits sit behind Pro or Max
- The pages we checked do not describe approval steps before it acts
- Perplexity's pricing page shows Pro only as $17/mo billed annually; we could not confirm a monthly price
- Not to be confused with Comet ML, the machine learning tracking platform

## Categories

- [Assistants](https://usewhichtool.com/category/assistants)

## Alternatives (AI assistants)

| Tool | Price type | Pricing | Source | Verified |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Muse (Meta)](https://usewhichtool.com/tools/meta-muse) | Free tier | Free with a usage limit; Power $20/mo (500M Muse tokens per week); Maximum $100/mo (3B Muse tokens per week). Extra tokens can be bought separately and do not expire. | [official](https://www.meta.com/help/subscriptions/1021145227643680/) | 2026-11-03 |
| [Dots (OpenAI)](https://usewhichtool.com/tools/openai-dots) | Paid | No standalone plan. First dot included with ChatGPT Pro ($100, $200 or $500/mo, users 18+) and, subject to eligibility, Business Premium seats ($100/seat/mo annual, $125 monthly). Enterprise beta is off until an admin enables it. | [official](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001530-getting-started-with-your-dot) | 2026-11-03 |
| [Grok Bot](https://usewhichtool.com/tools/grok-bot) | Paid | Included with Premium $30/mo, Super $100/mo and Ultra $200/mo, plus Teams ($30+/user/mo) and Enterprise; not on Free or Plus ($8). Weekly usage pool shared with Grok and Cursor, with top-ups available. Taxes extra. | [official](https://x.ai/pricing) | 2026-11-03 |
| [ChatGPT Work (OpenAI)](https://usewhichtool.com/tools/chatgpt-work) | Free tier | Free plan includes Work in the desktop app; Go $8/mo; Plus $20/mo; Pro $100, $200 or $500/mo; Business $20/user/mo (2+ users, annual; $25 monthly). Work and Codex share one usage allowance; extra credits can be bought. | [official](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing) | 2026-11-03 |
| [Claude (Anthropic)](https://usewhichtool.com/tools/claude) | Free tier | Free $0; Pro $17/mo billed annually ($200 up front) or $20 monthly; Max $100/mo (5x Pro usage); Ultra $200/mo (10x Pro weekly usage, no 5-hour limit for verified accounts); Team Standard $20/seat annual ($25 monthly), Premium $100 annual ($125 monthly); Enterprise $20/seat plus usage. | [official](https://claude.com/pricing) | 2026-11-03 |
| [Manus](https://usewhichtool.com/tools/manus) | Free tier | Free: 300 refresh credits daily; paid from $20/mo (4,000 credits/mo), $40/mo (8,000) and $200/mo (40,000), each plus 300 daily credits; annual billing saves 17%; Team and Enterprise plans available. | [official](https://manus.im/pricing) | 2026-11-03 |
| [Lindy](https://usewhichtool.com/tools/lindy) | Free trial | Trial: $50 in free credits for 7 days, no card. Team is billed per active user by monthly credit tier; Lindy's pricing page currently shows visitors one of two starting tiers, $29.99/mo for 3,000 credits or $49.99/mo for 5,000 credits. Top-ups $10 per 1,000 credits; Enterprise custom. | [official](https://www.lindy.ai/pricing) | 2026-11-03 |
| [Motion](https://usewhichtool.com/tools/motion) | Free trial | Individuals: Pro AI $29/mo annual or $49 monthly (7,500 AI credits/mo); Business AI $39/mo annual or $69 monthly (15,000 credits). Teams: $19 or $29 per seat/mo annual ($29 or $49 monthly). Free trial available. | [official](https://www.usemotion.com/pricing) | 2026-11-03 |
| [Alexa+ (Amazon)](https://usewhichtool.com/tools/alexa-plus) | Free tier | Free text chat with limited daily usage; included with Amazon Prime in the US; Standard $19.99/mo without Prime. Prices differ in other countries. | [official](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCCNHWV5) | 2026-11-03 |
| [Claude Duet (Anthropic)](https://usewhichtool.com/tools/claude-duet) | Paid | No separate price: part of a Claude Pro plan ($17/mo billed annually or $20 monthly) Max ($100/mo) or Ultra ($200/mo), US only, by waitlist. Uses the same usage limits as the rest of Claude. | [official](https://claude.com/product/claude-duet) | 2026-11-03 |
| [Copilot Cowork (Microsoft)](https://usewhichtool.com/tools/copilot-cowork) | Paid | Needs Microsoft 365 Premium ($19.99/mo) or Pro ($99.99/mo). Cowork is a Premium or Pro feature in preview. | [official](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/learning/changes-microsoft-copilot-app) | 2026-11-03 |
| [Gemini (Google)](https://usewhichtool.com/tools/google-gemini) | Free tier | Free $0 (no tasks); Google AI Plus $4.99/mo; Google AI Pro $19.99/mo; Google AI Ultra $99.99/mo or $199.99/mo. Tasks need Pro or Ultra, per Google's help center. | [official](https://gemini.google/subscriptions/) | 2026-11-03 |

## Cost by plan

| Price | What's included | Usage unit | When limits reset | Past the limit | Can you cap spend? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| $0 | Comet included | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| $17/mo billed annually | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| $167/mo billed annually, or $200 monthly | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |

Sources: [Comet (Perplexity): official pricing page](https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/pricing) (checked 2026-11-03). "Not published" means the value was not found on these official pages.

## Questions

### Is Comet free?

Yes, it lists a free way to start. Free $0, with Comet included; Pro $17/mo billed annually; Max $167/mo billed annually or $200 monthly ($2,000 a year). (official pricing page, checked 2026-11-03)

### How much does Comet cost?

Free $0, with Comet included; Pro $17/mo billed annually; Max $167/mo billed annually or $200 monthly ($2,000 a year). (from www.perplexity.ai/hub/pricing, checked 2026-11-03).

### What is Comet used for?

Listed use cases: have a browser assistant work through web pages for you; draft an email reply from the browser; shop for something, like an office chair; use one assistant across desktop and phone browsers.

### What are the best alternatives to Comet?

Other AI assistants in this directory: Muse (Meta), Dots (OpenAI), Grok Bot, ChatGPT Work (OpenAI). We list them in data order, not ranked.

### Did you test Comet?

No. Verdicts are based on each vendor's public docs and pricing pages, not hands-on testing, unless a page says otherwise.

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