Perplexity AI Footnotes
What Perplexity's AI features do with your data, as Perplexity publishes it. Checked October 31, 2026. Perplexity in the Directory.
Agent access
Official remote MCP server at https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp for search and reasoning tools, a separate Perplexity Computer MCP server at https://www.perplexity.ai/rest/computer/mcp, and the Agent API. Sonar Chat Completions support ended September 27, 2026; Perplexity directs Sonar users to the Agent API. source, source 2, source 3, source 4, source 5 · checked October 31, 2026
Perplexity Enterprise search and answers (Ask, Search, Deep Research, Projects)
Perplexity Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max
| On by default? | Not published as of October 31, 2026 |
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| How an admin turns it off | Organization Settings > Data and privacy holds AI Model & Provider Settings, where admins restrict model providers or individual models, plus data retention and audit logs. Organization Settings > Roles and permissions sets file, sharing and connector permissions. source, source 2, source 3 · checked October 31, 2026 |
| Trains on customer data? | No. Organization data is not used to train or fine-tune Perplexity's models, the Enterprise Terms bar Perplexity and third parties from training on Customer Content, and agreements with third-party model providers such as OpenAI and Anthropic prohibit training on Perplexity data. source, source 2, source 3 · checked October 31, 2026 |
| Retention | Files attached to sessions are deleted after 7 days. Organizations with 50 or more seats, or at least one Enterprise Max seat, can set a session retention period, measured from a session's last activity. With Enforce Incognito Mode on, sessions and their attachments are kept for 24 hours. source, source 2, source 3 · checked October 31, 2026 |
| Where data is processed | Not published as of October 31, 2026 |
| Model providers | The Enterprise Search model table, dated October 27, 2026, lists models from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Moonshot AI, Z.ai, xAI and NVIDIA. The Trust Center sub-processor list names Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Google Cloud, OpenAI and xAI for AI research and deployment. source, source 2, source 3, source 4, source 5 · checked October 31, 2026 |
| Price | Per seat: Enterprise Pro is $40 per month or $400 per year; Enterprise Max is $325 per month or $3,250 per year. API usage is not included and is billed separately. source, source 2, source 3 · checked October 31, 2026 |
Perplexity Computer (agent)
Perplexity Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max
| On by default? | On by default for the organization. source · checked October 31, 2026 |
|---|---|
| How an admin turns it off | Organization settings > Permissions > Enable Perplexity Computer access, then Enable for specific members or Disable for everyone. Organization settings > Connectors turns off individual connectors for Computer tasks. source · checked October 31, 2026 |
| Trains on customer data? | No. Task inputs, outputs, connector data and sandbox contents are excluded from model training. source · checked October 31, 2026 |
| Retention | Computer follows the organization's configured data retention settings. source · checked October 31, 2026 |
| Where data is processed | Not published as of October 31, 2026 |
| Model providers | Not published as of October 31, 2026 |
| Price | Included credits: 500 Computer credits per Enterprise Pro seat and 15,000 per Enterprise Max seat each month. Administrators can buy more credits into a shared pool; usage-based billing is off until an administrator accepts its terms. source, source 2 · checked October 31, 2026 |
Comet for Enterprise (Comet Assistant and Comet Agent)
Perplexity Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max
| On by default? | Not published as of October 31, 2026 |
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| How an admin turns it off | Organization Settings > Comet setup > Enable Comet Access, then Enable for specific members and Configure. Admins can also restrict Comet Assistant actions and apply Chromium browser policies. source · checked October 31, 2026 |
| Trains on customer data? | No, for Enterprise users. source · checked October 31, 2026 |
| Retention | Third-party AI providers are contractually barred from retaining data sent through Comet. source · checked October 31, 2026 |
| Where data is processed | Not published as of October 31, 2026 |
| Model providers | Not published as of October 31, 2026 |
| Price | Not published as of October 31, 2026 |
Connections to outside MCP servers
Perplexity connects to outside MCP servers as custom remote connectors, for one user or for the whole organization, and to local MCP servers in the Mac app. Only administrators add organization-wide connectors, which start turned off. Members can add their own only if an admin turns on Allow members to add custom connectors, which is off by default. source, source 2, source 3, source 4 · checked October 31, 2026
Compliance
- HIPAA: Protected Health Information may be processed only after the customer and Perplexity sign a Business Associate Agreement. The Enterprise Max page says Perplexity Enterprise meets HIPAA compliance standards. source, source 2 · checked October 31, 2026
- FedRAMP: Perplexity Enterprise and API Platform is FedRAMP Certified under the FedRAMP 20x program. source · checked October 31, 2026
Not published by Perplexity as of October 31, 2026
- Regions offered for AI processing or data residency for Perplexity Enterprise
- A release stage for custom remote connectors, the Perplexity MCP servers or the Agent API
- Model providers used by Perplexity Computer and Comet (each has its own model selection)
- Price of additional Perplexity Computer credits for Enterprise organizations
- Which plans and features a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement covers
- FedRAMP 20x class: Perplexity's help center and Trust Center differ
- An EU AI Act statement (Perplexity is not on the European Commission's GPAI Code of Practice or AI Pact signatory lists on 2026-10-31)
Changes
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