Perplexity’s Teammates Can Own an Endless Job, but They Cost $167 a Month and Only Run on the Web
Perplexity's new teammates are personal agents that own ongoing work, but the launch is limited to Max subscribers on the web and Perplexity has published no reliability or per-task cost data.
Perplexity has turned its Computer product into something closer to a hire. The company’s new teammates are personal AI agents that take on an ongoing job, keep working across sessions, and come back with results for review. Perplexity announced the feature on 5 November 2026, and the launch is narrower than the demo suggests.
Teammates are a research preview for individual Perplexity Max subscribers on the web. The plan costs $167 a month when billed annually. Perplexity’s help centre says Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max are not included by default. Pro subscribers cannot use the feature at launch, even though they pay for Computer access.
The pitch is a shift from prompts to ownership. A teammate can watch Slack, GitHub, Gmail or Linear, break a goal into tasks, run several agents in parallel, remember earlier work, and hand results back. Each teammate gets its own desktop and browser, separate from other teammates, and users can take over the desktop or redirect the work.
Introducing teammates.
Teammates work for you. They take on jobs, and work proactively using your Computer tasks, skills, memory, and tools. Teammates collaborate with other teammates and can message coworkers in Slack.
Available now for Max subscribers on the web. pic.twitter.com/I3Hf5RCdWC
— Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) November 5, 2026
Quick answer: The Perplexity teammates launch gives Max subscribers personal AI agents that own ongoing work inside Perplexity Computer. They launched on 5 November 2026 on the web, cost $167 a month billed annually, and are not available on Pro or Enterprise plans by default. They can use connectors, memory and separate browser sessions, but Perplexity has not published reliability data, concurrency limits or the credit cost of a typical task.
What Perplexity actually launched
The official blog describes teammates as a layer above Computer sessions. A teammate plans a project, starts sessions, coordinates other teammates, and remembers goals, task history and shared files across runs.
That memory is attached to Projects. Teammates in the same project share context, files and instructions, but keep separate roles. A sales teammate can use account research already stored in a project, follow a skill for outreach, and run a weekly automation to review the pipeline.
Perplexity also made teammates social. You can add one to a Slack channel, where colleagues can hand it work or ask for updates. Teammates can pass tasks to each other. The help centre lists Slack, GitHub, Linear and Gmail as connector examples, and says each teammate can choose its own model.
None of this requires a new foundation model. The launch is an orchestration product: scheduling, memory, tool permissions, parallel sessions and review. Perplexity is selling the coordination layer, not a benchmark win.
Today, we're launching Perplexity Teammates.
They are personal agents for work. And change the paradigm from writing prompts in a session to giving high-level goals. Rolling out to Max users on the web today. Native apps (mobile, desktop) coming soon. pic.twitter.com/dmYIuw52Yb— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) November 5, 2026
The catch is the paywall and the preview label
Perplexity is calling this an “initial research preview”. That label matters. Research previews typically ship without service level agreements, complete admin controls or published failure rates. The help centre says the preview requires an individual Max subscription, and that Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max are not included by default.
The price is the second catch. Max costs $167 a month when billed annually. Pro costs $17 a month on the same annual basis and includes expanded Computer access plus 4,000 bonus credits, but it does not include teammates.
The third catch is buried in the pricing page: the plans are “for personal use only and subject to our policies.” Yet Perplexity markets teammates for sales, support and operations teams. A product sold for business work, on a personal plan, with enterprise plans excluded, is an awkward fit for a company that needs an invoice and an audit trail.
| Plan | Price, billed annually | Teammates at launch | Computer allowance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | $17 a month | No | Expanded access, 4,000 bonus credits |
| Max | $167 a month | Yes, research preview on web | Maximum usage, 35,000 bonus credits plus 10,000 monthly credits |
| Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max | Contract pricing | Not included by default | Existing Computer access, per Perplexity |
The credit table is where the economics get fuzzy. Perplexity publishes the allowances, but not how many credits a long-running teammate consumes, how parallel agents are billed, or what happens when a project hits the cap.
Confirmed versus not confirmed
| Claim | Status |
|---|---|
| Teammates launched on 5 November 2026 for individual Max subscribers on web | Confirmed by Perplexity’s X post, blog and changelog |
| Each teammate has a separate desktop and browser, with encrypted saved credentials | Confirmed as a vendor claim in Perplexity’s help centre, not independently audited |
| Max costs $167 a month billed annually; Pro does not include teammates | Confirmed on Perplexity’s pricing page |
| Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max are excluded by default | Confirmed in Perplexity’s help centre |
| Reliability over multi-day runs, per-task credit cost and concurrency limits | Not confirmed; Perplexity has published no figures |
| Independent security testing for prompt injection through Slack, GitHub or browsed websites | Not confirmed; no third-party audit was cited |
| Whether business use is permitted under the “personal use only” plan terms | Not confirmed; Perplexity’s launch materials do not address the conflict |
Security is the part the demo skips
A teammate that can browse the open web and read Slack or GitHub is exposed to untrusted text. Prompt injection is the obvious risk: a web page, issue comment or email can contain instructions that try to redirect the agent. Perplexity says each teammate runs in a separate environment with browser sessions separated from other teammates. That limits cross-contamination, but not trickery inside its own session.
The help centre says saved credentials are encrypted and entered securely, and that users can review work, take over the desktop or redirect a teammate. Those are useful controls, not a hard approval gate on every action. A teammate told to “handle support email” may draft and send before a human sees the message, depending on how the job is written.
For companies, the missing pieces are the boring ones: SSO, role-based access for teammates, audit logs, data retention controls and a statement on where task data is processed. Perplexity’s consumer launch does not document them. The enterprise edition may later, but the company has not said when.
What it means for Indian developers
The first practical issue is price. At $167 a month billed annually, Max sits above what most Indian developers pay for a single AI subscription. The jump only makes sense if a teammate replaces hours of coordination work, not one report a week. Teams should pilot one workflow, track credits per completed task and compare that with the hourly cost of the person doing it now.
The second issue is plan terms. Indian startups often buy AI tools on individual cards because enterprise procurement is slow. Perplexity’s personal-use clause makes that route risky for client data. A founder who points a teammate at a support inbox is putting third-party personal data into a consumer plan. The launch materials do not mention India’s DPDP Act, data residency or a data processing agreement. That is not proof of non-compliance, but buyers have to close the gap themselves.
The third issue is tool fit. The named connectors are Slack, GitHub, Gmail and Linear. Teams on Microsoft Teams, Zoho or local Indian SaaS products have no listed connector. Perplexity says teammates can use websites without a connector, but browser automation is less reliable than an API and harder to audit.
The sensible pilot is narrow: one non-critical workflow, read-only access where possible, explicit approval before any outbound message, and a weekly review of what the teammate did. Do not start with production credentials or a customer-facing inbox.
Frequently asked questions
What are Perplexity teammates?
They are personal AI agents that own an ongoing job inside Perplexity Computer. A teammate plans tasks, runs them in parallel, remembers project context and returns work for review.
How much do Perplexity teammates cost?
They require an individual Perplexity Max subscription. Max costs $167 a month when billed annually according to Perplexity’s pricing page. Pro costs $17 a month on the same basis but does not include teammates.
Can I use teammates on the Pro or Enterprise plan?
Not at launch. Perplexity’s help centre says the research preview requires an individual Max subscription, and Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max are not included by default.
Do teammates act without my approval?
They can monitor connected tools and act when something changes. Perplexity says users can review work, take over the desktop and redirect a teammate, but approval is not guaranteed for every action. It depends on the job description and connected tools.
Are teammates available on mobile?
They launched on the web. Perplexity says iOS is coming soon, but the company has not published a date.
Sources
- Perplexity blog: Teammates are agents for complex ongoing work, November 2026.
- Perplexity changelog: Teammates, fully local Computer on Mac, and Voice mode, 6 November 2026.
- Perplexity Help Centre: Perplexity teammates, accessed 8 November 2026.
- Perplexity pricing page, accessed 8 November 2026.
- Perplexity on X: Introducing teammates, 5 November 2026.
- Aravind Srinivas on X: launching Perplexity Teammates, 5 November 2026.
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