Perplexity AI · AI · Pro plan · Monthly
Perplexity Pro ranges from $17.69/mo in Pakistan to $26.73/mo in United Kingdom: a 1.5× gap for the same plan. Perplexity’s answer engine; Pro is the paid individual plan.
15 storefrontsiOS App Store15 verified rowsUpdated Oct 21, 2026Price history →
Card A · Absolute global floor
Source Verified$17.69/mo
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Rs 4,900 on iOS App Store
−12% vs US list price $20.00/mo
Apple’s payment-methods page lists no gift-card redemption for Pakistan. Accepted there: Apple Account balance (from adding funds); Most credit and debit cards.
Landed (tax incl.): $17.69/mo
Card B · Cheapest gift-card route
Source Verified$19.22/mo landed
🇨🇦 Canada · $25 via iOS App Store
Saves $9.31 a year vs the US
Apple Account balance can be funded by redeeming Apple Gift Card. Landed includes the median premium of 8.1% over face value at which SEAGM listed these cards on Oct 21, 2026. Pre-tax price.
Billing cycle
Switching plan or cycle re-sorts the table by 12-month difference versus the US. Landed cost is the list price, plus the reseller premium we observed for that store’s gift cards on gift-card routes. No tax is added: US, Canadian and Argentine list prices are pre-tax.
| Cheapest channel | Evidence · Payment | Checkout today | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pakistan | iOS App Store | $17.69Rs 4,900 | $17.69tax incl. | −12% Cheapest | 24 hPPP $70.15 | Source VerifiedNo gift cards | $27.74 | — |
| 2Egypt | iOS App Store | $18.35999.99 ج.م. | $18.35tax incl. | −8% | 11 hPPP $120.99 | Source VerifiedNo gift cards | $19.77 | — |
| 3Canada | iOS App Store | $17.78$25 | $19.22pre-tax · +8% SEAGM | −11% | 38 minPPP $21.15 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | $9.31 | — |
| 4Indonesia | iOS App Store | $19.39Rp 349.000 | $19.39tax incl. | −3% | 7.6 hPPP $73.95 | Source VerifiedNo gift cards | $7.35 | — |
| 5Argentina | iOS App Store | $20.00US$ 20 | $20.00pre-tax | 0% | 2.7 hPPP $42.37 | Source VerifiedNo gift cards | $0.00 | — |
| 6United States | iOS App Store | $20.00$20 | $21.14pre-tax · +6% SEAGM | US baseline | 27 minPPP $20.00 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | — | — |
| 7Japan | iOS App Store | $18.96￥3,000 | $21.19tax incl. · +12% SEAGM | −5% | 59 minPPP $31.87 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | -$14.26 | — |
| 8India | iOS App Store | $21.04₹1,999 | $22.19tax incl. · +5% SEAGM | +5% | 15 hPPP $99.83 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | -$26.31 | — |
| 9Turkey | iOS App Store | $20.16₺999,99 | $22.19tax incl. · +10% SEAGM | +1% | 2.5 hPPP $47.49 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | -$26.31 | — |
| 10Nigeria | iOS App Store | $22.44₦29,900 | $22.44tax incl. | +12% | 33 hPPP $136.86 | Source VerifiedNo gift cards | -$29.23 | — |
| 11Mexico | iOS App Store | $21.64$399 | $22.99tax incl. · +6% SEAGM | +8% | 3.2 hPPP $38.27 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | -$35.85 | — |
| 12Malaysia | iOS App Store | $24.47RM 99.90 | $24.47tax incl. | +22% | 4.0 hPPP $74.05 | Source VerifiedNo gift cards | -$53.61 | — |
| 13Germany | iOS App Store | $24.7022 € | $25.72tax incl. · +4% SEAGM | +23% | 49 minPPP $30.60 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | -$68.59 | — |
| 14Poland | iOS App Store | $25.6999,99 zł | $28.59tax incl. · +11% SEAGM | +28% | 2.0 hPPP $52.35 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | -$103.10 | — |
| 15United Kingdom | iOS App Store | $26.73£20 | $28.74tax incl. · +8% SEAGM | +34% | 59 minPPP $30.26 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | -$104.86 | — |
Landed = list price ÷ FX, plus the median premium one reseller (SEAGM) charged for that store’s gift cards when the route is gift-card funded and a price was observed. No tax is added; “pre-tax” rows (US, Canada, Argentina) get tax at checkout or on the card statement.vs US compares spot prices with the lowest US list price ($20.00/mo).12-mo saving vs US = (US list price $20.00 − landed) × 12.Affordability = hours of GNI per capita (÷ 2,000 working hours) per month of use. Checkout votes are reader reports, one per route per day.
Perplexity Pro · Monthly · computed from 15 storefronts
Perplexity Pro stays close to one price across storefronts: the cheapest, Pakistan, is 12% below the US $20.00, and the most expensive, United Kingdom, is $26.73/mo (1.51×). The mean ($21.27) sits 5% above the median ($20.16), pulled up by the top quartile above $23.45. The standard deviation across 15 storefronts is $2.92 (σ/μ = 14%), a moderate band, with most storefronts near the middle; 8 of them sit within 10% of the median, and the middle half spans $19.17 to $23.45.
The three cheapest storefronts are Pakistan, Canada and Egypt; 8 storefronts charge more than the US, led by United Kingdom and Poland. It ranks third-widest of 5 products in its category, behind ChatGPT at 1.7×.
By region, MENA is the cheapest bloc (median −8% vs the US) and Europe the dearest (+28%); North America ranks 2 of 9. Neighbours disagree most in Southeast Asia: Malaysia charges 1.3× what Indonesia does.
Only iOS App Store prices are observed for Perplexity Pro so far.
The Pakistan floor has no Apple gift-card redemption listed; the cheapest gift-card route is Canada (iOS App Store) at $19.22 landed, $1.54 a month above the floor (SEAGM +8.1% vs face value). Apple Account balance can be funded by redeeming Apple Gift Card. 9 of 15 storefronts have gift cards for that store.
Measured in hours of GNI per capita (÷ 2,000 working hours), one month costs 27 min in the US but 33 h in Nigeria (73.3× the burden), worth $136.86 in IMF PPP dollars.
Spot USD price versus the US list price; hover a country for its local price.
Pakistan has the lowest nominal price at $17.69 per month through iOS App Store (−12% vs the US). Payment route: No gift cards.
Canada via iOS App Store: $19.22 per month landed. Source: Apple Account balance can be funded by redeeming Apple Gift Card; SEAGM +8.1% vs face value.
Across 15 storefronts the median is $20.16 and the mean $21.27, with a standard deviation of $2.92. The most expensive storefront (United Kingdom) charges 1.5× the cheapest (Pakistan).
27 min of GNI per capita in the US versus a cross-country median of 2.7 h, using GNI per capita divided by 2,000 working hours.
Prices are list prices read from each storefront or vendor page, converted at the 2026-10-21 exchange rate (open.er-api.com (latest) + currency-api archive (month-end history)). Only prices observed in the last 30 days are shown; storefronts we have not observed are left out rather than estimated. See methodology and data sources; download every row from open data.