# Perplexity Enterprise

AI answer engine with enterprise search across internal files and the live web

## About Perplexity Enterprise

Perplexity is the leading AI answer engine, and its Enterprise tier extends that to internal company files alongside live web results, with citations on every answer and enterprise controls around access. It is one of the fastest-growing companies in AI. Sistava uses research as a capability rather than selling it as the product: our employees search, then act on what they find, then report on the outcome.

## Platform details

- Pricing: Enterprise Pro is around $40 per user per month, or roughly $400 per user per year, with a higher Enterprise Max tier above it. Consumer Pro sits well below that.
- Founded: 2022, San Francisco, by Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho and Andy Konwinski
- Funding: Billions raised across several rounds from investors including Nvidia, SoftBank, IVP and NEA, at a valuation reported in the tens of billions of dollars
- Last reviewed: 2026-08-17

## Official website

- [Visit Perplexity Enterprise](https://perplexity.ai)

## What Perplexity Enterprise adds over consumer Perplexity

The core engine is the same: ask a question in natural language, get a synthesised answer with citations you can check. What Enterprise adds is your own material in the index, so a question can draw on internal files alongside the live web, plus the access controls, data handling and administration a company needs. The citation discipline is the reason it won its category. Answers you can verify are worth substantially more than answers you have to trust, particularly for research that will inform a decision. It has also pushed into agentic territory with its Comet browser, which moves it closer to doing things rather than only answering, though the centre of gravity remains search.

## Research is a step, not the job

This is where the comparison lands. Perplexity finishes when you have the answer. In most businesses, having the answer is the start: now someone has to write the email, build the list, publish the post, update the CRM and follow up next week. For a research-heavy role, analyst, strategist, consultant, that first step is most of the value and Perplexity is the right tool. For an operating business, it is one link in a chain where every other link is also unstaffed. Sistava treats web research as a capability an employee has, alongside the tools it needs to act on what it finds and the schedule that makes it happen again next month.

## Per-seat research versus flat-rate capacity

At roughly $40 per user per month, Enterprise Pro is priced like a professional tool, and for a firm where everyone does research it is straightforward value. For a small team it is a harder sell, because only one or two people are doing enough research for it to matter, and consumer Pro covers them at a fraction of the cost. The stack that usually makes sense for a small business is consumer-grade research for the humans, and a workforce doing the execution. Enterprise search becomes worth it when the number of people who need it crosses into double figures.

## Comparison

- [Compare Perplexity Enterprise with Sistava](/en/compare/ai-knowledge-bases/perplexity-enterprise) — See the two platforms side by side when you are ready to evaluate them.