Family Plan Subscription

Feature Requests
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Here’s a feature request you can post, using that exact structure.

:puzzle_piece: Feature Request: Perplexity Family Plan (2 adults + 2–4 minors under $24/month)

:magnifying_glass_tilted_left: Problem Statement

Right now, Perplexity’s Pro and Max plans are explicitly “for personal use only,” and each subscription is tied to a single user account. This makes it expensive and logistically awkward for families who want multiple members (parents and school‑age children) to use Perplexity regularly.[perplexity]​

If each family member must maintain a separate paid plan, the total monthly cost quickly exceeds what most households can justify, especially compared with competitors that offer bundled family access. A family plan would solve the affordability and account‑management problem for households that view Perplexity as a shared learning tool, not just an individual productivity app.

:light_bulb: Proposed Solution

Create a Perplexity Family Plan with these characteristics:

  • Pricing:

    • Target price: under $24/month (monthly or annual billing) for the entire family.

  • Included seats:

    • 2 adult accounts (full access).

    • 2–4 minor accounts (child/teen profiles with age‑appropriate defaults).

  • Features/limits (example):

    • Access to the same core capabilities as Perplexity Pro for all members, such as deep research, multiple top models, and higher usage limits.[perplexity]​

    • Optional parent controls for minors (e.g., content filters, usage reports).

    • Shared billing and simple member management from the primary account.

Example use case:
A household with two parents and three kids (middle/high school) uses Perplexity daily for homework help, research projects, and learning new skills. Instead of buying multiple Pro subscriptions, they subscribe once to a Family Plan under $24/month. Parents manage billing and can see or adjust the kids’ settings, while each person keeps their own history, preferences, and spaces.

:pushpin: API Impact

  • API components affected:

    • Primarily billing, account, and seat management, not the core chat/retrieval APIs themselves.

    • No change required to chat completions, retrieval, or search filters at the model level.

  • Models:

    • The same models used in Pro (e.g., GPT‑5.x, Claude, Gemini, etc.) can be exposed to family members according to the plan’s limits.[perplexity]​

  • Parameters:

    • No new core API parameters appear strictly necessary.

    • Internally, you might tag requests by seat type (adult/minor) for policy and rate‑limit enforcement, but that can be handled in your account/subscription layer rather than the public API.

:counterclockwise_arrows_button: Alternatives Considered

  • Buying multiple individual Pro subscriptions for each family member.

    • This becomes too expensive for many households relative to competitors that offer bundled family options.

  • Sharing one account among multiple family members.

    • This breaks individual history and personalization, mixes up work and school queries, and can violate terms or create security/privacy issues.

These workarounds are either cost‑prohibitive or conflict with the way Perplexity is meant to be used. A proper Family Plan is a cleaner, more user‑friendly solution.

:paperclip: Additional Context

  • Perplexity is already positioned as a tool for learning, research, and productivity, which naturally extends to family and educational use cases.[perplexity]​

  • A Family Plan would:

    • Strengthen Perplexity’s role as a “household learning assistant.”

    • Make pricing more competitive against products that already offer family tiers.

    • Increase engagement and loyalty by introducing younger users to Perplexity early, under parental supervision.