Perplexity Launches Deep Research for Enterprise with Compliance Controls
Perplexity has launched its enterprise tier, bringing Deep Research and AI-powered search to organizations with compliance requirements that previously blocked adoption. The enterprise offering includes team workspaces with shared research libraries, single sign-on (SSO) and SCIM provisioning, data residency options in the US and EU, audit logging for compliance, and admin controls for source filtering. The Deep Research feature, which produces comprehensive multi-source research reports, has been enhanced for enterprise with custom source whitelists that ensure reports only cite approved, verified sources — critical for regulated industries like finance and healthcare. Perplexity reports that 50 enterprise customers signed up during the beta period, including three major consulting firms and two investment banks. The consulting firms use Deep Research for client deliverables, reporting 60-70% time savings on initial research phases. Pricing starts at $40/user/month for the enterprise tier, with volume discounts for larger deployments. Perplexity's CEO Aravind Srinivas noted that enterprise revenue is growing faster than consumer, and that the company is on track for $200 million in annual recurring revenue by mid-2026. The enterprise launch positions Perplexity as a direct competitor to traditional research tools like Bloomberg Terminal for financial research and Westlaw for legal research, at a fraction of the cost.
Perplexity has launched its enterprise tier, bringing Deep Research and AI-powered search to organizations with compliance requirements that previously blocked adoption.
The enterprise offering includes team workspaces with shared research libraries, single sign-on (SSO) and SCIM provisioning, data residency options in the US and EU, audit logging for compliance, and admin controls for source filtering.
The Deep Research feature, which produces comprehensive multi-source research reports, has been enhanced for enterprise with custom source whitelists that ensure reports only cite approved, verified sources — critical for regulated industries like finance and healthcare.
Perplexity reports that 50 enterprise customers signed up during the beta period, including three major consulting firms and two investment banks. The consulting firms use Deep Research for client deliverables, reporting 60-70% time savings on initial research phases.
Pricing starts at $40/user/month for the enterprise tier, with volume discounts for larger deployments.
Perplexity's CEO Aravind Srinivas noted that enterprise revenue is growing faster than consumer, and that the company is on track for $200 million in annual recurring revenue by mid-2026.
The enterprise launch positions Perplexity as a direct competitor to traditional research tools like Bloomberg Terminal for financial research and Westlaw for legal research, at a fraction of the cost.
Perplexity also announced integrations with Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Notion, allowing teams to invoke Deep Research directly within their existing workflow tools.
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