Claude vs. Perplexity: data protection per plan
Claude (6 plans) and Perplexity (5 plans) side by side: DPA, training on inputs, hosting and data retention per plan, based on the providers’ public documents. Without rating.
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At a glance
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| Feature | Claude | Perplexity |
|---|---|---|
| Provider based in | Anthropic PBC: 548 Market St, PMB 90375, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA: Perplexity AI, Inc., 2261 Market Street, Ste. 14441, San Francisco, CA 94114 |
| Plans recorded | 6 | 5 |
| Hosting | mixed: Free, Pro, Max, API / Consolenot documented: Team, Enterprise | not documented: all 5 plans |
| Training on inputs | opt-out available: Free, Pro, Maxno: Team, Enterprise, API / Console | opt-out available: Free, Pro, Maxno: Enterprise Pro, Enterprise Max |
| DPA | not documented: Free, Pro, Maxyes: Team, Enterprise, API / Console | no: Free, Pro, Maxyes: Enterprise Pro, Enterprise Max |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: Claude Team vs. Perplexity Enterprise Pro
| Feature | ClaudeTeam | PerplexityEnterprise Pro |
|---|---|---|
| yes | yes | |
| Details: DPA available | yes: Commercial Terms section C: "Data submitted through the Services will be processed in accordance with the Anthropic Data Processing Addendum ('DPA'), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference." (Anthropic Ireland Limited is the contracting party where the customer is established in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK) Provider’s DPA | yes (DPA forms part of the Enterprise Terms by reference, section 5.1) Provider’s DPA |
| no | no | |
| Details: Training on inputs | Privacy Center (2026-08-18): "By default, we will not use your inputs or outputs from our commercial products (e.g. Claude for Work, Anthropic API, Claude Gov, etc.) to train our models." Exceptions according to the same source: express feedback (thumbs up/down) or other express permission. Commercial Terms: "Anthropic may not train models on Customer Content from Services." Pricing page Team: "No model training on your content by default". | Enterprise Terms section 1.3.3: Perplexity does not use Customer Content for training, retraining or fine-tuning and does not authorise third parties to do so either; DPA: "Personal Data will not be used for training of Perplexity's large language models." Help Center: zero data retention and zero training agreements with AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic and others). |
| not publicly documented | not publicly documented | |
| Details: Data residency | not publicly documented for claude.ai workspaces (Team/Enterprise): no choice of region documented. The Trust Center states the location "Worldwide" for the cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure); Privacy Policy: transfer "to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the [EEA] and the UK". | not publicly documented (Trust Center trust.perplexity.ai JS-rendered; Help Center pages on hosting 403) |
| list available | list available | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by plan | Saved chats/coding sessions are retained… | Uploaded files: 7 days |
| Details: Data retention | Saved chats/coding sessions are retained in the product for continuing the conversation; deleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back end "within 30 days"; incognito chats are automatically deleted within 30 days. Usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01). Help Center (q18, as of 2026-03-16): "While using Team and Enterprise plans, prompts and conversations in the product are maintained so you can see your conversation history in the product." | Uploaded files: 7 days; Enterprise Pro from 50 seats or Enterprise Max: configurable session retention. DPA: deletion or return of personal data within 30 days of contract end; input stored until deleted by the user or at the latest 30 days after the end of the Services. |
| several tiers | several tiers | |
| Details: Price | Standard seat USD 20/seat/month with annual billing, USD 25 with monthly billing; Premium seat USD 100/seat/month annually, USD 125 monthly; Team for 2 to 150 people (list claude.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-14; excl. taxes) | USD 40 per seat/month or USD 400 per seat/year (Help Center, Last modified 2026-10-08, q14); pricing page, Enterprise tab: USD 34 per seat/month "when billed annually" (q3); for eligible educational institutions and non-profits USD 30 per seat/month or USD 300 per seat/year (q15). No indication whether VAT is included (as of 2026-10-18) |
| yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (all Claude features, more usage than Pro, Claude Code and Claude Cowork, Enterprise Search, SSO; according to the pricing page up to USD 500/month in pooled API credits) | yes (incl. Perplexity Computer) |
| 9 sources | 10 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- Claude Teamyes
- Perplexity Enterprise Proyes
- Claude Team
yes: Commercial Terms section C: "Data submitted through the Services will be processed in accordance with the Anthropic Data Processing Addendum ('DPA'), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference." (Anthropic Ireland Limited is the contracting party where the customer is established in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK)
Provider’s DPAPerplexity Enterprise Proyes (DPA forms part of the Enterprise Terms by reference, section 5.1)
Provider’s DPA
Training
- Claude Teamno
- Perplexity Enterprise Prono
- Claude Team
Privacy Center (2026-08-18): "By default, we will not use your inputs or outputs from our commercial products (e.g. Claude for Work, Anthropic API, Claude Gov, etc.) to train our models." Exceptions according to the same source: express feedback (thumbs up/down) or other express permission. Commercial Terms: "Anthropic may not train models on Customer Content from Services." Pricing page Team: "No model training on your content by default".
Perplexity Enterprise ProEnterprise Terms section 1.3.3: Perplexity does not use Customer Content for training, retraining or fine-tuning and does not authorise third parties to do so either; DPA: "Personal Data will not be used for training of Perplexity's large language models." Help Center: zero data retention and zero training agreements with AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic and others).
Hosting
- Claude Teamnot publicly documented
- Perplexity Enterprise Pronot publicly documented
- Claude Team
not publicly documented for claude.ai workspaces (Team/Enterprise): no choice of region documented. The Trust Center states the location "Worldwide" for the cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure); Privacy Policy: transfer "to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the [EEA] and the UK".
Perplexity Enterprise Pronot publicly documented (Trust Center trust.perplexity.ai JS-rendered; Help Center pages on hosting 403)
Sub-processors
- Claude Teamlist available
- Perplexity Enterprise Prolist available
- Claude Team
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Stripe (billing; USA)
- WorkOS (security, single sign-on; USA)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- ElevenLabs (text-to-speech; USA; Claude for Work only)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
Perplexity Enterprise Pro- Model providers according to "Third-Party Models" (as of 2025-11-25): OpenAI (incl. Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service), Anthropic (incl. Google Vertex AI and AWS Bedrock), Meta (basis for Sonar, operated by Perplexity itself), xAI, Google (Gemini, Veo)
- full sub-processor list only in the Trust Center (trust.perplexity.ai, a JavaScript application; according to the Help Center the "sub-processor list" is also there, q16), not retrievable
Retention
- differs by plan
- Claude TeamSaved chats/coding sessions are retained…
- Perplexity Enterprise ProUploaded files: 7 days
- Claude TeamSaved chats/coding sessions are retained in the product for continuing the conversation; deleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back end "within 30 days"; incognito chats are automatically deleted within 30 days. Usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01). Help Center (q18, as of 2026-03-16): "While using Team and Enterprise plans, prompts and conversations in the product are maintained so you can see your conversation history in the product."Perplexity Enterprise ProUploaded files: 7 days; Enterprise Pro from 50 seats or Enterprise Max: configurable session retention. DPA: deletion or return of personal data within 30 days of contract end; input stored until deleted by the user or at the latest 30 days after the end of the Services.
Price
- Claude Teamseveral tiers
- Perplexity Enterprise Proseveral tiers
- Claude Team
Standard seat USD 20/seat/month with annual billing, USD 25 with monthly billing; Premium seat USD 100/seat/month annually, USD 125 monthly; Team for 2 to 150 people (list claude.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-14; excl. taxes)
Perplexity Enterprise ProUSD 40 per seat/month or USD 400 per seat/year (Help Center, Last modified 2026-10-08, q14); pricing page, Enterprise tab: USD 34 per seat/month "when billed annually" (q3); for eligible educational institutions and non-profits USD 30 per seat/month or USD 300 per seat/year (q15). No indication whether VAT is included (as of 2026-10-18)
- Claude Teamyes
- Perplexity Enterprise Proyes
- Claude Team
yes (all Claude features, more usage than Pro, Claude Code and Claude Cowork, Enterprise Search, SSO; according to the pricing page up to USD 500/month in pooled API credits)
Perplexity Enterprise Proyes (incl. Perplexity Computer)
Evidence
- Claude Team9 sources
- Perplexity Enterprise Pro10 sources
- Claude Team
- Anthropic Privacy Center: Is my data used for model training? (Commercial; as of 2026-08-18)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: How long do you store my organization's data? (Commercial; as of 2026-07-01)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Data Processing Addendum (Effective 2025-02-24)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Commercial Terms of Service (Effective 2025-06-17)Terms and conditions/Terms, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Policy (Effective 2026-09-10)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Claude Pricing (Individual, Team & Enterprise, API)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: How do you use personal data in model training? (Commercial; as of 2026-03-16)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Trust Center: Subprocessors (22 entries)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: Can you delete data that I sent via Team and Enterprise plans? (as of 2026-03-16)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Perplexity Enterprise Pro- Data Collection at Perplexity (Help Center, Last modified 2026-08-31)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data retention and privacy for Enterprise organizationsDocumentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- What is Enterprise Pro?Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Perplexity Data Processing Addendum (Last Updated 2026-08-13)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Perplexity Enterprise Terms and Conditions (Last Updated 2026-08-03)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Third-Party Models (Last updated 2025-11-25)Sub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- How long does Perplexity retain my search history, profile data, and personal information?Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Enterprise pricing and billing FAQ (Help Center, Last modified 2026-10-08)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Which Perplexity subscription plan is right for you? (Help Center, Last modified 2026-10-08)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Getting started with FedRAMP 20x Secure Configuration (Help Center, Last modified 2026-10-13)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
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| not publicly documentedall 5 plans |
| Details: Data residency |
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| list availableall 6 plans | list availableall 5 plans | |
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| yesall 6 plans | yesall 5 plans | |
| Details: AI features included |
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| 17 sources | 13 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- differs by tool
- Claude
- not publicly documentedFree, Pro, Max
- yesTeam, Enterprise, API / Console (Claude Platform)
- Perplexity
- noFree, Pro, Max
- yesEnterprise Pro, Enterprise Max
- Claude
- Free
not publicly documented (the Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy do not mention a DPA; according to the Privacy Policy, Anthropic Ireland Limited is the controller for users in the EEA/UK/CH)
- Pro
not publicly documented (the Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy do not mention a DPA; according to the Privacy Policy, Anthropic Ireland Limited is the controller for users in the EEA/UK/CH)
- Max
not publicly documented (the Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy do not mention a DPA; according to the Privacy Policy, Anthropic Ireland Limited is the controller for users in the EEA/UK/CH)
- Team
yes: Commercial Terms section C: "Data submitted through the Services will be processed in accordance with the Anthropic Data Processing Addendum ('DPA'), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference." (Anthropic Ireland Limited is the contracting party where the customer is established in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK)
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise
yes: Commercial Terms section C: "Data submitted through the Services will be processed in accordance with the Anthropic Data Processing Addendum ('DPA'), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference." (Anthropic Ireland Limited is the contracting party where the customer is established in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK)
Provider’s DPA - API / Console (Claude Platform)
yes: Commercial Terms section C: "Data submitted through the Services will be processed in accordance with the Anthropic Data Processing Addendum ('DPA'), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference." (Anthropic Ireland Limited is the contracting party where the customer is established in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK)
Provider’s DPA
Perplexity- Free
no (according to its wording, the DPA applies only to business customers whose contract refers to it; consumer use under the Privacy Notice)
- Pro
no (according to its wording, the DPA applies only to business customers whose contract refers to it; consumer use under the Privacy Notice)
- Max
no (according to its wording, the DPA applies only to business customers whose contract refers to it; consumer use under the Privacy Notice)
- Enterprise Pro
yes (DPA forms part of the Enterprise Terms by reference, section 5.1)
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise Max
yes (DPA forms part of the Enterprise Terms by reference, section 5.1)
Provider’s DPA
- Free
Training
- Claude
- opt-out availableFree, Pro, Max
- noTeam, Enterprise, API / Console (Claude Platform)
- Perplexity
- opt-out availableFree, Pro, Max
- noEnterprise Pro, Enterprise Max
- Claude
- Free
Consumer Terms (Effective 2025-10-08): "We may use Materials to provide, maintain, and improve the Services and to develop other products and services, including training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings. Even if you opt out, we will use Materials for model training when: (1) you provide Feedback to us regarding any Materials, or (2) your Materials are flagged for safety review". Privacy Center (2026-03-16): chats and coding sessions are used if users allow it, in the case of safety flagging or with an express opt-in. Incognito chats: "are not used to improve Claude, even if you have enabled Model Improvement in your Privacy Settings". The pricing page shows "Model training: Opt-out" for Free, Pro and Max. According to the Privacy Center, this also applies to Claude Code for accounts on these plans.
- Pro
Consumer Terms (Effective 2025-10-08): "We may use Materials to provide, maintain, and improve the Services and to develop other products and services, including training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings. Even if you opt out, we will use Materials for model training when: (1) you provide Feedback to us regarding any Materials, or (2) your Materials are flagged for safety review". Privacy Center (2026-03-16): chats and coding sessions are used if users allow it, in the case of safety flagging or with an express opt-in. Incognito chats: "are not used to improve Claude, even if you have enabled Model Improvement in your Privacy Settings". The pricing page shows "Model training: Opt-out" for Free, Pro and Max. According to the Privacy Center, this also applies to Claude Code for accounts on these plans.
- Max
Consumer Terms (Effective 2025-10-08): "We may use Materials to provide, maintain, and improve the Services and to develop other products and services, including training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings. Even if you opt out, we will use Materials for model training when: (1) you provide Feedback to us regarding any Materials, or (2) your Materials are flagged for safety review". Privacy Center (2026-03-16): chats and coding sessions are used if users allow it, in the case of safety flagging or with an express opt-in. Incognito chats: "are not used to improve Claude, even if you have enabled Model Improvement in your Privacy Settings". The pricing page shows "Model training: Opt-out" for Free, Pro and Max. According to the Privacy Center, this also applies to Claude Code for accounts on these plans.
- Team
Privacy Center (2026-08-18): "By default, we will not use your inputs or outputs from our commercial products (e.g. Claude for Work, Anthropic API, Claude Gov, etc.) to train our models." Exceptions according to the same source: express feedback (thumbs up/down) or other express permission. Commercial Terms: "Anthropic may not train models on Customer Content from Services." Pricing page Team: "No model training on your content by default".
- Enterprise
Privacy Center (2026-08-18): "By default, we will not use your inputs or outputs from our commercial products (e.g. Claude for Work, Anthropic API, Claude Gov, etc.) to train our models." Exceptions according to the same source: express feedback (thumbs up/down) or other express permission. Commercial Terms: "Anthropic may not train models on Customer Content from Services." Pricing page Enterprise model training: "None by default".
- API / Console (Claude Platform)
Privacy Center (2026-08-18): "By default, we will not use your inputs or outputs from our commercial products (e.g. Claude for Work, Anthropic API, Claude Gov, etc.) to train our models." Exceptions according to the same source: express feedback (thumbs up/down) or other express permission. Commercial Terms: "Anthropic may not train models on Customer Content from Services."
Perplexity- Free
"AI data retention" enabled by default; opt-out in Account Settings > Preferences. "Opt-outs only apply to data collected after the opt-out date." Training data already collected cannot be deleted (Help Center). According to the Help Center, this applies expressly to Free, Pro and Max: "For Free, Perplexity Pro and Perplexity Max users, AI Data Retention is enabled by default." (q1)
- Pro
"AI data retention" enabled by default; opt-out in Account Settings > Preferences. "Opt-outs only apply to data collected after the opt-out date." Training data already collected cannot be deleted (Help Center). According to the Help Center, this applies expressly to Free, Pro and Max: "For Free, Perplexity Pro and Perplexity Max users, AI Data Retention is enabled by default." (q1)
- Max
"AI data retention" enabled by default; opt-out in Account Settings > Preferences. "Opt-outs only apply to data collected after the opt-out date." Training data already collected cannot be deleted (Help Center). According to the Help Center, this applies expressly to Free, Pro and Max: "For Free, Perplexity Pro and Perplexity Max users, AI Data Retention is enabled by default." (q1)
- Enterprise Pro
Enterprise Terms section 1.3.3: Perplexity does not use Customer Content for training, retraining or fine-tuning and does not authorise third parties to do so either; DPA: "Personal Data will not be used for training of Perplexity's large language models." Help Center: zero data retention and zero training agreements with AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic and others).
- Enterprise Max
As Enterprise Pro (Enterprise Terms section 1.3.3, DPA).
- Free
Hosting
- differs by tool
- Claude
- mixedFree, Pro, Max, API / Console (Claude Platform)
- not publicly documentedTeam, Enterprise
- Perplexitynot publicly documentedall 5 plans
- Claude
- Free
Privacy Policy (Effective 2026-09-10): "your personal data is transferred to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the European Economic Area ('EEA') and the UK"; Trust Center: cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure) with location "Worldwide" for all products. A choice of region is not documented for consumer plans.
- Pro
Privacy Policy (Effective 2026-09-10): "your personal data is transferred to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the European Economic Area ('EEA') and the UK"; Trust Center: cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure) with location "Worldwide" for all products. A choice of region is not documented for consumer plans.
- Max
Privacy Policy (Effective 2026-09-10): "your personal data is transferred to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the European Economic Area ('EEA') and the UK"; Trust Center: cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure) with location "Worldwide" for all products. A choice of region is not documented for consumer plans.
- Team
not publicly documented for claude.ai workspaces (Team/Enterprise): no choice of region documented. The Trust Center states the location "Worldwide" for the cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure); Privacy Policy: transfer "to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the [EEA] and the UK".
- Enterprise
not publicly documented for claude.ai workspaces (Team/Enterprise): no choice of region documented. The Trust Center states the location "Worldwide" for the cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure); Privacy Policy: transfer "to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the [EEA] and the UK". The Claude Enterprise product page (q19) lists "US-only inference" among the data controls; an EU region is not mentioned there.
- API / Console (Claude Platform)
Claude Platform Docs (Data residency): two settings. Inference geo (parameter inference_geo): "global" (default) "Inference may run in any available geography"; "us" "Inference runs only in US-based infrastructure" (surcharge 1.1x, Claude 4.6 and newer only). Workspace geo (storage at rest and endpoint processing): "Currently, 'us' is the only available workspace geo." According to the same documentation (retrieved 2026-10-18): "Inference geo: Only 'us' and 'global' are available." and "Workspace geo: Only 'us' is currently available."; an EU region is therefore not currently offered. On Amazon Bedrock/Google Cloud, the endpoint URL or the inference profile determines the region (not part of this entry).
Perplexity- Free
not publicly documented (Trust Center trust.perplexity.ai JS-rendered; Help Center pages on hosting 403)
- Pro
not publicly documented (Trust Center trust.perplexity.ai JS-rendered; Help Center pages on hosting 403)
- Max
not publicly documented (Trust Center trust.perplexity.ai JS-rendered; Help Center pages on hosting 403)
- Enterprise Pro
not publicly documented (Trust Center trust.perplexity.ai JS-rendered; Help Center pages on hosting 403)
- Enterprise Max
not publicly documented (Trust Center trust.perplexity.ai JS-rendered; Help Center pages on hosting 403)
- Free
Sub-processors
- Claudelist availableall 6 plans
- Perplexitylist availableall 5 plans
- Claude
- Free
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- Persona (fraud detection, identity verification; USA; Free/Pro/Max only)
- Yoti (fraud detection, identity verification; UK; Free/Pro/Max only)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
- Note: according to the Privacy Policy, Anthropic is the controller for consumers; the list nevertheless assigns these service providers to the products Claude Free/Pro/Max.
- Pro
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Stripe (billing; USA)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- Persona (fraud detection, identity verification; USA; Free/Pro/Max only)
- Yoti (fraud detection, identity verification; UK; Free/Pro/Max only)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
- Note: according to the Privacy Policy, Anthropic is the controller for consumers; the list nevertheless assigns these service providers to the products Claude Free/Pro/Max.
- Max
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Stripe (billing; USA)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- Persona (fraud detection, identity verification; USA; Free/Pro/Max only)
- Yoti (fraud detection, identity verification; UK; Free/Pro/Max only)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
- Note: according to the Privacy Policy, Anthropic is the controller for consumers; the list nevertheless assigns these service providers to the products Claude Free/Pro/Max.
- Team
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Stripe (billing; USA)
- WorkOS (security, single sign-on; USA)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- ElevenLabs (text-to-speech; USA; Claude for Work only)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
- Enterprise
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Stripe (billing; USA)
- WorkOS (security, single sign-on; USA)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- ElevenLabs (text-to-speech; USA; Claude for Work only)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
- API / Console (Claude Platform)
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Stripe (billing; USA)
- WorkOS (security, single sign-on; USA)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
Perplexity- Free
- Model providers according to "Third-Party Models" (as of 2025-11-25): OpenAI (incl. Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service), Anthropic (incl. Google Vertex AI and AWS Bedrock), Meta (basis for Sonar, operated by Perplexity itself), xAI, Google (Gemini, Veo)
- full sub-processor list only in the Trust Center (trust.perplexity.ai, a JavaScript application; according to the Help Center the "sub-processor list" is also there, q16), not retrievable
- Pro
- Model providers according to "Third-Party Models" (as of 2025-11-25): OpenAI (incl. Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service), Anthropic (incl. Google Vertex AI and AWS Bedrock), Meta (basis for Sonar, operated by Perplexity itself), xAI, Google (Gemini, Veo)
- full sub-processor list only in the Trust Center (trust.perplexity.ai, a JavaScript application; according to the Help Center the "sub-processor list" is also there, q16), not retrievable
- Max
- Model providers according to "Third-Party Models" (as of 2025-11-25): OpenAI (incl. Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service), Anthropic (incl. Google Vertex AI and AWS Bedrock), Meta (basis for Sonar, operated by Perplexity itself), xAI, Google (Gemini, Veo)
- full sub-processor list only in the Trust Center (trust.perplexity.ai, a JavaScript application; according to the Help Center the "sub-processor list" is also there, q16), not retrievable
- Enterprise Pro
- Model providers according to "Third-Party Models" (as of 2025-11-25): OpenAI (incl. Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service), Anthropic (incl. Google Vertex AI and AWS Bedrock), Meta (basis for Sonar, operated by Perplexity itself), xAI, Google (Gemini, Veo)
- full sub-processor list only in the Trust Center (trust.perplexity.ai, a JavaScript application; according to the Help Center the "sub-processor list" is also there, q16), not retrievable
- Enterprise Max
- Model providers according to "Third-Party Models" (as of 2025-11-25): OpenAI (incl. Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service), Anthropic (incl. Google Vertex AI and AWS Bedrock), Meta (basis for Sonar, operated by Perplexity itself), xAI, Google (Gemini, Veo)
- full sub-processor list only in the Trust Center (trust.perplexity.ai, a JavaScript application; according to the Help Center the "sub-processor list" is also there, q16), not retrievable
- Free
Retention
- differs by tool
- Claude
- Deleted chats: removed from the history…Free, Pro, Max
- Saved chats/coding sessions are retained…Team, Enterprise
- Anthropic API: inputs/outputs are…API / Console (Claude Platform)
- Perplexity
- Consumer accounts: "We retain your…Free, Pro, Max
- Uploaded files: 7 daysEnterprise Pro, Enterprise Max
- Claude
- FreeDeleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back-end systems "within 30 days". If training is allowed: de-identified retention for up to 5 years in training pipelines (only for new/resumed chats after activation). In the case of usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01).
- ProDeleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back-end systems "within 30 days". If training is allowed: de-identified retention for up to 5 years in training pipelines (only for new/resumed chats after activation). In the case of usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01).
- MaxDeleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back-end systems "within 30 days". If training is allowed: de-identified retention for up to 5 years in training pipelines (only for new/resumed chats after activation). In the case of usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01).
- TeamSaved chats/coding sessions are retained in the product for continuing the conversation; deleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back end "within 30 days"; incognito chats are automatically deleted within 30 days. Usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01). Help Center (q18, as of 2026-03-16): "While using Team and Enterprise plans, prompts and conversations in the product are maintained so you can see your conversation history in the product."
- EnterpriseSaved chats/coding sessions are retained in the product for continuing the conversation; deleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back end "within 30 days"; incognito chats are automatically deleted within 30 days. Usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01). Custom data retention controls (Enterprise): the default is unlimited retention; organisation owners can set the retention period for chats and projects, minimum 30 days (Help Center); according to the Help Center, the custom periods do not apply to Claude Design, Claude Tag, Claude Managed Agents and other features built on Claude Code on the web. According to the Help Center, zero data retention agreements apply to eligible APIs and Claude Code on Enterprise plans, not to the entire product. Help Center (q18): "Enterprise plan customers can also set custom retention timelines for their organization's data."
- API / Console (Claude Platform)Anthropic API: inputs/outputs are automatically deleted in the back end "within 30 days of receipt or generation", except for services with longer retention under customer control (e.g. Files API), an agreed deviation (e.g. Zero Data Retention), usage policy enforcement or a legal obligation. Limited retention and review apply to Covered Models. Flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback: 5 years. ZDR possible on application and after approval (Help Center, as of 2026-07-01).
Perplexity- FreeConsumer accounts: "We retain your personal information as long as your account is active"; after account deletion, removal within 30 days (Help Center). Training opt-out applies only to data from the opt-out date.
- ProConsumer accounts: "We retain your personal information as long as your account is active"; after account deletion, removal within 30 days (Help Center). Training opt-out applies only to data from the opt-out date.
- MaxConsumer accounts: "We retain your personal information as long as your account is active"; after account deletion, removal within 30 days (Help Center). Training opt-out applies only to data from the opt-out date.
- Enterprise ProUploaded files: 7 days; Enterprise Pro from 50 seats or Enterprise Max: configurable session retention. DPA: deletion or return of personal data within 30 days of contract end; input stored until deleted by the user or at the latest 30 days after the end of the Services.
- Enterprise MaxUploaded files: 7 days; Enterprise Pro from 50 seats or Enterprise Max: configurable session retention. DPA: deletion or return of personal data within 30 days of contract end; input stored until deleted by the user or at the latest 30 days after the end of the Services.
Price
- differs by tool
- Claude
- 0 USD/moFree
- 17 USD/mo… (further prices in the details)Pro
- 100 USD/mo… (further prices in the details)Max
- several tiersTeam
- 20 USD/user/moEnterprise
- per tokenAPI / Console (Claude Platform)
- Perplexity
- 0 USD/moFree
- 17 USD/mo… (further prices in the details)Pro
- 167 USD/moMax
- several tiersEnterprise Pro
- 325 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details)Enterprise Max
- Claude
- Free
USD 0/month (list claude.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-14; prices excl. taxes)
- Pro
USD 17/month with annual subscription (USD 200 in advance), USD 20/month with monthly billing (list claude.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-14; excl. taxes)
- Max
Max 5x: USD 100/month; Max 20x: USD 200/month; prices for web subscriptions; according to the pricing page FAQ, annual subscriptions only for Pro and Team ("Annual subscriptions are available for Pro and Team plans.") (Help Center "What is the Max plan?", q17; pricing page claude.com/pricing: "from USD 100", prices excl. taxes)
- Team
Standard seat USD 20/seat/month with annual billing, USD 25 with monthly billing; Premium seat USD 100/seat/month annually, USD 125 monthly; Team for 2 to 150 people (list claude.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-14; excl. taxes)
- Enterprise
Self-serve: USD 20/seat/month with annual billing, minimum 20 seats, plus usage-based costs at API rates; sales-assisted: individual quote (pricing page FAQ: "You can get started self-serve or contact sales for a tailored quote."); Enterprise with annual billing only (list claude.com/pricing, retrieved 2026-10-18)
- API / Console (Claude Platform)
List claude.com/pricing (as of 2026-10-14), per 1M tokens: Fable 5.1 input USD 10 / output USD 50; Opus 5.5 input USD 4 / output USD 20; Sonnet 5.5 input USD 2 / output USD 10; Haiku 5.5 input USD 0.10 (prompts up to 100K) / output USD 0.50; Batch -50 %; US-only inference at 1.1x price (excl. taxes)
Perplexity- Free
USD 0/month (as of 2026-10-14)
- Pro
USD 17/month with annual payment (pricing page, as of 2026-10-18); a monthly price is shown neither on the pricing page nor in the Help Center article "What is Perplexity Pro?" (check on 2026-10-07: USD 20/month)
- Max
USD 167/month with annual payment (pricing page, as of 2026-10-18); according to the Help Center "$200/monthly or $2000/annually", annual billing only in the web app (q13)
- Enterprise Pro
USD 40 per seat/month or USD 400 per seat/year (Help Center, Last modified 2026-10-08, q14); pricing page, Enterprise tab: USD 34 per seat/month "when billed annually" (q3); for eligible educational institutions and non-profits USD 30 per seat/month or USD 300 per seat/year (q15). No indication whether VAT is included (as of 2026-10-18)
- Enterprise Max
USD 325 per seat/month or USD 3,250 per seat/year (Help Center, Last modified 2026-10-08, q14); pricing page, Enterprise tab: USD 271 per seat/month "when billed annually" (q3). No indication whether VAT is included; additional security and governance features "Custom pricing" according to the pricing page (as of 2026-10-18)
- Free
- Claudeyesall 6 plans
- Perplexityyesall 5 plans
- Claude
- Free
yes (chat, web search, file creation, code execution, Memory, Artifacts, Connectors; according to the pricing page)
- Pro
yes (Free plus more usage, Claude Code, Claude Design/Slides/Docs, Research, Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365; according to the pricing page)
- Max
yes (Pro plus 5x or 20x more usage, higher output limits, Early Access, Priority Access; new: monthly API credits for the Claude Platform of USD 100 (Max 5x) and USD 200 (Max 20x) respectively; according to the pricing page)
- Team
yes (all Claude features, more usage than Pro, Claude Code and Claude Cowork, Enterprise Search, SSO; according to the pricing page up to USD 500/month in pooled API credits)
- Enterprise
yes (all Team features plus roles/SCIM, audit logs, Compliance API, IP allowlisting, HIPAA-ready offering; according to the pricing page)
- API / Console (Claude Platform)
yes (Messages API, Batch, Managed Agents and others; prices per MTok)
Perplexity- Free
yes (limited: search, basic models, limited weekly usage)
- Pro
yes
- Max
yes
- Enterprise Pro
yes (incl. Perplexity Computer)
- Enterprise Max
yes (highest model and usage tier)
- Free
Evidence
- Claude17 sources
- Perplexity13 sources
- Claude
- Anthropic Privacy Center: Is my data used for model training? (Consumer: Free, Pro, Max; as of 2026-03-16)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: Is my data used for model training? (Commercial; as of 2026-08-18)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: How long do you store my data? (Consumer; as of 2026-07-01)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: How long do you store my organization's data? (Commercial; as of 2026-07-01)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Data Processing Addendum (Effective 2025-02-24)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Commercial Terms of Service (Effective 2025-06-17)Terms and conditions/Terms, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Consumer Terms of Service (Effective 2025-10-08)Terms and conditions/Terms, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Policy (Effective 2026-09-10)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Claude Pricing (Individual, Team & Enterprise, API)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Claude Platform Docs: Data residencyDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: Configure custom data retention controls for Enterprise plansHelp Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: Zero data retention agreement - applicable productsHelp Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: How do you use personal data in model training? (Commercial; as of 2026-03-16)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Trust Center: Subprocessors (22 entries)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Claude Help Center: What is the Max plan?Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: Can you delete data that I sent via Team and Enterprise plans? (as of 2026-03-16)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Claude Enterprise (product page incl. FAQ Security and compliance)Product page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Perplexity- Data Collection at Perplexity (Help Center, Last modified 2026-08-31)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Perplexity Privacy Notice (Last updated 2026-07-08)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Perplexity Pricing (Pro/Max annual prices; Enterprise tab without price)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data retention and privacy for Enterprise organizationsDocumentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- What is Enterprise Pro?Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Perplexity Data Processing Addendum (Last Updated 2026-08-13)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Perplexity Enterprise Terms and Conditions (Last Updated 2026-08-03)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Third-Party Models (Last updated 2025-11-25)Sub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- How long does Perplexity retain my search history, profile data, and personal information?Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Perplexity Max (Help Center, Last modified 2026-09-14)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Enterprise pricing and billing FAQ (Help Center, Last modified 2026-10-08)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Which Perplexity subscription plan is right for you? (Help Center, Last modified 2026-10-08)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Getting started with FedRAMP 20x Secure Configuration (Help Center, Last modified 2026-10-13)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
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