Perplexity vs. You.com: data protection per plan
Perplexity (5 plans) and You.com (3 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 | Perplexity | You.com |
|---|---|---|
| Provider based in | San Francisco, CA, USA: Perplexity AI, Inc., 2261 Market Street, Ste. 14441, San Francisco, CA 94114 | SuSea, Inc., 417 Montgomery Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA |
| Plans recorded | 5 | 3 |
| Hosting | not documented: all 5 plans | US only: all 3 plans |
| Training on inputs | opt-out available: Free, Pro, Maxno: Enterprise Pro, Enterprise Max | no: all 3 plans |
| DPA | no: Free, Pro, Maxyes: Enterprise Pro, Enterprise Max | not documented: Free, Pay as you goyes: Enterprise |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: Perplexity Enterprise Max vs. You.com Enterprise
| Feature | PerplexityEnterprise Max | You.comEnterprise (custom) |
|---|---|---|
| yes | yes | |
| Details: DPA available | yes (DPA forms part of the Enterprise Terms by reference, section 5.1) Provider’s DPA | yes: public 'SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum' (you.com/dpa, 'Last updated: December 12, 2025', linked in the footer of the pricing page); in the Trust Center, 'You.com DPA - March 2025' and 'You.com DPA - Security Addendum' are also available to view. According to its text, the DPA becomes part of the Master Subscription Agreement or another written/electronic agreement. Pricing page: 'DPA-ready'. Provider’s DPA |
| no | no | |
| Details: Training on inputs | As Enterprise Pro (Enterprise Terms section 1.3.3, DPA). | Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. Additionally with ZDR: requests are not used for training, not sold to third parties and not sent to Google or Bing (documentation). MSA (Online, December 2025) 3.4.3: You.com uses Customer Data (Prompts and Output) only 'as necessary to provide Customer with the Services, comply with applicable law, and for safety purposes'; Platform Analyses (statistical usage data without identifying Customer Data) may be used for product development (6.5). |
| differs by plan | not publicly documented | US only |
| Details: Data residency | not publicly documented (Trust Center trust.perplexity.ai JS-rendered; Help Center pages on hosting 403) | Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented. |
| list available | list available | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by plan | Uploaded files: 7 days | Privacy notice: account and profile data… |
| Details: Data retention | 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. | Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' According to the documentation, ZDR applies to the Web Search API and Answer API and is activated by You.com on request (no self-service switch). MSA (Online) 11.4: after the end of the contract, 30 calendar days of access to retrieve Customer Data upon written notice, after which You.com will 'promptly delete Customer Data'. |
| differs by plan | 325 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details) | custom |
| Details: Price | 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) | Custom (pricing page: 'Custom, Talk to our humans') |
| yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (highest model and usage tier) | yes (all APIs; according to the pricing page, custom load capacity and SLA support) |
| 9 sources | 8 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- Perplexity Enterprise Maxyes
- You.com Enterpriseyes
- Perplexity Enterprise Max
yes (DPA forms part of the Enterprise Terms by reference, section 5.1)
Provider’s DPAYou.com Enterpriseyes: public 'SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum' (you.com/dpa, 'Last updated: December 12, 2025', linked in the footer of the pricing page); in the Trust Center, 'You.com DPA - March 2025' and 'You.com DPA - Security Addendum' are also available to view. According to its text, the DPA becomes part of the Master Subscription Agreement or another written/electronic agreement. Pricing page: 'DPA-ready'.
Provider’s DPA
Training
- Perplexity Enterprise Maxno
- You.com Enterpriseno
- Perplexity Enterprise Max
As Enterprise Pro (Enterprise Terms section 1.3.3, DPA).
You.com EnterprisePrivacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. Additionally with ZDR: requests are not used for training, not sold to third parties and not sent to Google or Bing (documentation). MSA (Online, December 2025) 3.4.3: You.com uses Customer Data (Prompts and Output) only 'as necessary to provide Customer with the Services, comply with applicable law, and for safety purposes'; Platform Analyses (statistical usage data without identifying Customer Data) may be used for product development (6.5).
Hosting
- differs by plan
- Perplexity Enterprise Maxnot publicly documented
- You.com EnterpriseUS only
- Perplexity Enterprise Max
not publicly documented (Trust Center trust.perplexity.ai JS-rendered; Help Center pages on hosting 403)
You.com EnterpriseTerms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
Sub-processors
- Perplexity Enterprise Maxlist available
- You.com Enterpriselist available
- Perplexity 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
You.com Enterprise- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
Retention
- differs by plan
- Perplexity Enterprise MaxUploaded files: 7 days
- You.com EnterprisePrivacy notice: account and profile data…
- Perplexity 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.You.com EnterprisePrivacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' According to the documentation, ZDR applies to the Web Search API and Answer API and is activated by You.com on request (no self-service switch). MSA (Online) 11.4: after the end of the contract, 30 calendar days of access to retrieve Customer Data upon written notice, after which You.com will 'promptly delete Customer Data'.
Price
- differs by plan
- Perplexity Enterprise Max325 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details)
- You.com Enterprisecustom
- Perplexity 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)
You.com EnterpriseCustom (pricing page: 'Custom, Talk to our humans')
- Perplexity Enterprise Maxyes
- You.com Enterpriseyes
- Perplexity Enterprise Max
yes (highest model and usage tier)
You.com Enterpriseyes (all APIs; according to the pricing page, custom load capacity and SLA support)
Evidence
- Perplexity Enterprise Max9 sources
- You.com Enterprise8 sources
- Perplexity Enterprise Max
- 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
- Getting started with FedRAMP 20x Secure Configuration (Help Center, Last modified 2026-10-13)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
You.com Enterprise- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-09-22)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms & Conditions (as of 2024-08-27)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Zero Data Retention (ZDR)Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – Resources (DPA, SOC 2 Type 2 Report)Trust Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum (as of 2025-12-12)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Master Services Agreement (Online), MSA v.121525 (December 2025)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
| Feature | Perplexity | You.com |
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| noall 3 plans |
| Details: Training on inputs |
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| differs by tool | not publicly documentedall 5 plans | US onlyall 3 plans |
| Details: Data residency |
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| list availableall 5 plans | list availableall 3 plans | |
| Details: List published |
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| Privacy notice: account and profile data…all 3 plans |
| Details: Data retention |
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| Details: Price |
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| yesall 5 plans | yesall 3 plans | |
| Details: AI features included |
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| 13 sources | 8 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- differs by tool
- Perplexity
- noFree, Pro, Max
- yesEnterprise Pro, Enterprise Max
- You.com
- not publicly documentedFree (Web Search API via MCP), Pay as you go (API)
- yesEnterprise (custom)
- 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
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
not publicly documented whether a DPA applies to this plan. According to its text, the public DPA (you.com/dpa, as of 2025-12-12) becomes part of the 'Master Subscription Agreement or other written electronic agreements' with the signing customer; the 'You.com MSA (Online)' linked on the pricing page (version December 2025), which is accepted by clicking or by using the platform, does not refer to the DPA.
- Enterprise (custom)
yes: public 'SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum' (you.com/dpa, 'Last updated: December 12, 2025', linked in the footer of the pricing page); in the Trust Center, 'You.com DPA - March 2025' and 'You.com DPA - Security Addendum' are also available to view. According to its text, the DPA becomes part of the Master Subscription Agreement or another written/electronic agreement. Pricing page: 'DPA-ready'.
Provider’s DPA - Pay as you go (API)
not publicly documented whether a DPA applies to this plan. According to its text, the public DPA (you.com/dpa, as of 2025-12-12) becomes part of the 'Master Subscription Agreement or other written electronic agreements' with the signing customer; the 'You.com MSA (Online)' linked on the pricing page (version December 2025), which is accepted by clicking or by using the platform, does not refer to the DPA.
- Free
Training
- differs by tool
- Perplexity
- opt-out availableFree, Pro, Max
- noEnterprise Pro, Enterprise Max
- You.comnoall 3 plans
- 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).
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. By contrast, section 4.5 of the terms of use (as of 2024-08-27) permits the use of Content 'to: (a) provide, maintain, train and improve the Services'; the privacy notice governs which rule prevails in the event of a conflict only for Enterprise customers and 'Paid Subscriber's subscription terms'.
- Enterprise (custom)
Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. Additionally with ZDR: requests are not used for training, not sold to third parties and not sent to Google or Bing (documentation). MSA (Online, December 2025) 3.4.3: You.com uses Customer Data (Prompts and Output) only 'as necessary to provide Customer with the Services, comply with applicable law, and for safety purposes'; Platform Analyses (statistical usage data without identifying Customer Data) may be used for product development (6.5).
- Pay as you go (API)
Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. MSA (Online, December 2025) 3.4.3: You.com uses Customer Data (Prompts and Output) only 'as necessary to provide Customer with the Services, comply with applicable law, and for safety purposes'; Platform Analyses (statistical usage data without identifying Customer Data) may be used for product development (6.5). By contrast, section 4.5 of the terms of use (as of 2024-08-27) permits the use of Content 'to: (a) provide, maintain, train and improve the Services'; the privacy notice governs which rule prevails in the event of a conflict only for Enterprise customers and 'Paid Subscriber's subscription terms'.
- Free
Hosting
- differs by tool
- Perplexitynot publicly documentedall 5 plans
- You.comUS onlyall 3 plans
- 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)
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
- Enterprise (custom)
Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
- Pay as you go (API)
Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
- Free
Sub-processors
- Perplexitylist availableall 5 plans
- You.comlist availableall 3 plans
- 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
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
- Enterprise (custom)
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
- Pay as you go (API)
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
- Free
Retention
- differs by tool
- Perplexity
- Consumer accounts: "We retain your…Free, Pro, Max
- Uploaded files: 7 daysEnterprise Pro, Enterprise Max
- You.comPrivacy notice: account and profile data…all 3 plans
- 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.
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.'
- Enterprise (custom)Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' According to the documentation, ZDR applies to the Web Search API and Answer API and is activated by You.com on request (no self-service switch). MSA (Online) 11.4: after the end of the contract, 30 calendar days of access to retrieve Customer Data upon written notice, after which You.com will 'promptly delete Customer Data'.
- Pay as you go (API)Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' MSA (Online) 11.4: after the end of the contract, 30 calendar days of access to retrieve Customer Data upon written notice, after which You.com will 'promptly delete Customer Data'.
Price
- differs by tool
- 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
- You.com
- freeFree (Web Search API via MCP)
- customEnterprise (custom)
- several tiersPay as you go (API)
- 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)
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
Free (pricing page)
- Enterprise (custom)
Custom (pricing page: 'Custom, Talk to our humans')
- Pay as you go (API)
Web Search API 5 USD per 1,000 calls; Contents API 1 USD per 1,000 pages; Answer API 5 USD per 1,000 calls; Research API per 1,000 calls: Lite 12 USD, Standard 50 USD, Deep 100 USD, Exhaustive 450 USD, Frontier 1,200 USD; Finance Research Deep 110 USD, Exhaustive 500 USD per 1,000 calls; no minimum purchase, no platform fee (pricing page, in USD); according to MSA (Online) 5.8, the fees do not include any taxes, including value-added tax ('value-added')
- Free
- Perplexityyesall 5 plans
- You.comyesall 3 plans
- 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)
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
yes (Web Search via MCP server, up to 100 requests per day, without API key or account)
- Enterprise (custom)
yes (all APIs; according to the pricing page, custom load capacity and SLA support)
- Pay as you go (API)
yes (Web Search, Contents, Answer, Research and Finance Research API; all endpoints, SDKs and MCP)
- Free
Evidence
- Perplexity13 sources
- You.com8 sources
- 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
You.com- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-09-22)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms & Conditions (as of 2024-08-27)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Zero Data Retention (ZDR)Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – Resources (DPA, SOC 2 Type 2 Report)Trust Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum (as of 2025-12-12)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Master Services Agreement (Online), MSA v.121525 (December 2025)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
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