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Perplexity AI
Music & audio productionPerplexity for music & audio production
US AI search engine that delivers answers with source citations via its own Sonar models and external frontier models, with separate Enterprise agreements on data use.
Perplexity is not on our list for music & audio production. Usable for general work, but first look at the options we recommend for music & audio production.
- GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: EU hosting possible, no training on your data for business use, and self-hosting available. Caution applies to a model with a documented problem, such as an investigation by a regulator. How we measure
- GDPR: Unknown
- QualityQuality from blind duels on LMArena: users choose between two anonymous answers. A difference of about 20 points is noticeable, a few points is noise. How we measure
- –Elo, independent
- Editorial scoreOur own assessment on 10 of suitability for professional work, price and privacy. This is a judgement, not a measurement; that is why it always sits alongside the Elo. How we measure
- 8,0
- Entry price
- Free
What Perplexity does in music & audio production
- Mixing and mastering: AI assistants suggest EQ, compression and loudness based on genre or a reference track, and the engineer steers the result
- Stem separation and restoration: isolate vocals, drums and instruments from a mix for remixes, practice, sampling or cleaning up old recordings
- Composing and generating: create background music, demos and variations for video, games, podcasts and advertising
- Catalogue management: automatically tag tracks by genre, mood and instrument, find similar music and detect AI-generated music
- Answers with source citations based on live web information
- Access to multiple frontier models within one subscription
- Deep Research and Labs for in-depth reports
- Enterprise: SOC 2 Type II, no training on business data
The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Ask about this before you put confidential music & audio production data into it.
Confidentiality and GDPR
GDPR: UnknownWith AI music, check the licence per subscription first. With AIVA, copyright in the free plan and the Standard plan sits with AIVA itself; only the Pro plan gives you the copyright. Suno allows commercial use only in paid plans, and according to its privacy statement it uses submissions and content to train its models, with storage on servers in the US. Mubert tracks may not be released as standalone releases on Spotify or other streaming services. If you do not want your recordings used for training: LALAL.AI (Switzerland) says it does not use uploaded files for AI training, and plug-ins such as sonible smart:EQ and iZotope Ozone work inside your own DAW. Do not upload unreleased work from clients or labels without their permission, and record in your contract whether and how you use AI.
Enterprise plans and the Sonar API are not trained on customer data (SOC 2 Type II; API with zero data retention). For consumer accounts, data use for model improvement can be switched off in the settings.
Prices
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Questions about Perplexity for music & audio production
- Is Perplexity suitable for music & audio production?
- Not specifically. Perplexity is not on our list for music & audio production; it is broadly applicable, but first look at the options we recommend for music & audio production. Keep a professional in the loop for every use.
- May I put confidential data into Perplexity?
- When it comes to AI music, read the licence per subscription first. With AIVA, the copyright in the free plan and the Standard plan belongs to AIVA itself; only the Pro plan gives you the copyright. Suno only permits commercial use on paid plans, and according to its privacy statement, Suno uses submissions and content to train its models, with storage on servers in the US. You may not release Mubert tracks as standalone releases on Spotify or other streaming services. If you don't want your recordings used for training: LALAL.AI (Switzerland) says it does not use uploaded files for AI training, and plugins such as sonible smart:EQ and iZotope Ozone work within your own DAW. Do not upload unreleased work from clients or labels without their permission, and record in your contract whether and how you use AI. Enterprise plans and the Sonar API are not trained on customer data (SOC 2 Type II; API with zero data retention). For consumer accounts, data use for model improvement can be switched off in the settings.
- What does Perplexity cost?
- There is Free (Free), Pro ($20 / month), Max ($200 / month), Enterprise Pro ($40 / seat / month). Check current prices on the official site.
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