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Perplexity AI
Government & municipalitiesPerplexity for government & municipalities
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 isn't on our list for government & municipalities. Usable for general work, but first check the options we recommend for government & municipalities.
- 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 government & municipalities
- Drafting letters and decisions in plain language
- Searching and redacting files and dossiers for Freedom of Information requests
- Summarising council and policy documents
- Answering citizen questions via channels
- 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 government & municipality data into it.
Confidentiality and GDPR
GDPR: UnknownGovernments fall under stricter rules (GDPR, Open Government Act, EU AI Act, archiving law) and algorithm registers. Choose demonstrably EU-hosted or on-premise solutions and register AI use.
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 government & municipalities
- Is Perplexity suitable for government & municipalities?
- Not specifically. Perplexity isn't on our list for government & municipalities; it's broadly usable, but first check the options we recommend for government & municipalities. Keep a professional in the loop for every use.
- May I put confidential data into Perplexity?
- Government bodies are subject to stricter rules (GDPR, Woo, AI Act, archiving law) and algorithm registers. Choose demonstrably EU-hosted or on-premise solutions and register your AI use. 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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