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Perplexity Labs goes beyond answering a question. It attempts a whole project: researching, running code, and assembling deliverables such as reports, spreadsheets and dashboards. That power makes the quality of your brief and your review especially important. Last reviewed: September 2026. Details below come largely from launch-period coverage in 2025; Perplexity's plans, limits and features may have changed.
Use Labs when you need a multi-part deliverable rather than a quick answer. Write a project brief that states the objective, inputs, deliverables and quality bar. Let it run, then audit the sources, code and numbers before you rely on anything it produced.
Perplexity launched Labs on May 29, 2025 for Pro subscribers. Coverage at the time described it as performing ten minutes or more of self-directed work that combines web browsing, code execution, and chart and image creation to produce:
Outputs were described as being organized in an Assets tab (files, charts, images, code) with interactive results in an App tab. Users could pause or adjust the workflow, and Labs was selected from the mode selector on web and mobile. At launch, Pro subscribers were reported to receive 50 Labs queries a month, including follow-ups.
Perplexity also renamed its earlier "Deep Research" feature to "Research" around the time Labs launched, positioning it between quick search and Labs. Names may have shifted again since.
| Mode | Best for | Typical output |
|---|---|---|
| Search | Quick factual questions | Short cited answer |
| Research / Pro Search | Deeper investigation of one topic | Longer cited report |
| Labs | A project with several deliverables and computation | Files, charts, dashboard or app |
If a normal cited answer would do, Labs is overkill and uses a limited quota.
Objective: Help me decide whether to open a small coffee shop in [neighborhood].
Inputs: Attached is a CSV of my estimated startup costs and monthly expenses.
Deliverables: (1) a two-page market summary with sources, (2) a spreadsheet modeling break-even under three revenue scenarios, (3) one chart of break-even timing.
Quality bar: Use official statistics and reputable sources; label every assumption; flag anything you could not find.
Do not: invent figures. If data is missing, say so and use a clearly labeled placeholder.
Good briefs name deliverables, provide your data, and require assumptions to be visible.
A Perplexity mode for multi-step projects that can produce reports, spreadsheets, dashboards and simple apps.
Search answers questions quickly; Labs works longer and produces files and interactive outputs.
Perplexity describes an Assets tab for files and an App tab for interactive outputs.
At launch, 50 queries per month for Pro were reported. Check current limits.
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