Perplexity Shopping
AI search engine with native commerce enabling users to discover and buy products through conversation
Free tier available
Freemium
Consumers, Merchants, E-commerce Platforms
Varies by merchant platform
About
Perplexity Shopping, powered by PayPal's agentic commerce infrastructure, allows users to discover and purchase products directly within the AI assistant across web, mobile, and the Comet browser. Launched in partnership with PayPal and Venmo in May 2025, the platform enables instant checkout when users ask Perplexity to find products, book travel, or buy tickets—with the entire process managed without passwords or manual inputs. The free agentic shopping product, initially Pro-only, expanded to all U.S. users, with over 5,000 merchants enabled for direct purchases. Perplexity represents the future of product discovery: consumers letting AI do the early legwork for finding deals, comparing products, and surfacing recommendations before making autonomous purchase decisions.
Key Features
Pricing Tiers
Free
$0/month
- AI search
- Shopping discovery
- PayPal checkout
- 5 Pro searches/day
Pro
$20/month
- Unlimited searches
- Priority support
- Advanced AI models
- API access
Use Cases
- •Discovering products through natural conversation instead of keyword search
- •Comparing prices and features across merchants via AI analysis
- •Completing purchases without leaving the AI chat interface
Integration & Technical Details
Provided by Perplexity AI • Added December 2025