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awen
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
The AI addendum states that User Data — defined as all inputs, Brain content, files, assets, and materials provided by or on behalf of the User — remains the sole property of the User. Awen is granted only a limited licence to process User Data for the duration reasonably necessary to provide the Services and complete retention, export, backup, security, or deletion processes. No transfer of prompt ownership to Awen is described.
OUTPUT
As between the parties and subject to applicable third-party rights, the User holds all rights in Output Content generated through the Services. Awen explicitly does not represent that intellectual property rights necessarily arise in Output Content, nor that Output Content is unique, registrable, protectable, non-infringing, or free from third-party rights. The User bears sole responsibility for evaluating suitability, conducting clearance, and performing legal analysis before any use or commercial exploitation. Awen retains all rights in Awen Materials and Third-Party Materials, and the assignment of Output Content does not extend to those.
TRAINING
The AI addendum contains an explicit, categorical prohibition: Awen shall not use any Inputs, Output Content, User Data, or other Confidential Information to train, fine-tune, evaluate, develop, or improve any machine-learning models, nor for analytics, benchmarking, product improvement, or any purpose unrelated to providing the Services. Any ML processing of User Data is limited to temporary, transient processing solely to generate Output Content. Awen is also obligated to contract with third-party model providers on terms that prohibit use of User Data to train or improve generally available models, to apply transient-processing or equivalent restrictions where available, and to not knowingly route User Data to provider configurations that use customer content for model training.
COMMERCIAL
The User is granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable right to access and use the Services for internal professional business purposes only, subject to payment of applicable fees and compliance with the Terms. The User is solely responsible for the commercial exploitation of Output Content, including all necessary clearance and legal analysis prior to such exploitation. The User may not license, sell, transfer, assign, distribute, outsource, or otherwise make the Services available to third parties except as expressly authorised by Awen. Commercial capacity conditions for enterprise tiers are defined in applicable Subscription Agreements or Order Forms.
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Perplexity AI
ENTERPRISE SEARCH / PRODUCTIVITY
PROMPT
Users retain ownership of their queries and uploaded content per Perplexity's Terms.
OUTPUT
Perplexity does not claim ownership of AI-generated answers. Output IP status is not explicitly addressed.
TRAINING
Privacy Policy (effective February 5, 2026) states Perplexity uses data 'to improve the Services (including our AI models).' Opt-out is explicitly available in settings. Email/calendar integration data is explicitly excluded from AI training: 'we do not use or disclose Email Service Information to create, train, improve or fine-tune AI models.'
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use governed by plan tier. API use is explicitly commercial-use-permitted.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
awen carries highly permissive license terms; Perplexity AI carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: AWEN NOT RECOMMENDED · PERPLEXITY AI NOT RECOMMENDED
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | AWEN | PERPLEXITY AI |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
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📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
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SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
awen
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
The AI addendum states that User Data — defined as all inputs, Brain content, files, assets, and materials provided by or on behalf of the User — remains the sole property of the User. Awen is granted only a limited licence to process User Data for the duration reasonably necessary to provide the Services and complete retention, export, backup, security, or deletion processes. No transfer of prompt ownership to Awen is described.
“ Nothing in these Terms of Use shall transfer any ownership rights in the Solution to the User.”
Perplexity AI
MEDHIGH
Users retain ownership of their queries and uploaded content per Perplexity's Terms.
“- Your input and output, such as questions, prompts and other content that you input, upload or submit to the Services, and the output that you create, and any collections or pages that you generate using the Services (“ **Service Interaction Information**”). Service Interaction…”
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SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
awen
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
As between the parties and subject to applicable third-party rights, the User holds all rights in Output Content generated through the Services. Awen explicitly does not represent that intellectual property rights necessarily arise in Output Content, nor that Output Content is unique, registrable, protectable, non-infringing, or free from third-party rights. The User bears sole responsibility for evaluating suitability, conducting clearance, and performing legal analysis before any use or commercial exploitation. Awen retains all rights in Awen Materials and Third-Party Materials, and the assignment of Output Content does not extend to those.
“ (c) similar or identical content generated independently for another user or existing independently of the Services.”
Perplexity AI
HIGH
Perplexity does not claim ownership of AI-generated answers. Output IP status is not explicitly addressed.
No citation available
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SURFACE 03
Model Training
awen
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
The AI addendum contains an explicit, categorical prohibition: Awen shall not use any Inputs, Output Content, User Data, or other Confidential Information to train, fine-tune, evaluate, develop, or improve any machine-learning models, nor for analytics, benchmarking, product improvement, or any purpose unrelated to providing the Services. Any ML processing of User Data is limited to temporary, transient processing solely to generate Output Content. Awen is also obligated to contract with third-party model providers on terms that prohibit use of User Data to train or improve generally available models, to apply transient-processing or equivalent restrictions where available, and to not knowingly route User Data to provider configurations that use customer content for model training.
“ Any processing of User Data by machine-learning systems shall be limited to temporary, transient processing of Inputs solely to the extent necessary to generate Output Content for the User, and shall not result in the incorporation of User Data into shared, persistent, or deriva…”
Perplexity AI
LOW⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Privacy Policy (effective February 5, 2026) states Perplexity uses data 'to improve the Services (including our AI models).' Opt-out is explicitly available in settings. Email/calendar integration data is explicitly excluded from AI training: 'we do not use or disclose Email Service Information to create, train, improve or fine-tune AI models.'
“You may also have the ability to sync your third party email account or calendar (such as Gmail and Google Calendar) with the Services. If you choose to sync these accounts, we will have access to your contacts and information from the email messages and calendar appointments in…”
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
awen
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
The User is granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable right to access and use the Services for internal professional business purposes only, subject to payment of applicable fees and compliance with the Terms. The User is solely responsible for the commercial exploitation of Output Content, including all necessary clearance and legal analysis prior to such exploitation. The User may not license, sell, transfer, assign, distribute, outsource, or otherwise make the Services available to third parties except as expressly authorised by Awen. Commercial capacity conditions for enterprise tiers are defined in applicable Subscription Agreements or Order Forms.
“ (c) Top-Ups are non-refundable once purchased.”
Perplexity AI
HIGH
Commercial use governed by plan tier. API use is explicitly commercial-use-permitted.
No citation available
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
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SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
awen
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ This licence continues only for the duration reasonably necessary to provide the Services and complete any applicable retention, export, backup, security, or deletion process.”
Perplexity AI
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Standard plan: personal, non-commercial use only. Enterprise terms at perplexity.ai/hub/legal/enterprise-terms-of-service. Email/calendar integration data explicitly excluded from AI model training.
“We retain your information for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy. When determining the length of time to retain your information, we consider various criteria, including whether we need the information to continue to provide you…”
No fixed retention schedules are provided; retention is effectively open-ended tied to broad business purposes.
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
awen
MEDHIGH
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“ Users shall have access within their account interface to usage-related information, including where applicable:”
Perplexity AI
LOWHIGH
Standard plan: personal, non-commercial use only. Enterprise terms at perplexity.ai/hub/legal/enterprise-terms-of-service. Email/calendar integration data explicitly excluded from AI model training.
“ This Privacy Policy describes how Perplexity AI, Inc. (“ we ”, “ us ,” “ our ”) collects, uses and discloses information about individuals who use our websites ( www.perplexity.ai and https://labs.perplexity.ai ) to access the free version of our product or Perplexity Pro or Per…”