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Two platforms.
Same questions.
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.
118 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
SAP Joule
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
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OUTPUT
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TRAINING
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COMMERCIAL
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206 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Perplexity AI carries highly permissive license terms; SAP Joule carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: PERPLEXITY AI NOT RECOMMENDED · SAP JOULE NOT RECOMMENDED
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | PERPLEXITY AI | SAP JOULE |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
* Click any cell in the heatmap matrix to scroll directly to its verbatim policy citations below.
📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
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SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
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…”
SAP Joule
MEDHIGH
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“ You represent and warrant to SAP that You have the right, title, and authority to grant such license to SAP. SAP may elect not to post or publish User Content that You submit. If SAP elects to post or publish Your User Content, SAP may, in its sole discretion, withdraw the poste…”
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Perplexity AI
HIGH
Perplexity does not claim ownership of AI-generated answers. Output IP status is not explicitly addressed.
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SAP Joule
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ All Intellectual Proprietary Rights in and to any SAP Software, the SAP Websites, SAP Materials, and User Content belongs exclusively to SAP or the original submitting individual or entity. Nothing in this TOU grants You any rights to modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display,…”
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SURFACE 03
Model Training
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…”
SAP Joule
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ You further agree not to, whether directly or indirectly including via third parties and except where explicitly permitted otherwise, access an SAP Website by and/or use any automated data gathering or extraction methods or similar or related technologies designed to scrape or e…”
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Perplexity AI
HIGH
Commercial use governed by plan tier. API use is explicitly commercial-use-permitted.
No citation available
SAP Joule
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ You are permitted to use SAP Websites only in strict compliance with this TOU and any valid separate software license, partnership and/or maintenance agreement. Under no circumstances may SAP Materials and User Content be gathered for purposes that could be detrimental to SAP, u…”
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
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.
SAP Joule
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ This privacy statement does not apply to SAP internet-pages or web-services which present their own privacy statement. ”
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
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…”
SAP Joule
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ Purchasing or licensing of any SAP Software offered on the SAP Store is NOT available for consumers, but solely for merchants/corporations and might require an existing SAP system. ”