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SIDE-BY-SIDE · 2 OF 3
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.
Superhuman AI
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
Under review.
OUTPUT
Under review.
TRAINING
Under review.
COMMERCIAL
Under review.
199 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Perplexity AI carries highly permissive license terms; Superhuman AI carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: PERPLEXITY AI NOT RECOMMENDED · SUPERHUMAN AI NOT RECOMMENDED
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | PERPLEXITY AI | SUPERHUMAN AI |
|---|---|---|
| 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
P
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…”
Superhuman AI
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Under review.
“You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to your User Content that allows us to use, store, reproduce, publish, and publicly display (to show your User Content to you or other users as you may specify), modify, and create derivative works from it (such as wri…”
User Content can be used to train the suggestion engine and develop new products/features. While framed as 'limited purposes,' the scope includes product development and improvement, which is broad.
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Perplexity AI
HIGH
Perplexity does not claim ownership of AI-generated answers. Output IP status is not explicitly addressed.
No citation available
Superhuman AI
MEDHIGH
Under review.
“ The above license lasts as long as intellectual property laws protect your User Content, and it also permits our service providers to assist us in performing these limited purposes. ”
T
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…”
Superhuman AI
MEDHIGH
Under review.
“ 3.7. Feedback and Usage Data. If you provide us with any suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations, or other feedback regarding our Services, we may use that feedback without restriction or any further obligation to you. We may also collect and analyze data relating…”
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Perplexity AI
HIGH
Commercial use governed by plan tier. API use is explicitly commercial-use-permitted.
No citation available
Superhuman AI
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Under review.
“ 13.6. Open Source. To the extent any component of our software may be offered under open-source license terms (see here and here for the lists of the open-source software that we use), the provisions of open-source licenses that we make available to you may expressly overr…”
📂 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.
Superhuman AI
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“- If you use our products under the management of a company, organization, educational institution, or other legal entity (such as if your employer gives you access to our inbox assistant tools for work or if you open an account on behalf of an entity), this Privacy Policy won’t…”
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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…”
Superhuman AI
MEDHIGH
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“ We may occasionally provide you with access to new service offerings that are still in development (“ Beta Services ”). You may choose to use these Beta Services at your sole discretion. We will label Beta Services as “alpha,” “beta,” “early access,” or something similar within…”