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Moon AI vs Perplexity Pro.

Perplexity is built around web search with sources. Moon AI is a workspace that brings together more than 100 models, web search, documents, agents and Moon Blur, which masks the sensitive data it detects before sending.

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Moon AI

Stellarr Studio SAS, France

from€9.90per person per month, VAT included

Free plan with no credit card. Lune at €9.90, Étoile, recommended, at €19.90, always with no commitment.

Perplexity Pro

Perplexity AI, Inc., United States

US$17 a month, billed yearly

US$17 a month billed yearly, with no monthly price shown; Max at US$167 a month billed yearly. Checked on November 6, 2026 on the official pricing page.

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The same twelve criteria, by theme.

Prices checked on November 6, 2026; other criteria checked on August 2, 2026 on both companies’ public pages. If anything differs, the official page prevails.

Moon AI and Perplexity Pro, criterion by criterion
Criterion	Moon AI	Perplexity Pro
Price
Entry priceThe price of the first paid tier, as shown to a visitor in France.	Free with no credit card, then €9.90 per person per month, VAT included (Lune)	US$17 a month billed yearly, with no monthly price shown; Max at US$167 a month billed yearly
Free planWhether there is a tier you can use without paying.	Yes, no credit card	Yes, limited weekly usage
Models
AI models availableNumber and range of models included in the subscription.	More than 100 models from several providers	8 on Pro, 10 on Max (July 2026)
Privacy policy
Company based inThe company that runs the service and the country of its headquarters.	France (Stellarr Studio SAS)	United States
Data hostingWhere processing takes place, as publicly documented.	App and storage in France (OVHcloud); requests processed by the model provider	Not documented (processing outside the EU possible)
Reversible masking before sendingReplacement of the sensitive data detected before it is sent to the models.	Moon Blur, more than 150 categories	Not documented
Creation and automation
Office documentsGeneration of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files.	Word, PDF, Excel, PowerPoint	Partial
AutomationsAutomated tasks without writing code.	Agents and routines, no visual builder	Not documented
Business connectorsNative integrations with work tools.	Dozens of connectors	More than 400 (paid plans)
Devices and language
Mobile appsNative apps published on the app stores.	Native iOS and Android	Yes
Coding agent in the terminalCommand-line tool for developers.	Moon CLI	Sample CLI through the API, outside the subscription
FrenchInterface and support in French.	Interface and support	Yes
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What Perplexity Pro does well

Web search with sources: every answer carries inline citations showing where each claim comes from, including on the free tier. It is the core of the product, and the official pricing page highlights it on all three plans.
Access to premium databases on Pro and Max (PitchBook, Statista, S&P Capital IQ), useful for financial monitoring and market intelligence.
Manual model choice among several competing providers in one subscription (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, NVIDIA, Moonshot AI, Z.ai) and the in-house Sonar 2 model, with an automatic mode that picks the model for each query.
An ecosystem that goes beyond chat: the Comet browser and its assistant, Perplexity Computer (an autonomous agent), Deep Research, and more than 400 app connectors announced on paid plans.
Website, pricing page, help center and iOS and Android apps available in French, with a free tier that lets you try the service before paying.

What Moon AI does differently

Number of models: Moon AI gives you more than 100 models in one subscription (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Gemma, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, Grok, Qwen, Command R+, Kimi, MiniMax, plus Moon 6, the in-house model), while the official Perplexity help center table dated July 2026 lists 8 selectable models on Pro and 10 on Max.
Clear pricing: Moon AI publishes its prices in euros, VAT included, per seat per month (€9.90 to €249.90), with 20% off each extra seat in the same workspace; Perplexity shows $0, $17 and $167 a month billed yearly, in US dollars, on its pricing page viewed in French from France on November 6, 2026, with no mention of how VAT is handled. Since the two tax bases differ, the amounts cannot be compared directly.
Where processing happens: Moon AI’s app and storage are hosted by OVHcloud in Strasbourg and Roubaix, and requests sent to third-party models go through Moon Blur first, which masks the sensitive data it detects. As of August 2, 2026, the Perplexity public documentation we reviewed does not describe processing in France or the European Union for its consumer plans.
Personal data handling: Moon AI applies Moon Blur, two-way reversible masking across more than 150 categories of sensitive data before sending to third-party models, then puts the real values back in the response. At Perplexity, the help center states that data retention for AI training is on by default on Free, Pro and Max, with a manual opt-out.
Feature scope: Moon AI adds Word, PDF, Excel and PowerPoint document generation, agents and routines (scheduled or triggered by webhook), dozens of connectors, native iOS and Android apps and Moon CLI, with an interface and support in French. Perplexity focuses its offer on search with sources, the Comet browser and Perplexity Computer, and announces more than 400 app connectors on its paid plans.

Limits to know about

Facts you can check on the company’s public pages, not value judgments.

Prices are shown in US dollars on the pricing page viewed in French from France on August 2, 2026 ($0, $20 and $200 a month): no amount in euros appears, and how VAT is handled is not specified.
As of August 2, 2026, the public documentation we reviewed does not describe processing in France or the European Union for the Free, Pro and Max plans. The privacy policy allows for processing outside the country of residence, including in the United States, under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses.
The help center states that data retention for AI training is on by default on Free, Pro and Max, that turning it off is manual, that it only applies to data collected after the opt-out, and that training data already collected cannot be deleted. Data from Enterprise plans is never used for training.
Manual model selection on Pro covers 8 models; GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Opus 5 are reserved for the Max plan at $200 a month (official help center table dated July 2026).
As of August 2, 2026, the public documentation we reviewed does not describe a reversible masking mechanism for the sensitive data detected before it is sent to third-party models on consumer plans. Zero Data Retention commitments with providers are presented as specific to Enterprise plans.

So which one should you choose?

Choose Perplexity Pro

Choose Perplexity Pro if your main use is web search with sources: every answer carries inline citations that show where the information comes from, and that is the core of the product. The premium PitchBook, Statista and S&P Capital IQ databases included on Pro and Max, the Comet browser and the Perplexity Computer agent round out financial or competitive monitoring.

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Choose Moon AI

Choose Moon AI if you need more than 100 models in one subscription, per-seat billing in euros, VAT included, and reversible Moon Blur masking of the sensitive data detected before it reaches third-party models. The app and storage are hosted by OVHcloud in Strasbourg and Roubaix. On top of that come office document generation, agents, routines and Moon CLI.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Perplexity Pro cost compared with Moon AI?

As of August 2, 2026, Perplexity’s official pricing page, viewed in French from France, shows US$20 a month for Pro and US$200 a month for Max, with no amount in euros and no details on how VAT is handled. Moon AI publishes its prices in euros, VAT included, per seat per month, from €9.90 VAT included, with 20% off each extra seat in the same workspace. Since the two tax bases differ, the amounts cannot be compared directly. See the pricing page for details.

How many AI models are included on each side?

Perplexity’s official help center table, dated July 2026, lists 8 selectable models on Pro and 10 on Max: Sonar 2, GPT-5.6 Terra, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Claude Sonnet 5, Grok 4.5, Kimi K3, GLM 5.2 and Nemotron 3 Ultra, with Max adding GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Opus 5. Moon AI includes more than 100 models in one subscription: GPT, Claude, Gemini, Gemma, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, Grok, Qwen, Command R+, Kimi, MiniMax, plus Moon 6, the in-house model. See the features.

Where is my data processed in each case?

Moon AI’s app and storage are hosted by OVHcloud in Strasbourg and Roubaix. Requests sent to third-party models go through Moon Blur first, which masks the sensitive data it detects (more than 150 categories in its catalog, and people’s names only if they are in your list of terms), then restores it in the response. On Perplexity’s side, as of August 2, 2026, the public documentation we reviewed does not describe processing in France or the European Union for the Free, Pro and Max plans: the privacy policy allows for processing outside the country of residence, including in the United States, under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses.

Are my conversations used to train models?

Perplexity’s help center states that data retention for AI training (AI data retention) is on by default on the Free, Pro and Max plans, that you turn it off manually under Account, then Preferences, that it only applies to data collected after the opt-out, and that training data already collected cannot be deleted. Data from Enterprise plans is never used for training. At Moon AI, the sensitive data detected is masked by Moon Blur before it is sent to a third-party model provider, then restored on return.

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