Loops vs Perplexity
Email marketing for SaaS — loops, transactional, campaigns in one
vs. AI answer engine + Comet browser + Sonar API
Pricing tiers
Loops
Free
1,000 subscribed contacts. 4,000 sends/month. All features. Loops footer on emails.
Free
Paid — 1.5k
1,500 contacts. Unlimited sends. No footer.
$15/mo
Paid — 5k
5,000 contacts. Unlimited sends.
$49/mo
Paid — 10k
10,000 contacts.
$99/mo
Paid — 25k
25,000 contacts.
$199/mo
Paid — 50k
50,000 contacts.
$349/mo
Custom
>100k contacts — contact sales.
Custom
Perplexity
Sonar API (PAYG)
Pay-as-you-go per request. Buy credits or set auto top-off.
$0 base (usage-based)
Free
5-10 Pro searches/day. Basic models. File uploads limited. No Comet.
Free
Education Pro
$10/month for verified students + educators (or 12 months free via promos).
$10/mo
Pro
$20/month. Unlimited Pro searches, full model selection (Claude, GPT, Gemini), unlimited file uploads, $5/mo API credits.
$20/mo
Enterprise Pro
$40/user/month. Team features + SSO + 500 daily research queries + compliance.
$40/mo
Max
$200/month. Everything in Pro + Comet agent browser, 10k credits, unlimited Labs, Sora 2 Pro video, GPT-5.2, Claude Opus 4.6.
$200/mo
Enterprise Max
$325/user/month. Audit logs, SCIM, configurable retention, expanded file storage.
$325/mo
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Loops vs free on Perplexity.
| Metric | Loops | Perplexity |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Loops · 12 features
- API Keys — Scoped keys for testing vs production.
- Audiences (Segments) — Filter contacts by properties + event behavior.
- Campaign Analytics — Open/click/unsubscribe rates, heatmaps, A/B significance.
- Campaigns — One-off broadcasts to audience segments. Schedule + A/B test subject.
- Contacts — Contact records with custom properties (strings, numbers, booleans, dates).
- Email Editor — Visual block-based + Markdown + HTML modes.
- Events — Send events to trigger loops/journeys or filter audiences.
- Loops (Automations) — Event-triggered automation flows with delays + conditions.
- Mailing Lists — Opt-in lists with subscribe/unsubscribe preferences per list.
- Template Library — Pre-built templates for SaaS use cases (onboarding, digest, launch).
- Transactional API — Send transactional emails (receipts, password resets) via /transactional endpoin…
- Webhooks — Subscribe to contact/event changes.
Perplexity · 16 features
- Agent Mode (Max) — Autonomous multi-step agents (browse, act, finish tasks).
- Answer Engine — Ask → source-cited AI answers from live web.
- Async Sonar API — Submit jobs async — receive webhook when done.
- Collections — Save threads + share with team.
- Comet Browser — Chromium-based AI-native browser. Sidebar assistant, agentic actions.
- Deep Research — Multi-step research task — compiles report with many sources.
- Discover Feed — Curated news + trending topics feed.
- File + Image Analysis — Upload PDFs, images, CSVs → ask questions.
- Finance Mode — Stocks + earnings + fundamentals mode.
- Labs — Build interactive apps/reports — generate visualizations, code.
- Pro Search — Multi-source + clarifying follow-ups.
- Shopping — AI-guided product research + comparison.
- Sonar API — Programmatic web-grounded chat completions endpoint.
- Sora 2 Pro (Max) — Generate video via OpenAI Sora 2.
- Spaces — Persistent workspaces with custom instructions + knowledge files.
- Voice Mode — Talk to Perplexity (mobile apps).
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Loops | Perplexity |
|---|---|---|
| SDK | @loops/loops, loops-py | — |
| REST | Loops REST API | Sonar API |
| MCP | — | Perplexity MCP |
| OTHER | Webhooks | Comet AI Browser, iOS + Android Apps, Perplexity Labs, Perplexity Web App, Spaces (context) |
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