Is Perplexity Comet down right now?

We do not run live uptime probes. To verify Perplexity Comet's current status, check the vendor's official status page, DownDetector, or the vendor's X feed. Links are on this page.

What should I use if Perplexity Comet is down?

The top AIToolTier-ranked alternatives to Perplexity Comet are Hermes Agent, Perplexity Computer, Wingman (Emergent). Full list and tier rankings are on this page.

Is Perplexity Comet Down?

Quickest ways to check the current status of perplexity.ai plus recent known issues and working alternatives if it's out.

Last editorial review: 2026-04-17

How to check right now

Step 1 -- Load the site

Open perplexity.ai→

The simplest check. If it loads and you can log in, the tool is up for you.

Step 2 -- Crowdsourced reports

DownDetector: Perplexity Comet→

User-reported outages aggregated across regions. Good signal for partial or regional outages.

Step 3 -- Live social

Search X for “Perplexity Cometdown” →

Live tweets from other users. Fastest signal for a fresh outage -- often beats status pages by 10-20 minutes.

Step 4 -- Official status page

Find Perplexity Comet's status page →

Most vendors publish a status page at status.[domain] or on Statuspage.io. Google-search to find the current URL.

Known issues we've tracked

Comet went free on all platforms 2026-03-18 with the iOS launch completing the rollout. Previously Max-only ($200/mo) and PC-only. This is a pricing event, not a product rebuild -- the same agentic-browser product is now accessible to every Perplexity account

2026-03•Perplexity changelog, MacRumors iOS launch coverage, The Keyword

Comet Plus ($5/mo) is a separate paid add-on for premium publisher content. Bundled into Perplexity Pro and Max but not into Free. Worth pointing out if users ask why some articles require payment

2026-04•Perplexity pricing page

Issues here are sourced from our editorial sweeps, not real-time telemetry. Newer issues may exist.

What to use if Perplexity Comet is down

Top AIToolTier-ranked alternatives in the same category, ordered by our overall score.

Hermes Agent

8.4

Nous Research's self-improving autonomous agent -- persistent memory, auto-generated skills, and five sandbox backends including Docker and Modal

Perplexity Computer

8.4

Perplexity's general-purpose digital worker -- operates real software like you do, runs for hours or months, routes sub-tasks to Opus, Gemini, GPT-5.2, Grok, and Veo 3.1

Wingman (Emergent)

8.1

Emergent's messaging-first personal AI agent -- launched 2026-04-15 from the India vibe-coding startup ($70M raise, $300M valuation). Positioned as an OpenClaw alternative with safer defaults

Manus AI

7.9

Hosted autonomous AI agent you talk to through Telegram, WhatsApp, and Slack -- the 'no DevOps' alternative to OpenClaw and Hermes

OpenClaw

7.6

Open-source personal AI agent you talk to through Signal, Telegram, Discord, or WhatsApp. WARNING: March 2026 disclosed 9 CVEs (including CVSS 9.9) with 135,000+ exposed public instances -- verify hardening before running anywhere sensitive

About Perplexity Comet

Tier A (8.4/10). Perplexity's agentic AI browser -- FREE on all platforms as of 2026-03-18 (previously $200/mo Max-only). iOS, Android, Windows, Mac. Browses the web, executes multi-step tasks, and summarizes pages in-line. Comet Plus ($5/mo) adds premium publisher content

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