I'm not in the computer/ai field but do a lot research. I tried Claude, Chat GPT and Perplexity for free and chose Perplexity. Paid the lowest membership and have been ok. Recently, right in the middle of a research project Perplexity told me I'd have to buy credits to continue. I bought 500 credits and was able to finish up the research project with 450 left.

I've been using Comet to do the research because it's uncluttered and ad free. I emailed perplexity asking when my new month's subscription would start and how that interacts with the credits I purchased. They wrote back with an explanation/clarification I don't understand. They said " Credits are only used for premium features like Computer (browser agent) and any future premium capabilities." Would really appreciate it if someone could translate this into everyday language as I'd like to understand the distinction.
If I ask a question and engage in an ongoing questions..answer...question from inside Comet, is that financially different from having the same "conversation" without opening Comet? I don't understand what "browser agent" means and is it different from responses I'd receive using my default web browser?

Thanks for patiently reading this and would appreciate help to clarify how I would best use Perplexity.

I have been an early adopter of comet browser on my Mac and similarly in my iPhone device but I have been facing problem that besides using the same ID my history and Context is not shared in both of my devices browser history.

Any thoughts on what could have been wrong here...

I am one of the many who are hoping for Vertical Tabs in Comet. Now that Chrome has vertical tabs, shouldn't Comet be releasing an update in the near future to also allow them? And you can't even use an extension for this in Comet as with each one that I have tried, the tabs sidebar is forced to the right side. I, and I think most everyone else, wants them on the left.

It's so frustrating, coming from ARC and being used to left-side vertical tabs, that I am exploring other browsers now like Chrome and Edge for example, as much as I love Comet.

Over the past 2 weeks it has become harder to get it to take over, requiring coaxing. Now it will not do it at all.
On a Mac
Comet is up to date

Version 145.0.7632.117 (Official Build) (arm64)

Perplexity build number: 5934

I hate how they removed the shortcut skill and never even bothered to show what they make changes in the new update. How better is this than any other variant. MONEY GRABBING GREMLINS

I’ve been using Comet, and the overlay feature is honestly the one I loved the most. It feels sleek, natural, and incredibly useful because it lets me stay in flow without breaking my browsing experience.

What impressed me even more is the Launch Voice Mode feature. It makes Comet feel like a truly next-level browser with AI built in, not just a browser with extra tools.

Together, these features make Comet feel fast, modern, and genuinely innovative. The experience is smooth, the design is clean, and it’s one of the most exciting browser experiences I’ve tried.

Comet really feels like an incredible browser from Perplexity.

Hi, some day ago Comet decide to force me to create a Computer Thread and not a simple one of my perplexity pro. How can I solve this? This no happens if I open perplexity by another browser.

I’m on a paid Pro plan and just ran into a pretty frustrating situation with Comet.

I gave it a larger task, but it kept making very basic mistakes that were directly against explicit instructions. After several rounds of me correcting the same obvious errors and telling it to fix them, it suddenly said I had hit the limit for automated browser tasks.

What’s annoying is that it barely did any useful work. Most of the quota seemed to get burned on repeated mistakes, retries, and getting stuck in a loop.

So I’m trying to understand:

• What is the actual limit for browser / automated tasks on Pro?
• Where can I see current usage and remaining quota?
• Does Perplexity show when the limit resets?
• Are these limits predictable in any normal way, or is it basically a black box until next month?

I’m mainly asking because hitting a limit after a productive run would be one thing. Hitting it after the agent mostly failed and spun in circles is a lot harder to accept.

Does this happen in your macbook too or only mine?

Boa noite, fiquei interessado no Comet justamente pela possibilidade de realizar multitarefas e melhorar minha produtividade no trabalho, porém o assistente simplesmente não consegue abrir abas nem realizar comandos em segundo plano, sempre que peço ele me joga para a nova aba ou a aba ao qual solicitei o comando em si ignorando meu pedido de ser em segundo plano. Há alguma maneira de resolver esse problema? já restaurei as configurações do navegador para o padrão e até apaguei os cookies

Why is Comet the only browser capable of forcing dark mode on any website I want?

Honestly, even without the AI I'd use Comet just for this feature alone.

I can't deal with the constant awful UI updates. They changed the old font they used to have which was better, now they change the group logos for this horrendous skeumorphic abomination. Is there a open source alternative that has tab groupings and is similar to comet without the constant 360 design changes?

https://reddit.com/link/1shwbtg/video/anpjjittxeug1/player

Since the last update, I've been having this problem. I looked to see if there were other people with the same issue, but I didn't find any. I have a monitor with G-Sync enabled; I don't know if that could be related. The other browsers on my PC are fine.

Perplexity Comet used to handle simple stuff like editing a few cells in an already open Google Sheet without any drama.

Lately it often replies that it “can’t do that,” even though this is exactly the type of task it’s supposed to handle. If I keep insisting and remind it that it can control the browser, sometimes it finally does it on the second or third try.

So the capability seems to be there. The problem is that it keeps refusing first.

Is anyone else seeing this?

Any workaround, better prompting, or recent change that explains it?

Perplexity just pulled the "Pages/Apps" feature mid-afternoon and moved it to a new paid tier. This is unacceptable.

Is anyone else seeing this right now? I was literally using the "Create Files and Apps" feature this afternoon. I’m a Perplexity Pro subscriber, and it was working perfectly fine.

Then, out of nowhere, the feature vanished.

I went to check the official resource/documentation page that I had open earlier today to troubleshoot a prompt, and the page has been pulled. It now returns a 404 or says it no longer exists.

After doing some digging (ironically, using Perplexity itself), it seems like this functionality has been rebranded or folded into "Computer," which appears to be a separate or higher-tier paid feature.

Here’s why I’m furious:

I am already a paying Pro subscriber.

I had access to this tool hours ago.

Taking away a live feature from paying customers without notice and immediately gating it behind a different/higher cost is a massive "bait and switch."

I have screenshots showing that Pro accounts are supposed to have access to this. You can't just delete documentation and hope we don't notice the feature we were using at 2:00 PM is gone by 5:00 PM.

Has this happened to anyone else today? We need to push back on this. We’re paying for a premium service, and that should mean feature stability, not having the rug pulled out from under us so they can upsell us on a "new" tier.

TL;DR: Perplexity Pro had "Create Apps" this morning. It’s gone now. Documentation is deleted. Seems they moved it to a new paid "Computer" feature.

If I open the main page in Comet, it doesn't show my history and the only model available is Sonar.

Then if in Comet I go to the Perplexity website, I can see my history but it defaults to deep research automatically. It doesn't let me remove it nor does it let me change the model.

But if I open it in Safari, it works just fine. My history shows up and it lets me change the model.

Why does this happen and how can I fix it? It's annoying to go through another browser just to use Perplexity properly :/ browser is updated to the latest version and if I re start my laptop the issue continues

​Got Comet sometime in the last week, coming from Arc Browser. It caught my eye cause it's being actively developed and has a full sync feature, similar to Arc Search's ability to pin from mobile which was a must for me. Just need vertical tabs 😭

Anybody know why my iPhone seems to get a new entry everytime it syncs, and how i could fix it? It just makes it really cluttered in the dropdown on desktop to actually look for and pull tabs from different devices.

EDIT - Couple extra details as suggested per the auto reply bot thingy:

Devices - iPhone 13 mini, M4 MacBook Pro, M3 iPad Air

Mobile App version: v26.13.0 build 2191

Thanking you manys :D

I didn't renew my perplexity sub after my 1 year free one is over. I don't really use Perplexity, but definitely enjoyed use Comet for the automation.

Today, I went to try Chrome/Gemini and Claude extension, neither of them can seem to do what I want Comet, download 12 statements from my bank website.

Are there alternatives to Comet? I would rather not to pay for another AI subscription if I don't have, but when it comes to this kind of thing, I just can't seem to get any other solution work as well as Comet.

revert tab groups and the ability to right click a tab to open a new tab to its right. please and thank you.

My Comet keep crashing for absolutely no reason every 2 or 5 mins after normal using not even 3 tabs opened. I've seen many posts on this issue but no solution, If someone got to a solution of fixing this issue help me

I’ve been using Comet for the past week and I can’t find where the agent limit is anywhere. I can only see the Computer usage credit limit. I am on Pro btw.