Perplexity Ships Computer Analytics so You Stop Losing Hundreds in Mystery Credits
Perplexity Computer now shows credit spend broken down by model, available to all consumer and enterprise users in Account Settings.
- Perplexity launched Computer Analytics, a dashboard showing credit spend broken down by model and credit source.
- Available now under Analytics in Account Settings for all consumer (Pro, Max) and enterprise users.
- Shows credits split by Text, Image, Video, and Audio, plus per-thread logs of the costliest queries.
- Enterprise admins get a REST API endpoint to export up to 90 days of usage into BI tools like Snowflake or Metabase.
- 100 credits = $1; Max plans include 10,000 credits/month, Enterprise Max gets 15,000 credits/seat/month.
- Admins can also set custom per-member credit limits from the Organization credits and usage panel.
Perplexity just shipped Computer Analytics, a new dashboard that lets you see exactly where your credits are going across every model Computer uses. If you have ever run a multi-step agent task and had no idea why your balance dropped by 200 credits, this is the feature you have been waiting for.
The problem it solves
Perplexity Computer breaks requests into tasks and subtasks, spins up sub-agents, and selects the best model for each step. That flexibility is powerful, but it creates a real visibility gap. Perplexity has built in real spending controls, but the difference between using Computer informed and using it blind is potentially hundreds of dollars a month.
In independent testing, simple tasks cost under 40 credits, research-heavy tasks cost 50 to 70 credits, and reusable automations cost 100 or more. With no per-model breakdown, users had to infer costs by watching the counter move. Computer Analytics replaces that guesswork with actual data.
What you get
The new Analytics section, found under Account Settings, surfaces credit consumption as a time-series broken down by model and credit source. Credit usage tiles show consumption this cycle split into Text, Image, Video, and Audio, with a per-thread log showing which queries used the most credits.