Perplexity's new PPLX Pro model burned 2,200 credits in an hour without finishing a simple task
ChrisUniverse · x · 2026-10-23
A user testing Perplexity's new PPLX Pro model with Fast Speed watched it burn 2,200+ credits over an hour without completing a task that the legacy model finishes in 5-10 minutes: reading four short ChatGPT logs and drafting a next-steps prompt. Screenshots show repeated timeouts and retries, with total credit usage reaching 2,147.
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