Powerdrill Bloom vs. Perplexity Teammates: Features, Pricing, and Best Use Cases (2026)

Powerdrill Bloom·November 6, 2026

Perplexity Teammates are always-on AI agents that take on ongoing jobs inside a Perplexity workspace. Powerdrill Bloom is an AI workspace that turns files and data into finished reports, slides, and spreadsheets. Teammates suit teams that want agents working around the clock. Powerdrill Bloom suits people who need a traceable deliverable from their own data.

Perplexity launched Teammates on November 5, 2026 (US time). This comparison covers what each product does, how they handle recurring work, where each falls short, and what they cost. Every detail comes from vendor pages and posts read on November 6, 2026.

The short version

	Perplexity Teammates	Powerdrill Bloom
What it is	Always-on agents that take on jobs in Perplexity	An AI workspace that turns data into reports, slides, and sheets
How you start	Give a teammate a job	Upload a file or connect data, then describe the output
Built on	Perplexity Computer, with its tasks, skills, and memory	Uploaded files, databases, and open data sources
Recurring work	Teammates monitor work and act when something changes	Scheduled tasks run on a set timetable
Where it talks to you	Its own thread in Perplexity, plus Slack	Results delivered to your workspace
Who can use it	Max subscribers on the web	Free plan and paid plans
Price	Perplexity Max, $167/month billed annually on the site	Free plan; Pro $13.27/mo

Two different starting points

These products start from different questions.

Perplexity Teammates start from a role. You assign a teammate a job, and it keeps working on that job over time. Perplexity's launch post says teammates "take on jobs, and work proactively using your Computer tasks, skills, memory, and tools."

Powerdrill Bloom starts from data. You bring an Excel file, a CSV, a PDF, or a database connection. You describe what you need, and it returns analysis and a finished output. Its homepage calls it "The AI data analyst that shows its work."

Setup effort follows the same split. A teammate needs a clear job description and access to the right Projects and tools in Computer. Powerdrill Bloom needs a clean data file or a database connection and a description of the output. In both cases, the first hour goes into defining the work well. After that, the tools take over the repeat runs.

So the comparison is less about which agent is smarter. It is about the shape of the work. Ongoing, open-ended jobs lean toward Teammates. Data-heavy deliverables lean toward Powerdrill Bloom.

What Perplexity Teammates do

Perplexity announced Teammates on X on November 5, US time. The post reads: "Introducing teammates. Teammates work for you."

The launch thread lists the main traits:

They work proactively. "Teammates monitor ongoing work and act when something changes, without needing to be prompted."
They learn from feedback. The thread says they "remember past work and apply feedback to future tasks."
They work together. Teammates "collaborate with other teammates and can message coworkers in Slack."
They run separately. "Each teammate runs in their own isolated environment."
They follow existing permissions. Each one follows Computer's existing tool and Project permissions.

Perplexity cofounder Johnny Ho described the target tasks on X. He wrote that "Teammates excel at automating tasks like deep research, data analysis, QA, triaging tickets." He called it "the latest form factor for work."

CEO Aravind Srinivas shared internal numbers the same day. He wrote that Perplexity has "about 10,000 teammates (within the last 30 days)" in its internal workspace. He added that "about a 1000 were active yesterday."

Availability is narrow for now. The launch post says Teammates are "Available now for Max subscribers on the web."

How Teammates work with Perplexity Computer

Teammates sit on top of Perplexity Computer, the company's agent product. The launch thread says: "Each teammate starts from your existing Projects, skills, and memory in Computer."

The Verge's November 5 report adds context. It says Teammates "build on top" of Computer by handling "ongoing, large-scale work," in Perplexity's words. Each teammate gets its own thread in the Perplexity app. You can also interact with teammates in Slack.

The launch thread also covers control. You can review a teammate's work, take over its desktop, or redirect it while it works.

Computer itself has grown through 2026. Perplexity's changelog lists memory of past work in July, shared project workspaces in August, and automations for ongoing work in October. Teammates combine these pieces into a standing agent with a defined job.

Some details are not public yet. The launch posts do not say:

How many teammates one Max account can run at once.
How teammate work draws on Max credits.
When Teammates will reach the mobile apps.
Whether Enterprise plans will get Teammates.

Check Perplexity's help center before you plan a rollout around any of these points.

Perplexity's Max page shows the kind of work it has in mind. Its sample tasks include "Watch 30 AI newsletters and send me insights every Friday" and "Track my portfolio with real-time news, filings, and price alerts."

What Powerdrill Bloom does

Powerdrill Bloom is an AI workspace that analyzes data and produces deliverables. Its homepage says: "Every number comes back with the page, the row and the figure behind it."

It works from your data. The pricing page lists uploads of "Excel, CSV, PDF, and docs" on every plan. It also lists built-in open data sources. The Data Connectors page covers files, and it includes an AI SQL Chatbot for database queries.

Its output is a finished file or view. The Pro plan lists "Create slides, Office docs, Excel analysis, and Nano Banana images." The AI Report Generator and the Excel to PPT tool cover two common outputs.

It can also run where your data lives. The homepage says it "Runs on-premise or in your private cloud, for data that cannot leave your network."

Recurring and always-on work

Both products handle repeat work, but in different ways.

Teammates react to change. A teammate watches its area and acts when something shifts. You don't set a timetable. The launch thread says they act "without needing to be prompted."

Powerdrill Bloom runs on a schedule. Its changelog describes Scheduled Agent, which turns any recurring analysis into a task that "runs on its own." Tasks run daily, on weekdays, weekly, or monthly. Each run delivers results to your workspace, so the report is ready when you sign in.

The changelog lists the controls in detail:

Unattended runs. "The task fires at the scheduled time whether or not anyone is signed in."
Delivery. Each run "writes a finished report into the workspace and notifies you when it lands."
Control between runs. You can pause or resume a task, trigger it early with Run now, or set an expiration date.
Same data each time. Every task uses the data sources and workspace you point it at.

The difference matters for planning. A schedule is predictable. You know a weekly sales report lands every Monday. An always-on teammate is flexible. It can respond to an event, such as a spike in support tickets, without waiting for the next run.

Plan limits differ too. Powerdrill Bloom's pricing page lists 1 scheduled task on Free and 20 on Pro. Perplexity's launch posts do not give a limit on the number of teammates per account.

Memory works differently as well. Teammates remember past work and apply feedback. Powerdrill Bloom keeps memory at the workspace level. Its changelog says you can "upload a file once and every future chat in that workspace can use it." Each workspace can also have its own skills and MCP servers.

Research and data analysis

Both tools do research and analysis. They come at it from different directions.

Perplexity starts from the web. Search is Perplexity's core product. Teammates inherit Computer's tools, so web research is a natural fit. Ho's post lists deep research and data analysis among the tasks Teammates handle well.

Powerdrill Bloom starts from your files. Its analysis runs on the spreadsheets, PDFs, and databases you provide. Each figure traces back to its source page and row. That matters when a reviewer asks where a number came from.

Powerdrill Bloom also offers open data. The pricing page lists "Search built-in open data sources" on Free and "Advanced open-data search and retrieval" on Pro.

For a question like "What changed in our churn last quarter?", the answer sits in your own data. For "What are competitors announcing this week?", it sits on the web. Most teams need both.

Checking the work also differs. A teammate's thread shows what it did over time, and you can take over its desktop. Powerdrill Bloom ties each figure to a page or row in the source file. The first helps you follow a process. The second helps you audit a number before it goes into a report.

Reports, slides, and spreadsheets

This is where the gap is clearest.

Perplexity's launch posts focus on jobs, not file formats. They describe teammates doing research, monitoring work, and messaging coworkers. They don't describe a set of report, slide, or spreadsheet templates.

Powerdrill Bloom is built around those outputs. Its pricing page lists slides, Office docs, and Excel analysis on Pro. Its tool pages describe specific deliverables. The AI Report Generator page says, "Simply upload your data file, and let the AI do the rest."

Styling is part of the output too. The Nano Banana slides page lists slide styles such as McKinsey and Executive. That helps when a deck goes to leadership without a design pass.

Common outputs from a single upload include:

A monthly performance report with charts and a written summary.
A budget-versus-actual review with variance explanations.
A slide deck built from the same spreadsheet.
A cleaned Excel workbook with the analysis tabs added.

If the end product is a monthly board deck or a variance report, Powerdrill Bloom covers that step directly. If the end product is an ongoing watch on a market, Teammates fit better.

Collaboration, Slack, and permissions

Teammates are built for team settings. They can message coworkers in Slack, work with other teammates, and follow existing permissions. Each teammate keeps its own thread, so you can see what it did.

Powerdrill Bloom's team features center on shared credits and shared outputs. Its pricing page lists Team Pro, which lets you "Create a team and invite members to share Team Credits." Reports and decks export as files that you share in your usual channels.

Slack is narrower on Powerdrill Bloom. Its AI Competitive Intelligence tool sends "real-time alerts in Slack or email." Its pages don't describe agents that chat with coworkers in Slack.

Data control is another factor. Each teammate runs in an isolated environment and follows the permissions you already set in Computer. Powerdrill Bloom offers on-premise and private cloud options for data that cannot leave your network. Regulated teams should check both against their own security rules before rollout.

The same task, run in both

Take one example: a weekly update on customer churn for a subscription business.

With Perplexity Teammates, you would assign a teammate the job of watching churn. It would use the Projects, skills, and memory you already have in Computer. It could notice a jump in cancellations, dig into likely causes, and post a summary in Slack. It keeps working on the same job week after week.

With Powerdrill Bloom, you would connect the billing export or database. You would describe the report once: churn by plan, the top reasons, and a chart of the trend. Scheduled Agent would run it every Monday. The finished report, with each number traced to its source rows, would be waiting in the workspace.

Both approaches work. Teammates give you a watcher that can react. Powerdrill Bloom gives you a consistent document on a fixed day. Some teams would use both: a teammate to flag sudden changes and a scheduled report for the weekly record.

A second example shows the other side. Say a strategy lead wants to track three competitors' product launches. A teammate can scan the web, notice a new announcement, and message the team in Slack the same day. That job depends on live web research and quick reactions, which is the core of Teammates. Powerdrill Bloom would handle the follow-up: a quarterly comparison deck built from the collected notes and pricing data.

Where each one falls short

Perplexity Teammates

Plan access is limited. The launch post says Teammates are available for Max subscribers on the web. Other plans are not mentioned.
The price of entry is high. Max is $167/month billed annually on Perplexity's site. The App Store lists Perplexity Max at $200.00 without a billing period.
Output formats are not described. The launch posts don't list report, slide, or spreadsheet templates.

Powerdrill Bloom

No Slack messaging agents. Its pages describe Slack alerts for competitive intelligence, but not agents that message coworkers.
Schedules, not event triggers. Scheduled Agent runs on a timetable. Its changelog does not describe tasks that start when something changes.
Usage is credit-based. Heavy analysis draws down credits faster, though one-time credit packages are available.

Pricing compared

Prices come from each vendor's pages on November 6, 2026.

Plan level	Perplexity	Powerdrill Bloom
Free	Free app, without Teammates	Free $0.00, with 1,000 daily refreshed credits and 1 scheduled task
Entry paid plan	Perplexity Pro, $20.00 in the App Store	Pro $13.27/mo, with 5,000 monthly credits and 20 scheduled tasks
Plan with Teammates	Max: $167/month billed annually on the site; $200.00 in the App Store	Not applicable
Extra usage	Credit packs from $5.00 in the App Store	One-time credit packages

Perplexity's Max page also lists 10,000 monthly credits. Its site showed the page in Chinese during our check, so confirm the current terms on Perplexity's site. The Verge described Teammates as requiring "its $200 / month Max plan."

Powerdrill Bloom's pricing page lists a Free plan at $0.00 and Pro at $13.27/mo.

The two prices buy different things. Max is a full Perplexity plan with Computer, top models, and Teammates included. Powerdrill Bloom Pro is a workspace for analysis and deliverables, with credits for that work. If you already pay for Max, Teammates add no new cost. If you mainly need reports from your data, a smaller plan may cover it.

Who each one suits

Choose Perplexity Teammates if:

You already pay for Perplexity Max and use Computer.
Your work is ongoing and open-ended, such as monitoring a market or triaging tickets.
Your team lives in Slack and wants agents there.
You want agents that react to changes without a fixed schedule.

Choose Powerdrill Bloom if:

Your work starts from spreadsheets, PDFs, or databases.
You need a finished report, deck, or spreadsheet, not only a summary.
Every figure must trace back to a source row.
You want recurring reports on a set schedule at a lower plan price.
Your data must stay on-premise or in a private cloud.

Using both together. The products can sit side by side. A teammate can watch the web and flag events in Slack. Powerdrill Bloom can turn the resulting data into the weekly report or the quarterly deck. Each tool stays on the part of the job it was built for.

If you are building a recurring report from your own data, try Powerdrill Bloom with last month's export.

Frequently asked questions

What are Perplexity Teammates?

They are always-on AI agents in Perplexity. Each teammate takes on a job and works proactively, using Perplexity Computer's tasks, skills, memory, and tools. Teammates can work together and message coworkers in Slack.

Who can use Perplexity Teammates?

At launch, Teammates are available for Max subscribers on the web. Perplexity's launch post does not mention other plans.

How much do Perplexity Teammates cost?

Teammates come with Perplexity Max. The Max page lists $167 per month billed annually. The App Store lists Perplexity Max at $200.00 without stating a billing period.

How are Teammates different from Perplexity Computer?

Computer runs tasks you hand it. Teammates build on Computer with a standing job, their own thread, memory of past work, and the ability to act when something changes.

Is Powerdrill Bloom a Perplexity Teammates alternative?

For data-driven deliverables, yes. Powerdrill Bloom turns files and databases into reports, slides, and spreadsheets, and it runs scheduled tasks. It does not offer Slack-based agents that message coworkers.

Sources: Perplexity on X, Introducing teammates · Johnny Ho on X · Aravind Srinivas on X · The Verge, Perplexity launches its own take on AI agents for work · Perplexity Max · Perplexity changelog · Perplexity on the App Store. Details read on November 6, 2026.