Perplexity reserves the right to suspend or terminate a developer's API access at any time, without cause and without prior notice, based solely on its own judgment. No minimum notice period or procedural requirement is specified.
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This provision establishes that API access is not guaranteed for any duration and may be revoked without warning, creating operational continuity risk for applications and services built on the Perplexity API. Developers with production systems dependent on API availability have no contractual protection against abrupt access termination.
Removal of explicit 'without notice' language, though substantive termination rights are preserved in revised Competitive Use Suspension provision that adds specific enumerated grounds.
View full change record →Removed the mandatory data destruction obligation upon termination, reducing post-termination compliance burden on developers.
View full change record →Under this clause, Perplexity may discontinue a developer's API access at any time and for any reason without advance notice, which directly affects any end-user-facing application or business process that relies on Perplexity API availability. The agreement does not specify a cure period, appeal process, or notice obligation prior to termination.
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"Perplexity may suspend or terminate your access to the API at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice, at Perplexity's sole discretion.Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity API Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Unilateral termination clauses are common in API and SaaS agreements and are generally enforceable under US commercial law.
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This provision establishes that API access is not guaranteed for any duration and may be revoked without warning, creating operational continuity risk for applications and services built on the Perplexity API. Developers with production systems dependent on API availability have no contractual protection against abrupt access termination.
Under this clause, Perplexity may discontinue a developer's API access at any time and for any reason without advance notice, which directly affects any end-user-facing application or business process that relies on Perplexity API availability. The agreement does not specify a cure period, appeal process, or notice obligation prior to termination.
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