Perplexity plugged Plaid into its AI. Connect your checking, credit cards, loans and investments, and it builds you a real budget, tracks your net worth and writes a debt payoff plan. It’s read-only, so it can see your accounts but can’t move money.
In April 2026, Perplexity connected Plaid to Computer, its AI agent (Perplexity’s announcement). Plaid is the data network behind apps like Venmo, and Plaid says more than half of Americans with bank accounts have used it to connect something.
So now you can link your bank, cards, loans, mortgage and brokerage accounts to Perplexity. It reads your real transactions, balances and debt, then builds tools from your actual money instead of a template.
Before you panic: Perplexity says the connection is read-only. It can’t move money, make transfers or pay bills. You log in to your bank through Plaid’s window, so Perplexity never sees your bank password, and Perplexity says your account data never touches its servers.
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Who can use it
Signed-in users in the US and Canada, on desktop. Perplexity says mobile and more countries are coming, so check before you assume your phone works.
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Free vs paid
Anyone can link accounts, use the Portfolio page and ask questions about their money. The deeper Computer tasks (custom budget builders, debt payoff planners, dashboards) are for Pro ($20/mo) and Max subscribers.
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Banks supported
Plaid connects to 12,000+ financial institutions, including Chase, Fidelity, Schwab, Robinhood and Vanguard, plus many credit unions.
The more you connect, the more accurate these get. One credit card means it only sees that card. Changed your mind? You can disconnect any account anytime at my.plaid.com.
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90-Day Budget Builder
Pulls every transaction from the last 3 months, categorizes your spending, finds every subscription and builds a budget based on what you actually spend.
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Full Net Worth Calculator
Lists every balance, separates assets from debts, calculates your debt-to-income ratio and savings rate, and projects your net worth 1, 3 and 5 years out.
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Debt Payoff Plan
Lists every debt with its rate, builds avalanche and snowball plans side by side with month-by-month schedules, and flags high-interest cards worth a balance transfer.
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A budget from your real spending
Built from 90 days of your actual transactions, categorized and compared with what you could be spending.
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Your net worth in one number
Every asset and every debt, plus your debt-to-income ratio, savings rate, emergency fund months and a 1, 3 and 5 year projection.
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A debt payoff plan with dates
Avalanche vs snowball side by side, with total interest and the month you hit zero.
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Every subscription you forgot
Each recurring charge with its annual cost and which account it hits.