API pricing
Perplexity API pricing
Perplexity API prices run from $1 per million input tokens (Sonar) to $3 (Sonar Pro). Its highest-ranked model, Sonar, costs $1 input and $1 output per million tokens.
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Official price list: docs.perplexity.ai
| Cached input | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar | $1 | $1 | — | $1 | 128K | 38.5 |
| Sonar Deep Research | $2 | $8 | — | $3.50 | 128K | — |
| Sonar Reasoning Pro | $2 | $8 | — | $3.50 | 128K | — |
| Sonar Pro | $3 | $15 | — | $6 | 200K | — |
| Sonar Pro Search | $3 | $15 | — | $6 | 200K | — |
Prices on other platforms
The same models are often sold through clouds and resellers at different rates.
| Model | Route | Input | Output | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar | openrouter | $1 | $1 | 2026-10-10 |
| perplexity | $1 | $1 | 2026-10-10 | |
| Sonar Deep Research | openrouter | $2 | $8 | 2026-10-10 |
| perplexity | $2 | $8 | 2026-10-10 | |
| Sonar Pro | openrouter | $3 | $15 | 2026-10-10 |
| perplexity | $3 | $15 | 2026-10-10 | |
| Sonar Pro Search | openrouter | $3 | $15 | 2026-10-10 |
| Sonar Reasoning Pro | openrouter | $2 | $8 | 2026-10-10 |
| perplexity | $2 | $8 | 2026-10-10 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Perplexity API cost?
Perplexity API prices run from $1 per million input tokens (Sonar) to $3 (Sonar Pro). Its highest-ranked model, Sonar, costs $1 input and $1 output per million tokens.