What is the cheapest Perplexity model?

Sonar is currently Perplexity's cheapest paid tracked model at $1 per 1M input tokens and $1 per 1M output tokens.

How many Perplexity models are tracked?

4 current Perplexity models are tracked, each linked to the official pricing page. The dataset is refreshed twice daily.

Does Perplexity offer cached-input pricing?

Perplexity does not currently list cached-input (prompt-caching) prices for its tracked models.

Perplexity

Commercial provider · 4 models tracked · Founded 2022

Search-augmented AI from Perplexity. The Sonar family (Sonar, Sonar Pro, Sonar Reasoning Pro, Sonar Deep Research) adds live web grounding, from $1/1M tokens.

Perplexity pricing at a glanceAugust 2026 · $ per 1M tokens

Perplexity API pricing (August 2026): 4 current models range from $1.00 to $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 to $15.00 per 1M output tokens. The cheapest paid model is Sonar at $1.00/1M input; the priciest is Sonar Pro at $3.00/1M input / $15.00 output. Every price links to Perplexity's official pricing page and refreshes twice daily.

Models4

Input range$1.00–$3.00

Output range$1.00–$15.00

Cached-input tiers0

Today's Perplexity prices

4 models · cheapest blended first

Sorted by blended cost (cheapest first). Prices per 1M tokens, August 2026 — every price links to Perplexity's official pricing page.

Current Perplexity model prices per 1M tokens, sorted by blended cost
Model	Blended*	Input	Output	Cached in	Context	Status
Sonar	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00	—	200K	Current
Sonar Deep Research	$3.50	$2.00	$8.00	—	200K	Current
Sonar Reasoning Pro	$3.50	$2.00	$8.00	—	200K	Current
Sonar Pro	$6.00	$3.00	$15.00	—	200K	Current

* Blended = (3×input + 1×output) ÷ 4 $/1M tokens · cheap · mid · expensive MODELPRICEWATCH.COM · 2026-08-09

Quick stats

Models tracked: 4
Type: commercial
Founded: 2022
Cheapest model: Sonar
Cheapest blended: $1.00/M

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