How much does the Perplexity API cost?

Perplexity API pricing is 1 current model, Sonar (Agent API), at $0.250/1M input and $2.50/1M output tokens. Prices refresh twice daily and link to Perplexity's official pricing page.

What is the cheapest Perplexity model?

Sonar (Agent API) is currently Perplexity's cheapest paid tracked model at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2.5 per 1M output tokens.

How many Perplexity models are tracked?

1 current Perplexity model is tracked, linked to the official pricing page. The dataset is refreshed twice daily.

Does Perplexity offer cached-input pricing?

Perplexity lists cached-input (prompt-caching) prices for 1 tracked models — cached input is billed at a discount when a prompt prefix repeats.

Perplexity

Commercial provider · 1 model tracked · Founded 2022

Search-augmented AI from Perplexity. Its Sonar search model is sold on the Agent API at $0.25/1M input and $2.50/1M output tokens, with each web search billed separately; the older Sonar models were retired on 2026-09-27.

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

Perplexity API pricing (October 2026): 1 current model, Sonar (Agent API), at $0.250/1M input and $2.50/1M output tokens. Every price links to Perplexity's official pricing page and refreshes twice daily.

Models1

Input range$0.250–$0.250

Output range$2.50–$2.50

Cached-input tiers1

Today's Perplexity prices

1 models · cheapest blended first

Sorted by blended cost (cheapest first). Prices per 1M tokens, October 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	Relative cost	Context	Status
Sonar (Agent API)	$0.813	$0.250	$2.50	$0.063		—	Current

* Blended = (3×input + 1×output) ÷ 4 $/1M tokens · cheap · mid · expensive MODELPRICEWATCH.COM · 2026-10-08

Quick stats

Models tracked: 1
Type: commercial
Founded: 2022
Cheapest model: Sonar (Agent API)
Cheapest blended: $0.813/M

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