Perplexity API Pricing: Token Rates & History

Compare API rate evidence below; unresolved rates are not current quotes. App subscriptions and API charges are separate.

How much does each Perplexity model cost per million tokens?

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Sonar: The retained Sonar pricing route now serves current Agent/Orchestrator billing documentation without this exact Sonar rate. A migration guide does not verify the old endpoint’s price or retirement; retained token rates are historical. Sonar Deep Research: The retained Sonar pricing route now serves current Agent/Orchestrator billing documentation without this exact Sonar rate. A migration guide does not verify the old endpoint’s price or retirement; retained token rates are historical. Sonar Pro: The retained Sonar pricing route now serves current Agent/Orchestrator billing documentation without this exact Sonar rate. A migration guide does not verify the old endpoint’s price or retirement; retained token rates are historical. Sonar Reasoning Pro: The retained Sonar pricing route now serves current Agent/Orchestrator billing documentation without this exact Sonar rate. A migration guide does not verify the old endpoint’s price or retirement; retained token rates are historical.

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The table covers token rates, not an all-in request quote. Budget separately for applicable search, request, reasoning, citation and tool usage. See the maintained API billing guide and official API rate card.

Perplexity Pro vs Perplexity API

Perplexity Pro and the developer API are separate products. Pro’s recorded allowance is weekly limits (average use) Pro Search, with monthly limits (average use) Research access. Its maintained price is $20/mo; price checked 2026-11-12. See the source-bound Pro record for current app models and limits.

Compare all 6 subscription tiers, including Education Pro eligibility and Enterprise per-seat billing. Subscription seats do not include API usage or credits; Agent API is not another subscription tier.

Price History

Only models with a recorded price change are charted here.

Price history tracking started April 2026. Flat model charts stay hidden until a price change is detected.
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Frequently asked questions

How is Perplexity API usage priced?

The table separates current token quotes from historical or unresolved model rates. Token rates are not necessarily the whole invoice: request, search, citation, reasoning and tool charges depend on the API and mode. Check the official rate card before budgeting.

How does Perplexity Pro compare to the API?

Perplexity has 6 tracked subscription tiers. Pro offers weekly limits (average use) Pro Search, not unlimited advanced-model queries. Its maintained price is $20/mo; price checked 2026-11-12. Subscription seats do not include API usage or credits.

Where can I compare subscription plans?

The maintained Perplexity subscription comparison covers 6 consumer, education and enterprise tiers with separate price and model-access evidence, eligibility, seat billing and usage limits.

Methodology

Source evidence: official API pricing documentation. Each row retains its own source-check date; the page sync date does not verify prices. We track 4 API SKUs. Historical rates remain in the public dataset but are excluded from current offers while unresolved.

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