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Perplexity Sonar API
API access to Perplexity web-grounded AI responses, search, research, and embeddings.
last verified: 2026-05-31pricing checked: 2026-06-01
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Fact summary
- Name
- Perplexity Sonar API
- Company / maker
- Perplexity
- Category
- Model & Infrastructure
- Entity type
- Api Platform
- Availability
- Public
- Pricing model
- Usage Based
- Primary pricing route
- Api Usage
- Delivery modes
- APISDK
- Supported platforms
- Web
- Data state
- source backed
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Formal source rows with URL, source type, and freshness.Official links
| Link | URL | source type | checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official website | docs.perplexity.ai | official-site | 2026-05-31 |
| Pricing page | docs.perplexity.ai/pricing | official-pricing-page | 2026-06-01 |
| Documentation | docs.perplexity.ai/docs/sonar/quickstart | official-documentation | 2026-05-31 |
| API docs | docs.perplexity.ai | official-documentation | 2026-05-31 |
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Supported platforms and delivery modes are intentionally separate.Access and delivery
Supported platforms
Web
Delivery modes
APISDK
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Capabilities
Capability tags
Model ApisSearchResearch AssistantsRag Vector Search
Input types
TextImageAudioVideoStructured DataUrlPdf
Output types
TextImageAudioVideoStructured JsonEmbeddingsDocument
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Pricing summary
Pricing summary
Derived from official pricing routes where available- pricingModel
- Usage Based
- pricingLastChecked
- 2026-06-01
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Each route is a first-class record with source URL and checked date.Pricing routes
AWS Marketplace API credits
routeType: marketplace
The changelog states that Perplexity API Platform credits are available through AWS Marketplace for consolidated billing and procurement.
Agent API third-party model pricing
routeType: model-api
Agent API pricing varies by provider and model, with token-based pricing at direct provider rates and no markup according to the pricing page.
Embeddings API token pricing
routeType: api-usage
Embeddings API pricing is listed per 1 million tokens, with separate prices for standard and contextualized embedding models.
Search API request pricing
routeType: api-usage
Search API pricing is listed at $5.00 per 1,000 requests, with no additional token-based pricing.
Sonar API usage pricing
routeType: api-usage
Sonar API cost is described as token costs plus a request fee that varies by search context size for Sonar, Sonar Pro, and Sonar Reasoning Pro models.
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Evidence and sources
| source URL | source type | used for | checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| docs.perplexity.ai/guides/pricing | official-pricing-page | pricing, pricing-route | 2026-05-31 |
| docs.perplexity.ai/changelog | official-documentation | documentation, capability-claims | 2026-05-31 |
| docs.perplexity.ai/docs/admin/api-key-management | official-documentation | documentation, capability-claims | 2026-05-31 |
| docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/integrations/mcp-server | official-documentation | documentation, capability-claims | 2026-05-31 |
| docs.perplexity.ai/docs/agent-api/quickstart | official-documentation | documentation, capability-claims | 2026-05-31 |
| docs.perplexity.ai/docs/sonar/quickstart | official-documentation | documentation, capability-claims | 2026-05-31 |
| docs.perplexity.ai/pricing | official-pricing-page | pricing, pricing-route | 2026-06-01 |
| docs.perplexity.ai | official-documentation | documentation, capability-claims, api-docs | 2026-05-31 |
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Freshness and recent changes
Facts verified
2026-05-31
Identity and core facts
Pricing checked
2026-06-01
Pricing routes and plans
Record updated
2026-05-31
Public record freshness
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