Perplexity Sonar API Pricing
We track 1 Perplexity Sonar model. The cheapest is Sonar at $0.25/MTok input and $2.50/MTok output.
Prices checked 13 Nov 2026 against Perplexity AI’s pricing page ↗
| Model | Input | Output | Cached in |
|---|---|---|---|
| SonarBudget | $0.25 | $2.50 | $0.063 |
Per 1M tokens · 1 current model
Model prices
Per 1M tokens · US dollars| Model | Tier | Input | Output | Over size | Cached in | Batch in / out | Context | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar | Budget | $0.25 | $2.50 | — | $0.063 | — | — | Details for Sonar |
Perplexity's own model, now billed through its Agent API (cached input $0.0625). Web search is a separate tool charge of $2.50 per 1,000 calls ($1 with Fast Search), replacing the old per-request fee. Sonar Chat Completions support ended Sep 27, 2026: synchronous and streaming calls are rewritten as Agent API requests, and asynchronous calls no longer work. Sonar Pro, Reasoning Pro and Deep Research map to Agent API effort levels (called presets until Oct 2026) that bill the underlying OpenAI or Anthropic model's rates. | ||||||||
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What would Perplexity Sonar cost you?
Preset to Perplexity AI’s current models. Adjust to your usage.
- 1Sonar $0.0014 per request$68.75
50,000 requests × (1,500 in + 400 out). List prices; excludes tax and cache-write fees.
What Perplexity Sonar costs for real jobs
Three jobs priced for Perplexity AI’s budget, mid-tier and flagship models.
Support replies
1,000 replies a day for 30 days. 30,000 requests, 1,500 input and 300 output tokens each.
| Model | List price | Batch |
|---|---|---|
| SonarBudget | $33.75 | – |
Coding agent session
One session of 40 requests that mostly re-read the same code. 40 requests, 60,000 input and 1,500 output tokens each; where a cached price exists, 80% of the input is billed at it.
| Model | List price | Batch | Cached (80% of input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SonarBudget | $0.75 | – | $0.39 |
Long document review
50 documents a month. 50 requests, 120,000 input and 2,000 output tokens each.
| Model | List price | Batch |
|---|---|---|
| SonarBudget | $1.75 | – |
Totals are for all the requests in each example, in US dollars, from the same cost function as the calculator above.
Is there a free API tier?
Perplexity AI’s pricing page lists no free API tier.
Checked 11 Nov 2026 on Perplexity AI’s pricing page ↗.
Perplexity Sonar pricing FAQ
What does the Perplexity Sonar API cost?
Sonar is the only Perplexity Sonar model we track: $0.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens.
Does Perplexity Sonar offer batch or caching discounts?
We list no batch discount for Perplexity AI's current models, so the list price is what you pay. Prompt caching: reading cached input costs 25% of the input price on its one current model; Sonar's $0.25 input falls to $0.063 per million tokens when read from the cache.
What does the Perplexity Sonar API cost per person each month?
It depends on how much each person uses it. At list prices, an occasional user (3 short requests a working day) costs about $0.058 a month on Sonar, and a daily power user (40 longer requests a day) about $5.28 on Sonar. The cost-per-seat calculator works it out for a whole team.
How often do Perplexity Sonar API prices change?
We check Perplexity AI's pricing page every day, and last re-verified every price on 13 Nov 2026. Since Feb 2026, Perplexity AI has not changed a listed price, though it has made 1 launch. The price history chart on this page shows how each tier has moved.
Price history
Input price of the cheapest Perplexity Sonar model in each tier, month by month, among the models on today’s price list.
View as a table
| Month | Budget |
|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | $1.00 |
| Mar 2026 | $1.00 |
| Apr 2026 | $1.00 |
| May 2026 | $1.00 |
| Jun 2026 | $1.00 |
| Jul 2026 | $1.00 |
| Aug 2026 | $1.00 |
| Sep 2026 | $1.00 |
| Oct 2026 | $0.25 |
| Nov 2026 | $0.25 |
Launches and price changes
- Perplexity Sonar Deep Research now tracked at $2/$8, plus $2/MTok citation tokens, $3/MTok reasoning tokens and $5 per 1,000 searchesLaunch
- Perplexity ends Sonar Chat Completions support. Sonar moves to the Agent API at $0.25/$2.50 (from $1/$1) with web search billed separately at $2.50 per 1,000 calls; Sonar Pro, Reasoning Pro and Deep Research become Agent API presets billed at the underlying model's rates, and are no longer trackedTier change