Perplexity
Search and agent services with multiple underlying models.
18 native/historical records, including 13 older PPLX/Llama-Sonar identities and four explicitly managed Sonar tiers. Current Agent API Sonar remains separate from compatibility routing. Historical numeric specifications and other host/model gaps remain under review.
Start with the job your model needs to do. Then narrow by capabilities, provider and price.
Compare every model with the same request.
Estimate = (input tokens × input price + output tokens × output price) / 1,000,000. Include conversation history in input and billed reasoning in output. Input-only decision models ignore the output setting; enter all billed input for one decision, including its question and criteria. Media, tools and discounts are separate.
18 models
| Compare | Model | Input tokensPublished limit* | Output tokensMaximum per response* | Input pricePer 1M tokens | Output pricePer 1M tokens | Cost per question1,000 input + 500 outputEstimated · uncached |
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| Not collected | Not collected | $0.25/ 1M tokensStandard rates | $2.50/ 1M tokens | $0.0015Perplexity Agent APIPrice details ↗ | ||
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| Not collected | Not collected | Historical pricing $3.00 / 1M tokensInput tokens · Perplexity API (historical)$15.00 / 1M tokensOutput tokens · Perplexity API (historical)Rates & conditions ↗ | Task-based pricingPrice details ↗ | |||
| Not collected | Not collected | Usage pricingNot collected | Task-based pricingPrice details ↗ | |||
| Not collected | Not collected | Historical pricing $2.00 / 1M tokensInput tokens · Perplexity API (historical)$8.00 / 1M tokensOutput tokens · Perplexity API (historical)Rates & conditions ↗ | Task-based pricingPrice details ↗ | |||
| Not collected | Not collected | Historical pricing $2.00 / 1M tokensInput tokens · Perplexity API (historical)$8.00 / 1M tokensOutput tokens · Perplexity API (historical)Rates & conditions ↗ | Task-based pricingPrice details ↗ | |||
* Media models show their native limits. A shared context window includes both input and output tokens.
Catalog coverage
Closed-weight model variants and explicitly identified closed-source managed model components across language, code, image, video, audio and other documented modalities. Global provider and historical-release coverage is being expanded; this is not yet exhaustive. 172 company reviews are still open.
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