LLM prices per 1M tokens

266 models · 161 price changes

Perplexity

Model lab · 7 models · also sold by 1 other providers · perplexity.ai

Perplexity models

In / out per 1M
Embed V1 0.6B
32K
$0.004 / Freepplx-embed-v1-0.6B is one of Perplexity's state-of-the-art text embedding models built for real-world, web-scale retrieval.
Embed V1 4B
32K
$0.03 / Freepplx-embed-v1 -4B is one of Perplexity's state-of-the-art text embedding models built for real-world, web-scale retrieval.
Sonar Pro Search
200K
$3 / $15Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system.
Sonar Deep Research
128K
$2 / $8Sonar Deep Research is a research-focused model designed for multi-step retrieval, synthesis, and reasoning across complex topics.
Sonar Pro
200K
$3 / $15Note: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing.
Sonar Reasoning Pro
128K
$2 / $8Note: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing.
Sonar
127K
$1 / $1Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use , now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources.

On other routes

ModelIn / out per 1M
Embed V1 0.6B$0.004 / FreeSame vs headlineint8 · pplx-embed-v1-0.6B is one of Perplexity's state-of-the-art text embedding models built for real-world, web-scale retrieval.
Embed V1 4B$0.03 / FreeSame vs headlineint8 · pplx-embed-v1 -4B is one of Perplexity's state-of-the-art text embedding models built for real-world, web-scale retrieval.

Perplexity's own price list

Read by hand 2026-09-25Source
ItemPrice (USD)
Modelsper 1M tokens, in / out
Sonar
Plus a request fee per 1K requests by search context size: $5 low, $8 medium, $12 high.
$1 / $1
Sonar Deep Research
Also citation tokens $2 and reasoning tokens $3 per 1M, and $5 per 1K search queries.
$2 / $8
Sonar Pro
Plus $6 low, $10 medium, $14 high per 1K requests.
$3 / $15
Sonar Reasoning Pro
Plus $6 low, $10 medium, $14 high per 1K requests.
$2 / $8
Embeddingsper 1M tokens
pplx-embed-context-v1-0.6b$0.008
pplx-embed-context-v1-4b$0.05
pplx-embed-v1-0.6b$0.004
pplx-embed-v1-4b$0.03
Search
Search API
Fast search is $1.00 per 1K requests.
$5.00per 1K requests

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