- Sonar — $1.5 sample workload
- Sonar Reasoning Pro — $6 sample workload
- Sonar Deep Research — $6 sample workload
- Sonar Pro Search — $10.5 sample workload
- Sonar Pro — $10.5 sample workload
Perplexity LLM API Models & Pricing
Browse Perplexity LLM API models with normalized prompt pricing, output pricing, context windows, release dates, and popularity signals.
5Models tracked
5Priced models
0Popular models
0Latest releases
Provider shortlist
Use Perplexity as a model-level shortlist, not a single default choice.
Start from the cost, context, and popularity picks below, then open the model pages or head-to-head comparisons before choosing an API.
Cost pick
Sonar
$1.5 sample workload
Context pick
Sonar Pro Search
200K context window
Popular pick
No current pick
No popular models are available.
When to avoid
Verify model fit
Do not choose by provider name alone. Compare model-level input price, output price, context window, release timing, and current availability before production use.
- Sonar Pro Search — 200K
- Sonar Pro — 200K
- Sonar Reasoning Pro — 128K
- Sonar Deep Research — 128K
- Sonar — 127.07K
Perplexity comparisons
Search Perplexity comparisons| Comparison | Sample Cost Winner | Larger Context | Newest Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron 3 Super vs Sonar Pro Search | Nemotron 3 Super | Nemotron 3 Super |
Cross-Provider Alternatives
Open alternatives hubUse this shortlist when Perplexity is not a hard requirement and your first constraint is workload cost.
| Alternative | Provider | Sample Cost | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New🔥Ox Alpha | stealth | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1.05M |
| 🔥Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | NVIDIA | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1M |
| 🔥Laguna S 2.1 (free) | Poolside | $0 | $0 | $0 | 262.14K |
| New🔥Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) | NVIDIA | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1M |
| NewDots3-Note Preview (free) | Dots Studio | $0 | $0 | $0 | 512K |
| NewLFM2.5-2.6B (free) | LiquidAI | $0 | $0 | $0 | 65.54K |
Perplexity model catalog
Browse all models| Model | Prompt | Output | Context | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar Pro Search | $3 | $15 | 200K | |
| Sonar Reasoning Pro | $2 | $8 | 128K | |
| Sonar Pro | $3 | $15 | 200K | |
| Sonar Deep Research | $2 | $8 | 128K | |
| Sonar | $1 | $1 | 127.07K |