Perplexity API Pricing
Complete pricing for all Perplexity models. Input/output costs per 1M tokens, context windows, and rate limits.
Billing terms: priced in USD per 1M tokens unless a row states otherwise; official direct rates are listed separately from third-party channels, and regional prices are kept distinct. Record updated 2026-10-11.
Perplexity API Pricing Calculator
Select a model to estimate monthly cost using its listed rates on each channel.
Workloads reusing system prompts, long documents, or conversation history hit more; channels without a cached rate are billed at the full input rate.
| Channel | Effective input | Output /1M | Est. / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| official | $2.00 | $8.00 | $10.40 |
Formula: monthly cost = (input tokens × effective input rate + output tokens × output rate) ÷ 1,000,000 × calls. The effective input rate blends list and cached rates at your cache-hit share. Rates share the selected model and billing basis; your vendor bill is authoritative.
Currently available rates
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