What is the cheapest Perplexity model?

Sonar, at $1 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens.

How much does Sonar Pro Search cost?

$3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens at list price.

How many Perplexity models are available through the API?

5 are listed on OpenRouter right now, 5 of them paid.

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Perplexity API pricing

Every Perplexity model available through OpenRouter, at Perplexity's list price per million tokens.

Newest

Sonar Pro Search

$3 in · $15 out

Cheapest

Sonar

$1 in · $1 out

Most expensive

Sonar Pro Search

$3 in · $15 out

All Perplexity models and prices

Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Blended 3:1	Context
Sonar Pro Search	$3	$15	$6	200K
Sonar Reasoning Pro	$2	$8	$3.50	128K
Sonar Pro	$3	$15	$6	200K
Sonar Deep Research	$2	$8	$3.50	128K
Sonar	$1	$1	$1	127K

Per million tokens, list price. Newest first.

Where to buy Perplexity API credits for less

Perplexity models cost the same per token wherever they're billed through OpenRouter. The credits don't. Live quotes for $100 of usage:

#	Where you buy	You payYou pay for $100.00 of usage	vs list price	Price source
1	OrbioCardCheapest right now Credits from a discount book, plus a 5% platform fee and card processing, both included in the quote.	$85.10 incl. $2.60 card processing	-14.9%	live quote
2	smaaartCard Credits from a discount book, plus a 5% platform fee on face value. Card processing and taxes shown at checkout.	$95.00 + card processing and tax at checkout (not in this number)	-5.0%	live quote
3	Direct from the labCard Prepaid credits at face value (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google…). Taxes may apply.	$100.00 no top-up fee	list price	face value
4	OpenRouterCrypto 5% on crypto purchases. No markup on model prices.	$105.00 fees included	+5.0%	published fee
5	OpenRouterCard 5.5% on card purchases, $0.80 minimum. No markup on model prices.	$105.50 fees included	+5.5%	published fee

Disclosure: this site is run by the team behind smaaart, one of the options compared. Tables are ranked by price only, from live quotes and published fees, including when smaaart isn't first. How we compare