Perplexity Sonar API

perplexity.ai

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Search-grounded answers and a raw web search API. Buying direct: Search API $5 per 1K requests. Listed Sep 29, 2026.

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From: n/a
Calls, 30 days: 0
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Overview

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Sonar models with web-grounded answers, an Agent API with priced tools and a raw Search API; usage tiers by cumulative spend.

Company

Legal name: Not confirmed
Headquarters: Not confirmed
Founded: Not confirmed
Employees: Not confirmed
Ownership: Not confirmed
Kind: Not confirmed
Website: Not confirmed

API

Access: Self-serve API
Style: Not confirmed
Auth: Bearer token
Base URL: https://api.perplexity.ai
Features: Bulk —Async —Webhooks —MCP —Sandbox —
Rate limit: Usage tiers 0-5 by cumulative credit purchases
Docs: Reference Rate limits

Pricing

Model: pay as you go
List prices: Search API $5.00 per 1K requests
web_search tool $0.0025 per invocation
Currency: USD
Free tier: Not confirmed
Checked: Sep 29, 2026

Compliance

SOC 2: Not confirmed
GDPR: Not confirmed
CCPA: Not confirmed
DPA: Not confirmed
Resale / storage: Unknown until a written agreement says otherwise

Relationships

Integrations: Not confirmed
Alternatives: None named by the vendor

Sources (2)

Perplexity API pricingchecked Sep 29, 2026
Perplexity rate limitschecked Sep 29, 2026

Placement in the Grid

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Placement in the GridRouter Grid by category
Category	Placement	Execute	Coverage	Calls	Report
Web Data	Not yet rated	–	–	0	View Grid
AI Utilities	Not yet rated	–	–	0	View Grid

API

The vendor's OpenAPI document as stored in the catalog, its operations, and the rate limits it publishes.

Official specOpenAPI 3.1.0 · 22 operations Spec (YAML)Vendor's spec

Operations in the perplexity spec
Method	Path	Summary	Params	Source
POST	/v1/sonar	Create Chat Completion	0	Spec
POST	/search	Search the Web	0	Spec
POST	/v1/embeddings	Create Embeddings	0	Spec
POST	/v1/contextualizedembeddings	Create Contextualized Embeddings	0	Spec
GET	/v1/async/sonar/{api_request}	Get Async Chat Completion	1	Spec
GET	/v1/async/sonar	List Async Chat Completions	0	Spec
POST	/v1/async/sonar	Create Async Chat Completion	0	Spec
POST	/v1/agent	Create Agent Response	0	Spec
GET	/v1/agent/{id}	Retrieve Agent Response	1	Spec
GET	/v1/agent/{id}/files	List Agent Response Files	1	Spec
GET	/v1/agent/{id}/files/{file_id}/content	Download Agent Response File	2	Spec
POST	/v1/agent/{id}/cancel	Cancel Agent Response	1	Spec
GET	/v1/models	List Models	0	Spec
GET	/v1/analytics/computer/usage	Usage Analytics	7	Spec
GET	/v2/analytics/computer/usage	Usage Analytics per Member	6	Spec
GET	/v1/skills	List skills	0	Spec
POST	/v1/skills	Create a skill	0	Spec
GET	/v1/skills/{skill_id}	Get a skill	0	Spec
PUT	/v1/skills/{skill_id}	Add a skill revision	0	Spec
DELETE	/v1/skills/{skill_id}	Delete a skill	0	Spec
GET	/v1/skills/{skill_id}/revisions	List skill revisions	0	Spec
GET	/v1/skills/{skill_id}/download	Get a skill download URL	0	Spec

Rate limits

Published rate limits for perplexity
Limit	Scope	Plan	Endpoint	Burst / concurrency
1 / second	plan	Tier 0	Agent API	— / —
3 / second	plan	Tier 1 ($50+)	Agent API	— / —
8 / second	plan	Tier 2 ($250+)	Agent API	— / —
17 / second	plan	Tier 3 ($500+)	Agent API	— / —
33 / second	plan	Tier 4 ($1,000+)	Agent API	— / —
33 / second	plan	Tier 5 ($5,000+)	Agent API	— / —

Headers: Retry-After. On 429: Rate limited or upstream overloaded; 429s are not billed. GridRouter never paces above these and backs off on 429, honoring Retry-After. Source, checked Sep 29, 2026