Perplexity pricing
8 Perplexity prices across LLM API, embedding model, each re-read from the vendor's own pricing page every week. Best-ranked item: Perplexity pplx-embed-v1-0.6b, 1 of 23 in its category.
LLM API
| Model | Price | Unit | Rank in category | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity Sonar | $1.00 | blended $/Mtok (4:1) | 43 of 87 | 2026-09-21 |
| Perplexity Sonar Reasoning Pro | $3.20 | blended $/Mtok (4:1) | 66 of 87 | 2026-09-21 |
| Perplexity Sonar Deep Research | $3.20 | blended $/Mtok (4:1) | 67 of 87 | 2026-09-21 |
| Perplexity Sonar Pro | $5.40 | blended $/Mtok (4:1) | 76 of 87 | 2026-09-21 |
Embedding model
| Model | Price | Unit | Rank in category | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity pplx-embed-v1-0.6b | $0.0040 | $/Mtok | 1 of 23 | 2026-09-21 |
| Perplexity pplx-embed-context-v1-0.6b | $0.0080 | $/Mtok | 2 of 23 | 2026-09-21 |
| Perplexity pplx-embed-v1-4b | $0.030 | $/Mtok | 7 of 23 | 2026-09-21 |
| Perplexity pplx-embed-context-v1-4b | $0.050 | $/Mtok | 8 of 23 | 2026-09-21 |
Price movements
| Date | Item | Field | Was | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | Perplexity pplx-embed-v1-0.6b | listing | added | +0.0% | |
| 2026-09-07 | Perplexity pplx-embed-v1-4b | listing | added | +0.0% | |
| 2026-09-07 | Perplexity pplx-embed-context-v1-0.6b | listing | added | +0.0% | |
| 2026-09-07 | Perplexity pplx-embed-context-v1-4b | listing | added | +0.0% | |
| 2026-09-07 | Perplexity Sonar | listing | added | +0.0% | |
| 2026-09-07 | Perplexity Sonar Pro | listing | added | +0.0% | |
| 2026-09-07 | Perplexity Sonar Reasoning Pro | listing | added | +0.0% | |
| 2026-09-07 | Perplexity Sonar Deep Research | listing | added | +0.0% |
Where these figures come from
Every Perplexity figure is read from one vendor page:
The weekly check re-reads each page and records any change with both the old and new figure. Prices are USD list rates excluding tax; negotiated and volume pricing are not modelled. See the methodology for how failures to verify are handled, and the full price index to compare Perplexity against every other vendor tracked here.