Perplexity
AI-powered search engine with real-time web search, citations, and Sonar API for developers
Perplexity doesn't publish a pricing.md file yet.
This pricing data is community-maintained and last verified 2026-04-06.
Pricing Tiers
| Tier | Price | Includes | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|
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Free
free
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Free
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Pro Searches Per Day: 5
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— |
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Sonar API
usage based
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Free
|
— |
Sonar input tokens: $1/1,000,000 per tokens
Sonar output tokens: $1/1,000,000 per tokens
Sonar Pro input tokens: $3/1,000,000 per tokens
Sonar Pro output tokens: $15/1,000,000 per tokens
|
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Pro
flat rate
|
$20/mo
-16.67% annual
|
Research Queries Per Day: 20
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— |
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Enterprise Pro
per seat
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$2000/mo
+ $40/seat
-16.67% annual
|
Minimum Seats: 50
Research Queries Per Day: 500
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— |
Portability
Switching Cost
moderate
Open Standard
Proprietary
What You Lose
Real-time web search with citations, Sonar model family, integrated research workflows
Transparency Score
C
50/100
Pricing Transparency Score
Score breakdown
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Publishes pricing.md
0/30
✓
Free tier available
10/10
✓
All prices public
15/15
✓
Usage pricing documented
15/15
✓
Portability documented
10/10
✕
Open standard
0/10
✕
Recently verified
0/10