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API restructured into Search API + Agentic Research

Perplexity AI pricing

Perplexity reorganizes its developer API around a Search API and a new Agentic Research tier.

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API Restructured — Search API + Agentic Research

By January 2026 the developer docs split pricing into a standalone Search API ($5.00 per 1,000 requests, "raw web search results with advanced filtering" and no token costs) and an Agentic Research API offering third-party models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI at "direct provider rates with no markup." This separated pure web-search billing from grounded-LLM token billing.

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Perplexity AI operates a four-tier freemium subscription model — Free, Pro ($20/mo), Max ($200/mo), and Enterprise Pro ($34/seat/mo, billed annually) — layered on top of a usage-based Sonar API for developers.

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Free tier
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Perplexity AI pricing history

  1. Aug 2026
    Gateway API Renamed "Router API" and Gated to Private Preview
  2. Aug 2026
    Agent API fetch_url Price Reverts to $0.0005 — Reverses the 2026-07-29 Cut
  3. Aug 2026
    Sonar API Sunset Date Announced — September 27, 2026
  4. Aug 2026
    Enterprise Pricing Page Relaunched — Governance Features Restructured
  5. Aug 2026
    Gateway API Catalog Expands to 5 Models — 2 NVIDIA Nemotron Additions
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