Is Perplexity Sonar API or TypeSafe AI cheaper?

TypeSafe AI starts lower at $0.042 per million input tokens, output tokens free, Perplexity Sonar API at $1 per million input tokens, $1 per million output, plus $5 to $12 per 1,000 requests. Prices are as shown on each pricing page when it was last read.

How are Perplexity Sonar API and TypeSafe AI priced?

Perplexity Sonar API: usage based, USD per million tokens, before per request fees. TypeSafe AI: usage based, USD per million input tokens; output tokens are free.

Perplexity Sonar API vs TypeSafe AI pricing

TypeSafe AI is cheaper to start: $0.042 per million input tokens, output tokens free against $1 per million input tokens, $1 per million output, plus $5 to $12 per 1,000 requests for Perplexity Sonar API. Perplexity Sonar API has not changed its listed prices since 2026. TypeSafe AI has not changed its listed prices since 2026.

Perplexity Sonar API pricing

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Perplexity Sonar API vs TypeSafe AI at a glance

Current list prices as last read from each pricing page.

Perplexity Sonar API

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Starts at: $1 per million input tokens, $1 per million output, plus $5 to $12 per 1,000 requestsSonar, USD per million tokens, before per request fees
Top listed plan: $3 per million input tokens, $15 per million output, plus $6 to $14 per 1,000 requestsSonar Pro
Priced by: Usage based
Free plan: Not recorded
Price history: since 2026
Price changes: none

TypeSafe AI

Full analysis

Starts at: $0.042 per million input tokens, output tokens freeJev, USD per million input tokens; output tokens are free
Top listed plan: single paid plan
Priced by: Usage based
Free plan: Not recorded
Price history: since 2026
Price changes: none

Perplexity Sonar API vs TypeSafe AI price history

Both histories on one chart. The default line is each product's cheapest paid plan.

Perplexity Sonar API: USD per million tokens, before per request fees. TypeSafe AI: USD per million input tokens; output tokens are free. Click a legend entry to add or hide a plan. Log scale.

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Observed	Perplexity Sonar API Sonar, input	TypeSafe AI Jev
Sep 21, 2026	$1	$0.04
Oct 3, 2026	$1	$0.04

Plans side by side

Every plan currently listed, with the price it started at where we have it.

Perplexity Sonar APIUSD per million tokens, before per request fees

Plan	Price	Listed since
Sonar, input	$1	Sep 2026
Sonar, output	$1	Sep 2026
Sonar Pro, input	$3	Sep 2026
Sonar Pro, output	$15	Sep 2026

TypeSafe AIUSD per million input tokens; output tokens are free

Plan	Price	Listed since
Jev	$0.04	Sep 2026

Perplexity Sonar API vs TypeSafe AI pricing questions

Is Perplexity Sonar API or TypeSafe AI cheaper?: TypeSafe AI starts lower at $0.042 per million input tokens, output tokens free, Perplexity Sonar API at $1 per million input tokens, $1 per million output, plus $5 to $12 per 1,000 requests. Prices are as shown on each pricing page when it was last read.
Has Perplexity Sonar API or TypeSafe AI raised prices?: Perplexity Sonar API has not changed its listed prices since 2026. TypeSafe AI has not changed its listed prices since 2026.
How are Perplexity Sonar API and TypeSafe AI priced?: Perplexity Sonar API: usage based, USD per million tokens, before per request fees. TypeSafe AI: usage based, USD per million input tokens; output tokens are free.