Perplexity Sonar API pricing
Part of Perplexity
Perplexity's Sonar API is a web-grounded answer engine for developers. Token prices look like everyone else's, but each request also carries a fee that depends on how much web context is pulled in, which makes it a hybrid of per token and per call pricing.
- Priced by
- Usage based
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, US
- Founded
- 2022
- Pricing page tracked since
- Unknown
- Last checked
- Sep 21, 2026
Perplexity Sonar API price history and price changes
Perplexity Sonar API's pricing was read on Sep 2026. Prices are USD per million tokens, before per request fees.
Sonar, input has been listed since Sep 2026, starting at $1.
Sonar, output has been listed since Sep 2026, starting at $1.
Sonar Pro, input has been listed since Sep 2026, starting at $3.
Sonar Pro, output has been listed since Sep 2026, starting at $15.
First read on 21 September 2026, so the chart starts now.
Plans and prices
Billed on what is consumed, such as API calls, messages or payment volume. Prices as extracted on Sep 21, 2026.
Sonar
$1per million input tokens, $1 per million output, plus $5 to $12 per 1,000 requests
Sep 21, 2026
Sonar Pro
$3per million input tokens, $15 per million output, plus $6 to $14 per 1,000 requests
Sep 21, 2026
Sonar Reasoning Pro
$2per million input tokens, $8 per million output, plus $6 to $14 per 1,000 requests
Sep 21, 2026
Sonar Deep Research
$2per million input tokens, $8 per million output, plus citation, reasoning and search fees
Sep 21, 2026
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Perplexity Sonar API pricing questions
- How much does Perplexity Sonar API cost?
- Perplexity Sonar API plans start at $1 per million input tokens, $1 per million output, plus $5 to $12 per 1,000 requests for Sonar and go up to $3 per million input tokens, $15 per million output, plus $6 to $14 per 1,000 requests for Sonar Pro. Prices are as shown on the pricing page when it was last read on Sep 21, 2026.
- Has Perplexity Sonar API raised its prices?
- Sonar, input has been listed since Sep 2026, starting at $1. Sonar, output has been listed since Sep 2026, starting at $1. Sonar Pro, input has been listed since Sep 2026, starting at $3. Sonar Pro, output has been listed since Sep 2026, starting at $15. First read on 21 September 2026, so the chart starts now.
About Perplexity Sonar API
Perplexity Sonar API have offered 4 different plans starting with Sonar at 1$. Perplexity Sonar API is a San Francisco, US based company. Founded in 2022. They are using a combination of Sales-Led and Product-Led go-to-market strategy. The company describes themselves as "Perplexity's Sonar API is priced per million tokens like other model APIs, but adds a fee per thousand requests that rises with the amount of web context retrieved, so a search-heavy call costs more than the token rates suggest.". They are in involved in Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools, API, SaaS.