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Perplexity
Perplexity Search API
Ranked web results for agents: $5 per 1,000 requests (a faster variant is $1 per 1,000).
USD per 1K queries
$5.00
Verified Oct 6, 2026
#2 cheapest of 7 in Web search & grounding APIs
Official pricing ↗Capabilities, explained
What this API can do, and what each capability means for your project.
Full page content
No
Returns page text, not only snippets.
AI answers
No
Returns a synthesised answer with citations.
Typical latency
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How long until the first useful output arrives. Lower is better for interactive apps; batch jobs rarely care.
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