Perplexity API pricing

79 Perplexity models: text, embeddings, from price book 2026-10-22.

Billing rules Veqen applies

  • Token models: cached input at the cache-read rate, cache writes at the write rate; batch and service tiers at their own rates where published; long-context rates once the full prompt passes the threshold.

Reconcile your bill

Perplexity doesn't offer a cost API, so Veqen's ledger is your running record of spend. Enter each month's bill to reconcile it and book it in the close. How reconciliation works.

Prices come from Perplexity's pricing page. Negotiated rates or committed-use discounts can be set as custom prices.

Text 75 models

ModelInputOutputCached inputBatch inputContextStatus
pplx-70b-online$0.00$2.80——4.1K
pplx-7b-online$0.00$0.28——4.1K
sonar-medium-online$0.00$1.80——12K
sonar-small-online$0.00$0.28——12K
nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b$0.0115$0.17$0.0011——
openai/gpt-5-nano$0.05$0.40$0.005——
mistral-7b-instruct$0.07$0.28——4.1K
mixtral-8x7b-instruct$0.07$0.28——4.1K
pplx-7b-chat$0.07$0.28——8.2K
sonar-small-chat$0.07$0.28——16.4K
anthropic/claude-haiku-5-5$0.10$0.50$0.01——
openai/gpt-6-luna$0.10$0.50$0.01——
deepseek-v4-flash-0731$0.13$0.26$0.028——
glm-5.3-flash$0.15$0.50$0.03——
llama-3.1-8b-instruct$0.20$0.20——131.1K
openai/gpt-5.4-nano$0.20$1.25$0.02——
openai/gpt-5.6-luna$0.20$1.20$0.02——
google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite$0.25$1.50$0.025——
nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b$0.25$2.50$0.25——
openai/gpt-5-mini$0.25$2.00$0.025——
google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite$0.30$2.50$0.03——
codellama-34b-instruct$0.35$1.40——16.4K
google/gemini-3-flash-preview$0.50$3.00$0.05——
sonar-medium-chat$0.60$1.80——16.4K
codellama-70b-instruct$0.70$2.80——16.4K
llama-2-70b-chat$0.70$2.80——4.1K
pplx-70b-chat$0.70$2.80——4.1K
google/gemini-3.7-flash$0.75$3.75$0.075——
google/gemini-3.8-flash$0.75$3.75$0.075——
openai/gpt-5.4-mini$0.75$4.50$0.075——
kimi-k2.7-code$0.95$4.00$0.19——
anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5$1.00$5.00$0.10——
llama-3.1-70b-instruct$1.00$1.00——131.1K
sonar$1.00$1.00——128K
sonar-reasoning$1.00$5.00——128K
openai/gpt-5$1.25$10.00$0.125——
openai/gpt-5.1$1.25$10.00$0.125——
xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent$1.25$2.50$0.20——
xai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning$1.25$2.50$0.20——
xai/grok-4.20-reasoning$1.25$2.50$0.20——
xai/grok-4.3$1.25$2.50$0.20——
deepseek-v4-pro-0813$1.32$3.96$0.044——
glm-5.2$1.40$4.40$0.14——
glm-5.3$1.40$4.40$0.26——
google/gemini-3.5-flash$1.50$9.00$0.15——
google/gemini-3.6-flash$1.50$7.50$0.15——
openai/gpt-5.2$1.75$14.00$0.175——
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5$2.00$10.00$0.20——
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5-5$2.00$10.00$0.20——
google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview$2.00$12.00$0.20——
openai/gpt-5.6-terra$2.00$12.00$0.20——
openai/gpt-6-sol$2.00$10.00$0.20——
openai/gpt-6.1-sol$2.00$10.00$0.10——
sonar-deep-research$2.00$8.00——128K
sonar-reasoning-pro$2.00$8.00——128K
xai/grok-4.5$2.00$6.00$0.30——
xai/grok-4.6$2.00$6.00$0.50——
xai/grok-4.7$2.00$6.00$0.50——
openai/gpt-5.4$2.50$15.00$0.25——
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5$3.00$15.00$0.30——
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6$3.00$15.00$0.30——
kimi-k3$3.00$15.00$0.30——
sonar-pro$3.00$15.00——200K
openai/gpt-5.3-codex$3.50$28.00$0.35——
anthropic/claude-opus-5-5$4.00$20.00$0.20——
openai/gpt-5.6-sol$4.00$20.00$0.40——
anthropic/claude-opus-4-5$5.00$25.00$0.50——
anthropic/claude-opus-4-6$5.00$25.00$0.50——
anthropic/claude-opus-4-7$5.00$25.00$0.50——
anthropic/claude-opus-4-8$5.00$25.00$0.50——
anthropic/claude-opus-5$5.00$25.00$0.50——
openai/gpt-5.5$5.00$30.00$0.50——
anthropic/claude-fable-5$10.00$50.00$1.00——
anthropic/claude-fable-5-1$10.00$50.00$0.25——
openai/gpt-6-astra$10.00$50.00$1.00——

Embeddings 4 models

ModelPriceStatus
pplx-embed-v1-0.6b$0.004 per 1M tokens
pplx-embed-context-v1-0.6b$0.008 per 1M tokens
pplx-embed-v1-4b$0.03 per 1M tokens
pplx-embed-context-v1-4b$0.05 per 1M tokens