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Perplexity

An answer engine that searches the web and replies with cited sources, plus APIs (Sonar and the Agent API) that bring search grounded answers into your own product.

No-codeFree plan
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Our take Kratuva

Best for
Teams whose main AI job is research with sources they can click and check.
Not for
Teams looking for a general writing or coding assistant, where a chat model is the better fit.

Price

From
$17/month(Pro, billed annually); Max $167/month billed annually; free plan available; Sonar API $1 per 1M input and output tokens plus $5 to $12 per 1,000 requests
Model
per user per month for app plans; API pay per token plus a per-request search fee
Free plan
Yes
Checked
9 Oct 2026

Prices change. Check the vendor page before you buy.

What Perplexity is good at

  • Every answer cites its sources, which suits research and fact checking more than open ended chat.
  • The Sonar API starts at $1 per 1M input and $1 per 1M output tokens, with Sonar Pro and deep research models above it.
  • Perplexity says it keeps zero data from its Chat Completions API and does not use that data to train models.

Where Perplexity breaks

  • Sonar requests carry a per-request fee on top of tokens, $5 to $12 per 1,000 requests depending on model and search context size, so short queries cost more than the token price suggests.
  • New API accounts start at Tier 0 with 1 query per second on the Agent API; higher tiers unlock only after $50, $250, $500, $1,000 and $5,000 of lifetime credit purchases.
  • The zero data retention statement covers the Chat Completions API; the consumer app's pricing and privacy pages blocked automated access, so check them before your team signs up.

When a custom build beats Perplexity

When you only need search results to feed your own model, a plain search API plus your own prompt can cost less than paying a per-request fee for a finished answer.

Setup

No-code. Someone comfortable with spreadsheets can set it up. No code needed.

Sources

  1. docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing
  2. docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/privacy-security
  3. docs.perplexity.ai/docs/admin/rate-limits-usage-tiers
  4. perplexity.ai/hub/pricing

Price checked 9 Oct 2026. If something here is out of date, email indra@kratuva.com and we will fix it.

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Checked 9 Oct 2026

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