Model index · Perplexity · updated 2026-08-16
Perplexity models and prices
5 models, 5 with a published price · released 2025-01-27 to 2025-10-30.
You can buy from Perplexity directly, or from 1 other hosts
We hold offerings sold by Perplexity itself as well as by independent hosts. Buying direct is not automatically the cheapest route, and it is not automatically the same product either — hosts differ on quantisation, served context window and rate limits.
What Perplexity makes
| Category | Models | Browse |
|---|---|---|
| Text | 5 | all Text models → |
Cheapest Perplexity models per 1M tokens
Standard on-demand tier, cheapest host per model. Media models are priced in their own unit and listed further down rather than mixed into this table.
| Model | Blended /1M | Cheapest host | Quality | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar | $1.00 | Perplexity | not measured | 127k |
| Sonar Reasoning Pro | $3.50 | Perplexity | not measured | 128k |
| Sonar Deep Research | $3.50 | Perplexity | not measured | 128k |
| Sonar Pro Search | $6.00 | Perplexity | not measured | 200k |
| Sonar Pro | $6.00 | Perplexity | not measured | 200k |
Who sells Perplexity models
Offering rows per seller across this vendor's models. A seller appearing many times serves many of the models, not the same one repeatedly.
| Seller | Offerings | |
|---|---|---|
| Perplexity | 5 | the vendor itself |
| OpenRouter (default route) | 5 |
One API for every Perplexity model
VernaOne fronts the sellers on this page behind a single interface, so switching model or host is a config change — with automatic fallback if quality or latency regresses.
Try VernaOne free →All 5 Perplexity models
Newest first, priced or not. A model with no price is a fact about what its sellers publish, not a gap we are hiding.
| Model | Category | Released | Price | Kind | Job |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar Pro Search | Text | 2025-10-30 | $6.00 /1M | reasoning | text generation |
| Sonar Reasoning Pro | Text | 2025-03-07 | $3.50 /1M | reasoning | text generation |
| Sonar Pro | Text | 2025-03-07 | $6.00 /1M | standard | text generation |
| Sonar Deep Research | Text | 2025-03-07 | $3.50 /1M | reasoning | text generation |
| Sonar | Text | 2025-01-27 | $1.00 /1M | standard | text generation |
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Frequently asked
How many models does Perplexity have?
We track 5 Perplexity models across 1 category, 5 of them with a published price. The list is rebuilt from provider APIs, the vendor's own docs and the weights registry rather than maintained by hand, so new releases appear without us writing about them.
Can I buy Perplexity models directly from Perplexity?
Yes — we hold offerings sold by Perplexity itself (as perplexity), alongside 1 other hosts. Buying direct is not automatically cheapest: each model page lists every seller with its price and the evidence behind it.
Are Perplexity models open weights?
None of the Perplexity models we track publish weights, so they can only be used through an API.