Perplexity API Pricing (Updated 2026)
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Model | Context | Input | Output | Cached Input | Cache Write | Coding | MMLU | GPQA | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
127K | $1.000 | $5.000 | - | - | — | — | 62.3 | ||
127K | $1.000 | $1.000 | - | - | 29.5 | 68.9 | 47.1 | ||
128K | $2.000 | $8.000 | - | - | — | — | — | ||
128K | $2.000 | $8.000 | - | - | — | — | — | ||
200K | $3.000 | $15.000 | - | - | — | — | — | ||
200K | $3.000 | $15.000 | - | - | 27.5 | 75.5 | 57.8 |
* Some models use tiered pricing based on prompt length. Displayed prices are for prompts under 200k tokens.
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