Perplexity is a first-party provider, serving models it develops itself. Its published rate is the reference other channels are measured against, and first-party hosting usually comes with the most predictable availability.
It lists 4 models on this page. Coverage spans text and chat (4). The lowest-priced model hosted here is Sonar.
| Cheapest here? | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonarsonar | $1.00 | $1.00 | — | 128,000 | 1.2× pricier |
| Sonar Reasoning Prosonar-reasoning-pro | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | 128,000 | 1.0× pricier |
| Sonar Deep Researchsonar-deep-research | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | 128,000 | 1.0× pricier |
| Sonar Prosonar-pro | $3.00 | $15.00 | — | 200,000 | 1.0× pricier |