Perplexity Sonar Pricing
Every Perplexity Sonar plan with its monthly and annual price, what it costs for common team sizes, and a calculator to estimate your own monthly cost before you buy.
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Plans and prices
| Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing (per month) | Per user or flat | Users | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent API (perplexity/sonar), pay as you go | Contact sales | Contact sales | — | No limit listed | No |
Prices last updated November 2026.
What each Perplexity Sonar plan includes
Agent API (perplexity/sonar), pay as you go
- No ongoing free tier
- $0.25 per 1M input tokens
- $2.50 per 1M output tokens
- $0.0625 per 1M cached input tokens
- Tool calls such as web search billed separately
What Perplexity Sonar costs by team size
| Team size | 1 user | 5 users | 10 users | 25 users | 50 users |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | Contact for pricing | Contact for pricing | Contact for pricing | Contact for pricing | Contact for pricing |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges.
Usage pricing
| Metric | Plan | Included per month | Price after that |
|---|---|---|---|
| fetch_url tool | Agent API | None | $0.0005 per invocation |
| people_search or finance_search tool | Agent API | None | $5 per 1,000 invocations |
| Search API requests | Search API | None | $5 per 1,000 requests |
| Sonar input tokens | Agent API | None | $0.25 per 1M tokens |
| Sonar output tokens | Agent API | None | $2.50 per 1M tokens |
| web_search tool (Fast Search) | Agent API | None | $1 per 1,000 invocations |
| web_search tool (standard) | Agent API | None | $2.50 per 1,000 invocations |
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Cost breakdown
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Perplexity Sonar pricing FAQs
On the Agent API, Sonar costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens. Tools are billed separately, for example web search at $2.50 per 1,000 invocations, or $1 with Fast Search.
No, Perplexity Sonar does not list a free plan, and its plans are priced on request.
Yes. Perplexity Sonar charges by usage for fetch_url tool, people_search or finance_search tool, Search API requests and 4 more, past what the plan includes.