# Pricing transcribed from the provider's own page — see provenance. Numbers are quoted, not derived.
generated: '2026-10-07'
method: searched
source: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing
sources:
- https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing
provenance:
  tool: all/0-working/economics/harvest_pricing.py
  run: 20261007T104522
  grounding: every price_text was found verbatim in the fetched page text
audience: developer-api
pricing_basis: per-call
delivery:
  delivery: managed
  method: page
  read: '2026-10-07'
published: true
note: Token-based model pricing for Router/Agent APIs is referenced on other pages; this page lists tool,
  search, embeddings, and decisions pricing. Enterprise custom pricing via Contact Sales Team.
plan_count: 15
currency: USD
plans:
- name: web_search (standard)
  price_text: $0.0025 per invocation
  price: 0.0025
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: invocation
- name: web_search (Fast Search)
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  price: 0.001
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: invocation
- name: image_search
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  price: 0.0025
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: successful invocation
- name: fetch_url
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  price: 0.0005
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: invocation
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  price: 0.005
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: invocation
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  price: 0.005
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: invocation
- name: sandbox
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  price: 0.03
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: session (up to 20 min)
- name: Search API
  price_text: $5.00
  price: 5
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: per 1K requests
- name: Search API with Fast Search
  price_text: $1.00
  price: 1
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: per 1K requests
- name: pplx-embed-v1-0.6b
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  price: 0.004
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: $/1M tokens
- name: pplx-embed-v1-4b
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  price: 0.03
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: $/1M tokens
- name: pplx-embed-context-v1-0.6b
  price_text: $0.008
  price: 0.008
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: $/1M tokens
- name: pplx-embed-context-v1-4b
  price_text: $0.05
  price: 0.05
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: $/1M tokens
- name: pplx-decider-v1.1-27b
  price_text: $0.02
  price: 0.02
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: $/1M input tokens
  included_quota: Output tokens free; no per-request fee
- name: pplx-decider-v1-27b
  price_text: $0.02
  price: 0.02
  currency: USD
  period: per-use
  unit: $/1M input tokens
  included_quota: Output tokens free; no per-request fee
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - hybrid
  - subscription
  units:
  - request
  - token
  plans:
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    access: other
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    model_how: derived
    units:
    - other
    periods:
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  - name: web_search (Fast Search)
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    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
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  - name: image_search
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    model: subscription
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    model: subscription
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  - name: finance_search
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  - name: sandbox
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  - name: pplx-embed-v1-0.6b
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  - name: pplx-embed-v1-4b
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  - name: pplx-embed-context-v1-0.6b
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