2026-08-31 11:31 UTC · perplexity/api-pricing · live page
Summary by fallback. It may be wrong; the diff below is what actually changed. Raw: 580524f0b6-perplexity-api-pricing.diff · commit 580524f0b6
diff --git a/snapshots/perplexity/api-pricing.md b/snapshots/perplexity/api-pricing.mdindex 6800a67..e39e047 100644--- a/snapshots/perplexity/api-pricing.md+++ b/snapshots/perplexity/api-pricing.md@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This page shows pricing information to help you understand API costs.For billing ## Estimate your cost -## Gateway API Pricing+## Router API Pricing -Gateway API usage is billed per token at each model's published rates — there are no per-request fees. Every model has its own input and output rate, with cache reads billed at the model's discounted cache-read rate and reasoning tokens billed at the output rate. You are always billed at the requested model's rates, regardless of how the request is served. See Gateway Models & Pricing for the full per-model rate card, including cache-write rates and long-context pricing.+Router API usage is billed per token at each model's published rates — there are no per-request fees. Every model has its own input and output rate, with cache reads billed at the model's discounted cache-read rate and reasoning tokens billed at the output rate. You are always billed at the requested model's rates, regardless of how the request is served. See Router Models & Pricing for the full per-model rate card, including cache-write rates and long-context pricing. ## Agent API Pricing@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ When using tools with the Agent API: |---|---|---| | `web_search` | $0.0025 per invocation | Performs web searches to retrieve current information |-| `fetch_url` | $0.00025 per invocation | Fetches and extracts content from specific URLs |+| `fetch_url` | $0.0005 per invocation | Fetches and extracts content from specific URLs | | `people_search` | $0.005 per invocation | Looks up professionals, employees, and people. $5 per 1,000 tool invocations | | `finance_search` | $0.005 per invocation | Retrieves financial data and market information. $5 per 1,000 tool invocations |@@ -186,6 +186,6 @@ Token Calculation: 1 token ≈ 4 characters in English text. The exact count may | Model output tokens | $0.003 | | `web_search` | $0.0025 |-| `fetch_url` | $0.00025 |-| Total | $0.00675 |+| `fetch_url` | $0.0005 |+| Total | $0.007 | Actual preset costs vary with the selected model, token usage, and tool invocations. When present on a completed response, `usage.cost.total_cost` reports the calculated request cost.