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diff --git a/snapshots/perplexity/api-pricing.md b/snapshots/perplexity/api-pricing.mdindex dccd636..0e0e676 100644--- a/snapshots/perplexity/api-pricing.md+++ b/snapshots/perplexity/api-pricing.md@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ This page shows pricing information to help you understand API costs.For billing ## Orchestrator API Pricing -Orchestrator 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 Orchestrator Models & Pricing for the full per-model rate card, including cache-write rates and long-context pricing.+Orchestrator 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 Orchestrator Models & Pricing for the full per-model rate card, including cache-read rates. ## Agent API Pricing@@ -68,4 +68,6 @@ Generate high-quality text embeddings for semantic search, retrieval-augmented g Learn how to use the Embeddings API for semantic search, RAG, and more. +Embeddings cost = tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × the model's rate. For example, 40M tokens on `pplx-embed-context-v1-4b` cost 40 × $0.05 = $2.00.+ ## Decisions API Pricing @@ -74,8 +76,8 @@ The Decisions API answers yes/no, multiple-choice, and scored questions about te | Model | Price ($/1M input tokens) | Output tokens | Per-request fee | |---|---|---|---|-| `pplx-decider-v1.1-27b` | $0.02 | Free | None |-| `pplx-decider-v1-27b` | $0.02 | Free | None |+| `pplx-decider-v1.2` | $0.02 | Free | None |+| `pplx-decider-flash-v1.2` | $0.01 | Free | None | -Billing unit: you pay for input tokens only. The `state`, every question, and any images count as input; the response reports the exact number as `usage.input_tokens`, so you can compute the cost of a request from the response you already receive. A request with 600 input tokens costs $0.000012.+Aliases: `pplx-decider-latest` and `perplexity/pplx-decider-latest` select `pplx-decider-v1.2`. `pplx-decider-flash-latest` and `perplexity/pplx-decider-flash-latest` select `pplx-decider-flash-v1.2`. An alias bills at the rate of the model it selects. Requests that name `pplx-decider-v1.1-27b` or `pplx-decider-v1-27b` select `pplx-decider-v1.2` and bill at $0.02.Billing unit: you pay for input tokens only. The `state`, every question, and any images count as input; the response reports the exact number as `usage.input_tokens`, so you can compute the cost of a request from the response you already receive. A request with 600 input tokens costs $0.000012 on `pplx-decider-v1.2` and $0.000006 on `pplx-decider-flash-v1.2`. ## View Decisions API Documentation@@ -105,11 +107,4 @@ The number of tokens in the API's response. This includes: Example: "The weather in New York is currently sunny with a temperature of 72°F." = ~15 output tokens -### Search Context Size vs Context Window--Search context size is not the same as the context window.--- Search context size (Sonar only): How much web information is retrieved during search, set with `web_search_options.search_context_size`-- Context window: Maximum tokens the model can process in one request (affects token limits)- Token Calculation: 1 token ≈ 4 characters in English text. The exact count may vary based on language and content complexity. @@ -129,13 +124,13 @@ Token Calculation: 1 token ≈ 4 characters in English text. The exact count may ## Agent API Research Preset -`low` preset representative run • 2,000 input + 1,000 output tokens • 1 web search + 1 fetch+`low` preset representative run • `openai/gpt-6-luna` • 2,000 input + 1,000 output tokens • 1 web search + 1 fetch | Component | Cost | |---|---|-| Model input tokens | $0.001 |-| Model output tokens | $0.003 |+| Model input tokens | $0.0002 |+| Model output tokens | $0.0005 | | `web_search` (Fast Search) | $0.001 | | `fetch_url` | $0.0005 |-| Total | $0.0055 |+| Total | $0.0022 | 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.