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Perplexity Search API
Web search API from Perplexity that returns ranked web results and page snippets for AI agents and apps.
- Perplexity AI
- Cloud
- Price not verified
Where it ranks
- SSearch & researchSearch APIs & engines · Cloud · 80 on Artificial Analysis Search Index (Search APIs)
Ranked by its own benchmark result where it has one; otherwise by the best model it offers.
Facts
- Vendor
- Perplexity AI
- Approach
- Search APIs & engines
- Where it runs
- Cloud only: needs the vendor’s service
- Interface
- API
- Skill level
- Intermediate: some setup or configuration
- Price
- Price not verified
- Pricing notes
- Pay per request, no subscription: standard search $5 per 1,000 requests, Fast Search $1 per 1,000. No free tier stated on the pricing page.
- Source code
- Closed source
- Last verified
- 19 Oct 2026
Price from docs.perplexity.ai, 19 Oct 2026.
Models it gives you
No models recorded yet.
Its own benchmark results
| Benchmark | Result | Entry on the leaderboard | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Search Index (Search APIs) | 80 | Perplexity Search (medium)Same answer model (GPT-5.6 Luna, medium) and harness for every Search API; best of the provider's tested configurations. | 19 Oct 2026 | artificialanalysis.ai |