Perplexity Cost Tuning Overview Reduce Perplexity Sonar API costs. Perplexity charges per-token (input + output) plus a per-request fee that varies by search context size. The biggest cost lever is model selection: costs 3-15x more than per request. Pricing Reference | Model | Input $/M tokens | Output $/M tokens | Request Fee | |-------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------| | | $1 | $1 | $5 per 1K requests | | | $3 | $15 | $5 per 1K requests | | | $3 | $15 | $5 per 1K requests | | | $2 | $8 | $5 per 1K searches | Search context size (Low/Medium/High) affects the request fee.…