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Perplexity API pricing: every model, compared
We track 7 Perplexity prices that other providers also sell. Perplexity has the lowest listed price for 3 of them; for the rest, the table shows how much more you pay than at the cheapest provider.
Standard list prices in USD. Last price change Sep 28, 2026. Perplexity's official pricing page. How we rank.
LLMs, most widely offered first
Perplexity LLM prices vs the cheapest provider
| Model | Rank | Cheapest elsewhere | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | #8 of 10 | Novita AIyou pay 627% more here | $0.20 | $0.20 | 131K |
| llama-3.1-70b-instruct | #7 of 7 | Nebius Token Factoryyou pay 406% more here | $1.00 | $1.00 | 131K |
| llama-2-70b-chat | #3 of 3 | Fireworks AIyou pay 36% more here | $0.70 | $2.80 | 4K |
| mixtral-8x7b-instruct | #1 of 3 | Perplexity is cheapest | $0.07 | $0.28 | 4K |
| codellama-34b-instruct | #1 of 2 | Perplexity is cheapest | $0.35 | $1.40 | 16K |
| codellama-70b-instruct | #2 of 2 | Fireworks AIyou pay 36% more here | $0.70 | $2.80 | 16K |
| mistral-7b-instruct | #1 of 2 | Perplexity is cheapest | $0.07 | $0.28 | 4K |
Rank and difference use the blended price (3 input : 1 output tokens). Equal prices share a rank.
Ranked for your volume
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct monthly cost by provider
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More requirements: caching, context, features, provider
| Provider | Estimated / month | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Novita AIlowest for your volumePricing page | $0.30 | $0.02 | $0.05 | 16,384 |
2 Nebius Token FactoryPricing page | $0.32 | $0.02 | $0.06 | 128,000 |
3 LambdaPricing page | $0.33 | $0.025 | $0.04 | 131,072 |
4 NscalePricing page | $0.36 | $0.03 | $0.03 | Not listed |
5 DeepInfraPricing page | $0.40 | $0.03 | $0.05 | 131,072 |
6 Fireworks AIPricing page | $1.20 | $0.10 | $0.10 | 131,072 |
7 OVHcloud AI EndpointsBilled in EUR: €0.10 input, €0.10 output per 1M tokens. USD at the ECB rate of Oct 30, 2026 (1.1172).Pricing page | $1.34 | $0.1117 | $0.1117 | 131,000 |
8 PerplexityPricing page | $2.40 | $0.20 | $0.20 | 131,072 |
9 Amazon BedrockPricing page | $2.64 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 128,000 |
10 W&B Inference (CoreWeave)Pricing page | $2.64 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 131,000 |
Input volume includes the cached share, not an additional token volume. This is a list-price estimate, not a quote: cache-write charges, cache eligibility/TTL, batch discounts, long-context surcharges, regional pricing and taxes are excluded. Check the provider's terms for your workload before switching.
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Perplexity has the lowest blended list price (3 input : 1 output tokens) for these models. The badge states that basis, updates daily and always shows the current rank, whatever it is; ranking is by price only.
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Other providers
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Baseten, Cloudflare Workers AI, Cohere, DeepInfra, DeepSeek, fal, Fireworks AI, FriendliAI, Google Cloud Vertex AI, Google Gemini API, IBM watsonx.ai, Lambda, Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, Mistral AI, Moonshot AI, Nebius Token Factory, Novita AI, Nscale, OpenAI, Oracle Cloud Generative AI, OVHcloud AI Endpoints, Replicate, SambaNova, Scaleway, SiliconFlow, Together AI, W&B Inference (CoreWeave), xAI, Z.ai