Perplexity AI
Listed at https://docs.perplexity.ai
Overall Rank #6 ⭐⭐ Recommended
❌ Proxy required | 🌍 International
💰 Token Pricing
| Type | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Input | Sonar Pro: $3/M, Sonar: $1/M | per million tokens |
| Output | Sonar Pro: $15/M, Sonar: $1/M | per million tokens |
💡 Free Credits:
🤖 Supported Models (3)
Sonar ProSonarPerplexity Assistant
✨ Pros
- ✓Sonar Pro with built-in web search, responses cite sources
- ✓Clean API, mirrors web experience 1:1
- ✓Fast response (Sonar ~300ms first token)
- ✓Search result quality better than GPT-4o online
- ✓Custom search_domain_limit parameter
⚠️ Cons
- ×No Function Calling support
- ×Model not selectable (underlying model fixed)
- ×No free API tier, pricing not low
- ×Proxy required in China
- ×Search-only, not for general chat
🎯 Best For
Search-enhanced Q&A apps; citation-reliable content generation; research assistance tools