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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Perplexity API: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/perplexity-api/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/perplexity-api/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/perplexity-api.md",
  "title": "Perplexity API: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Perplexity API is on the social monitoring map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated Sept. 25, 2025.",
  "period": "Sept. 25, 2025",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "id": "CBRAR4W",
    "slug": "perplexity-api",
    "name": "Perplexity API",
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    "site": "https://docs.perplexity.ai",
    "summary": "Search API (raw ranked results) and Agent API (web_search, people_search, fetch_url tools) from Perplexity. search_domain_filter allows or denies up to 20 domains; no social-specific mode documented.",
    "founded": 2022,
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      "Search APIs"
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  },
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  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
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    "text": "Search API (raw ranked results) and Agent API (web_search, people_search, fetch_url tools) from Perplexity. search_domain_filter allows or denies up to 20 domains; no social-specific mode documented.",
    "source": {
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    },
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      "name": "Perplexity API",
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      "what": "Search API (raw ranked results) and Agent API (web_search, people_search, fetch_url tools) from Perplexity. search_domain_filter allows or denies up to 20 domains; no social-specific mode documented.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "docs.perplexity.ai",
        "url": "https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/overview"
      },
      "price": "Search API $5.00 per 1,000 requests; Fast Search $1.00 per 1,000. Agent API tool fees: web_search $2.50/1k ($1/1k fast), people_search $5/1k, fetch_url $0.0005 each; model tokens extra.",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "Platforms",
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      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/perplexity-api/#event-1",
      "on": "2025-09-25",
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      "title": "Introducing the Perplexity Search API",
      "summary": "Raw search API on Perplexity's index opened to developers.",
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