Perplexity
perplexity.ai
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Answer engine and Sonar APIs with cited web research
- Free tier
- Yes
- Per month
- Free – Usage
- MCP
- Yes
Why it's here
Cited answers and MCP suit Q&A agents; API is usage-priced and offers no free API credit.
Free tier
Free web app tier; API is usage-based
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#8 of 24Cited answers and MCP suit Q&A agents; API is usage-priced and offers no free API credit.
| per month | Free TierFreeLimited daily rate | API Usage TierUsage$1-$3 input / $1-$15 output per 1M tokens | EnterpriseCustomCustom contract |
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| Free credits | |||
| AI use rights | |||
| Page contents | |||
| Cited answers | |||
| Deep research | |||
| Extract / crawl | |||
| Own index | |||
| Zero retention | |||
| Predictable bill | |||
| Rate limit | 1 requests/sec | 20 requests/sec | 100 requests/sec |