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Router API is in private preview. Email api@perplexity.ai to request access.

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Overview

Every model below is available through both Router endpoints — Chat Completions and Messages — under the same creator/model-name id. Prices are in USD per 1 million tokens, and you are billed at the requested model’s rates regardless of how the request is served. For the live catalog, query GET /models; the tables below show the current catalog.
Cached input is billed separately from fresh input: cache reads are billed at the discounted per-model rate shown in the “Cache read” column, and cache writes at the rate shown (or at the input rate where no dedicated write rate is listed). Reasoning tokens are billed at the output rate.

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Perplexity-Hosted Models

Open-source models hosted by Perplexity — the perplexity/ prefix reflects who serves the model, not who created it. The catalog includes models from DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, NVIDIA, and Z.AI:

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Listing Models Programmatically

The response lists every available model sorted by id, including each model’s base token prices. Requesting a model that is not in the catalog returns a 400 naming the invalid model — the catalog is also the allowlist.

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Next Steps

Quickstart

Make your first Router API call.

Pricing & Billing

How credits, billing, and usage tiers work across the platform.