Perplexity API Platform

Production-grade primitives. Fully composable.

Perplexity runs on these same primitives, so every improvement to the product improves the API too.

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Agent API: supported models, web search, URL fetching and code execution in one agent.

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  • Top frontier models, plus selected open-source models.
  • Multi-step reasoning with built-in web access.
  • Adjustable tools and skills: web search, URL fetch, image search, people search, finance search and sandbox.
  • Structured, source-cited responses.
  • Effort presets, from fast to extra high, updated as evaluations show improvements.

Search API

Web search built for agents.

See OpenRouter's search benchmarks →Explore Search API

Orchestrator API

Every supported open-weight model, hosted by Perplexity.

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Embeddings API

Embeddings for search and retrieval.

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Decisions API

Answers as probabilities, not prose.

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Customer stories

Already in production

From consumer agents to public-sector retrieval, teams are shipping on Perplexity APIs today.

NationGraphCase studyTransforming data into intelligence →ApolloCase studyBook more meetings →Maeil Business NewspaperCase studyDeep news research →ClinikallyCase studyAI-powered dermatology →CombinelyCase studyAutomated client communications →FintoolCase studyAI-driven public equity research platform →ZoomCase studyHow Zoom supercharged its AI Companion 2.0 →
RoxCase studyAI-powered research →SAPCase studyTurbocharging Joule with real-time answers →Lee EnterprisesCase studyGenerating localised content for SMBs →FindlyCase studyAI data analyst for enterprise customers →Metal AICase studySupercharged investment intelligence platform →Model MLCase studyAI workspace for financial services clients →

Ship your first request in five minutes.

Open the playground, then move to production with Python and TypeScript libraries plus framework integrations.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Start with Agent API for a full agent, Search API for raw retrieval or Orchestrator API for model choice.