Perplexity Search API

Perplexity Search API

Perplexity AI
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About

The Parallel Search API is a web-search tool engineered specifically for AI agents, designed from the ground up to provide the most information-dense, token-efficient context for large-language models and automated workflows. Unlike traditional search engines optimized for human browsing, this API supports declarative semantic objectives, allowing agents to specify what they want rather than merely keywords. It returns ranked URLs and compressed excerpts tailored for model context windows, enabling higher accuracy, fewer search steps, and lower token cost per result. Its infrastructure includes a proprietary crawler, live-index updates, freshness policies, domain-filtering controls, and SOC 2 Type 2 security compliance. The API is built to fit seamlessly within agent workflows: developers can control parameters like maximum characters per result, select custom processors, adjust output size, and orchestrate retrieval directly into AI reasoning pipelines.

About

Perplexity has launched the Perplexity Search API, giving developers access to the same global-scale indexing and retrieval infrastructure that powers Perplexity’s public answer engine. The API indexes hundreds of billions of webpages and is optimized for the unique demands of AI workflows; it breaks documents into fine-grained subunits so that responses return highly relevant snippets already ranked against the original query, reducing preprocessing and improving downstream performance. To maintain freshness, the index processes tens of thousands of updates every second using an AI-driven content understanding module that dynamically parses web content and iteratively self-improves via real-time query feedback. The API returns rich, structured responses suitable for both AI agents and traditional apps, rather than limited, document-level outputs. Alongside the API, Perplexity is releasing an SDK, an open source evaluation framework, and detailed research into their design.

Platforms Supported

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Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Developers and AI labs interested in a solution providing web retrieval, semantic context and optimized token-use for large-language-model reasoning

Audience

AI teams in search of a solution providing real-time web search and retrieval capabilities to power agents, knowledge systems, or advanced information applications

Support

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Support

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API

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API

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Pricing

$5 per 1,000 requests
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Training

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Training

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Company Information

Parallel
United States
parallel.ai/products/search

Company Information

Perplexity AI
Founded: 2022
United States
www.perplexity.ai/es/hub/blog/introducing-the-perplexity-search-api

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Categories

AI Tools Supported
Semantic Search Supported
Web Search APIs Supported

Categories

Integrations

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Supported
GPT-4.1 Supported
Mimasa AI Not Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Supported
OpenAI Supported
Parallel Decisions API Supported
Portable Computer by Perplexity Not Supported
Python Supported

Integrations

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Not Supported
GPT-4.1 Not Supported
Mimasa AI Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Not Supported
OpenAI Not Supported
Parallel Decisions API Not Supported
Portable Computer by Perplexity Supported
Python Not Supported
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