Perplexity: Agent API fast preset switched to Fast Search; web_search price per 1,000 invocations lowered (changelog dated September 2026, day not stated).
$2.50 → $1.00 per 1,000 invocations
Old $2.50 per 1,000 web_search invocations
New $1.00 per 1,000 invocations
Why it matters: If you use Perplexity Agent API (fast preset web_search), this changes its pricing. The source does not state a separate effective date.
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| Product | Perplexity Agent API (fast preset web_search) |
|---|---|
| Category | pricing |
| Announced / detected | Sep 2026 (exact day not stated) Backfilled |
| Backfilled | Yes: added retroactively (month-only date precision) |
| Quote verified against | https://docs.perplexity.ai/changelog/changelog |
| Effective | not stated in source |
| Before | $2.50 per 1,000 web_search invocations |
| After | $1.00 per 1,000 invocations |
| Official source | https://docs.perplexity.ai/changelog/changelog |
| Source quote | web_search drops from $2.50 to $1.00 per 1,000 invocations, and search is about 800 ms faster. |
| Archive | No post-change Wayback capture found |
| Snapshot hash | sha256:aa3c8625601ac7186f2b108b76c47d3c6af14e6cab5379677b8924a6dc7c0f92 |
| Status | verified |
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- Oct 2026 (exact day not stated) Backfilled: Decisions API model replaced by pplx-decider-v1.1-27b with lower input price (changelog dated October 2026, day not stated).
- Oct 2026 (exact day not stated) Backfilled: Agent API low, medium, high and xhigh presets switched to Fast Search; web_search price lowered (changelog dated October 2026, day not stated).
- 2026-08-27 Backfilled: Agent/Orchestrator API price for google/gemini-3.7-flash increased.
- Jul 2026 (exact day not stated) Backfilled: Agent API prices for GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra lowered; GPT-5.6 Sol Fast mode added at 2x standard token pricing (changelog dated July 2026, day not stated).