Overview
Perplexity Sonar — Real-time web search API for developers
Perplexity Sonar is Perplexity's API offering that gives developers access to real-time web search-grounded AI responses. It enables building applications that need current, cited information without the hallucination risks of offline models.
Real-time web search grounding
Cited responses
Sonar and Sonar Pro models
OpenAI-compatible API
Features & capabilities
Everything it does, in plain English.
The honest take
Where it shines, where it stumbles.
✓ Pros
- ✓Real-time search grounding eliminates staleness
- ✓Cites sources automatically
- ✓OpenAI compatible
- ✓Fast and reliable
! Watch-outs
- !Per-query cost model
- !Limited to Perplexity's search quality
- !Not for offline/private data search
Who it's for
Where Perplexity Sonar pays for itself fast.
Real-time information retrieval in apps
News and market data apps
Research automation
Current events Q&A
Citation-required applications
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