// scorecard · 44/100
verified 1mo agoAgent-readiness20/35
Agent registration (api_key)6/9
Public API5/5
OpenAPI spec0/9
MCP server9/9
llms.txt0/3
Reliability & performance0/15
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Production-ready0/4
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Pricing6/13
Itemized public pricing6/6
Free tier / trial0/4
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Docs & DX8/12
Docs quality6/8
Public API2/2
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Security & compliance6/12
SOC 26/6
ISO 270010/2
GDPR0/2
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Openness4/10
Open source0/6
Open / un-gated API4/4
Company maturity0/3
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// rankings · cost per standard workload
#14 in Web Searchnot comparable
Answer-engine: $5/1k request + variable per-token; not pure search
docs.perplexity.ai// overview
Perplexity's Sonar API provides web-search-grounded LLM completions returning prose answers with citations and search results. The lineup spans sonar, sonar-pro, sonar-reasoning-pro, and sonar-deep-research; Perplexity states API data is not retained or used for training.
Best for: Real-time citation-backed answers grounded in live web search
// pricing
sonar$1/1M tokens + $5-12/1k requests
- Lightweight grounded search
sonar-pro$3/1M in, $15/1M out + $6-14/1k
- Complex queries
// security & compliance
✓ SOC 2✗ ISO 27001✗ GDPR✗ HIPAA
// features
- Citations + search_results with URLs
- Recency + date-range filters
- search_domain_filter allow/deny
- Structured outputs (JSON schema)
- Streaming
- Multimodal inputs (images, PDFs)