Perplexity Sonar via VerticalAPI

Perplexity Sonar Pro via VerticalAPI's OpenAI-compatible endpoint — every response is web-grounded with citations. BYOK with your Perplexity key, zero markup.

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Endpoint: https://api.verticalapi.com/v1/chat/completions · BYOK header: X-Provider-Key: pplx-...

Supported models

Perplexity Sonar models routed by VerticalAPI

Pass the model ID below as model in any OpenAI-compatible request. New Perplexity Sonar models are typically supported within 24h of release.

Model ID	Name	Context	Pricing (provider)
`sonar-pro`	Sonar Pro	200K	$3 / $15 per 1M tok + $5 per 1K searches
`sonar`	Sonar	128K	$1 / $1 per 1M tok + $5 per 1K searches
`sonar-reasoning-pro`	Sonar Reasoning Pro	128K	$2 / $8 per 1M tok — reasoning + web

Pricing reflects Perplexity Sonar's rates — you pay Perplexity Sonar directly. VerticalAPI adds zero markup on tokens.

Quickstart

5-line Perplexity Sonar call via VerticalAPI

Drop-in replacement for the OpenAI SDK. Works with the OpenAI Python client, Node, Go, curl — anything that speaks HTTP.

                perplexity_quickstart.py
                Python
            
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.verticalapi.com/v1",
    api_key="vapi_...",
    default_headers={"X-Provider-Key": "pplx-..."}
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="sonar",  # Perplexity Sonar
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Why use Perplexity Sonar via VerticalAPI

Four reasons developers route Perplexity Sonar through us

Zero token markup

You pay Perplexity Sonar directly with your own key. VerticalAPI's revenue is the gateway subscription, not a tax on your tokens.

One key, every provider

Perplexity Sonar alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and 12 more — same OpenAI-compatible endpoint, same SDK, switchable per-request.

Latency & cost monitoring

Per-request token counts, p50/p95 latency and cost dashboards out of the box. Compare Perplexity Sonar to other providers on identical prompts.

Observability built in

Every Perplexity Sonar call gets a trace ID, replayable payload and audit log entry. Wire to Datadog or Sentry via OpenTelemetry.

Best for

Where Perplexity Sonar shines

web-grounded research fresh data lookup citation-required outputs competitive intel

FAQ

Common questions about Perplexity Sonar on VerticalAPI

How are citations returned?

Perplexity returns a citations array alongside the assistant message. VerticalAPI surfaces it in the chat.completions response as a top-level citations field — drop-in for your app.

Can I scope searches to specific domains?

Yes. Pass search_domain_filter as a Perplexity-native parameter; VerticalAPI forwards it untouched.

Switch providers

All supported LLM providers

Same endpoint, same SDK — just change the model and the BYOK header.

OpenAI Anthropic Google Gemini Mistral AI Meta Llama xAI Grok Groq Together AI Fireworks AI Perplexity Sonar Cohere AI21 Labs AWS Bedrock Azure OpenAI Google Vertex AI

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