Perplexity · Rate Limits
Perplexity Rate Limits
Perplexity API rate limits per API key by usage tier.
Perplexity Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Perplexity on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.
It captures 5 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_minute and monthly_spend.
The profile also includes response codes documented for throttled.
Tagged areas include Rate Limiting and AI.
5 Limits
Throttle: 429
Rate LimitingAI
Limits
Sonar (default) key
50
Sonar Pro key
50
Deep Research key
5
Tier 0 spend account
$5
Higher tiers account
raised by spend