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Groq vs Perplexity API pricing

Verified 2026-10-24 (1 day ago)Source: Groq: console.groq.com/docs/models, Perplexity API: docs.perplexity.ai/guides/pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

Monthly cost of Groq and Perplexity API at three volumes and at your own
VolumeGroqPerplexity API
small1M input, 200K output$0.036 / moLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M$0.01 / mopplx-decider-flash-v1.2
growing50M input, 10M output$1.80 / moLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M$0.50 / mopplx-decider-flash-v1.2
scale1B input, 200M output$36 / moLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M$10 / mopplx-decider-flash-v1.2
your volumeset above$1.80 / moLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M$0.50 / mopplx-decider-flash-v1.2

Each cell is the cheapest feasible plan, or the chosen model, at that volume, from the shared Overage cost function. "Cheapest model" only considers models with both an input and an output price listed. Volumes are example scenarios you can edit.

Cheapest model per service, USD per 1M tokens

Cheapest priced model of each service
ServiceCheapest modelInputOutputModels listed
GroqLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M$0.03$0.036
Perplexity APIpplx-decider-flash-v1.2$0.01$06

Every model

Every model of both services, USD per 1M tokens
ModelServiceInputOutput
Llama Prompt Guard 2 22MGroq$0.03$0.03
Prompt Guard 2 86MGroq$0.04$0.04
GPT OSS 20BGroq$0.075$0.30
Safety GPT OSS 20BGroq$0.075$0.30
GPT OSS 120BGroq$0.15$0.60
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27BGroq$0.80$4
pplx-embed-v1-0.6bPerplexity API$0.004unlisted
pplx-embed-context-v1-0.6bPerplexity API$0.008unlisted
pplx-decider-flash-v1.2Perplexity API$0.01$0
pplx-decider-v1.2Perplexity API$0.02$0
pplx-embed-v1-4bPerplexity API$0.03unlisted
pplx-embed-context-v1-4bPerplexity API$0.05unlisted

Models are compared by name and price, never by position. Pick one model per service, or "Cheapest model", in the cost table above.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of Groq and Perplexity API aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
PositionGroqPerplexity API
Freeno tierno tier
Entryno tierunlistedSearch API
Midno tierno tier
Topno tierunlistedSearch API with Fast Search

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
MeasureGroqPerplexity API
Tightest limit100 api requests per minuteLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M tierunlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.