Fast Search
By Steven Van ·
Developers can cut Agent API web_search costs to $1.00 per 1,000 calls by switching to the new lower-latency "fast" search type.
The Perplexity Agent API now supports a "fast" search type for the web_search tool, running each call on a lower-latency search path. Fast calls cost $1.00 per 1,000 invocations instead of $2.50, plus model tokens billed separately. The standard path remains available by setting search_type to "web", and Perplexity recommends fast for day-to-day agent loops and high-volume tool calls, reserving web for rare, difficult, or ambiguous questions. The Search API supports the same search_type setting, as detailed in the announcement.
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