Perplexity alternatives
Compare 27 alternatives to Perplexity: providers that serve the same models, ranked by how many they share, with live prices showing where each one is cheaper.
Perplexity's own prices →LLM API alternatives to Perplexity
27 providers serve at least one of the 5 models Perplexity prices per token, most shared first. Input and output rates are compared separately on each shared model at standard pricing.
| Provider | Shared models | Lower input price on | Lower output price on | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Baseten | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 Deep Infra | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 3 | 3 | Compare |
 DigitalOcean | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 Empirio Labs | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 1 | 1 | Compare |
 GMI Cloud | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 3 | 3 | Compare |
 Heabsy | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 1 | 0 | Compare |
 IO.NET | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 2 | 0 | Compare |
 IteraCompute | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 4 | 4 | Compare |
 Lyceum | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 Novita AI | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 OpenRouter | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, Kimi K3 +1 more | 2 | 2 | Compare |
 PopNow | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 3 | 3 | Compare |
 Prime Intellect | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 1 | 2 | Compare |
 RouterPlus | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 3 | 2 | Compare |
 Together AI | 4 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 Crusoe | 3 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 | 0 | 1 | Compare |
 EcoHash | 3 of 5DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3, Kimi K3 | 3 | 3 | Compare |
 Fireworks AI | 2 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, GLM-5.3 | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 Geodd | 2 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro | 1 | 2 | Compare |
 HiAPI | 2 of 5DeepSeek V4 Pro, Kimi K3 | 1 | 1 | Compare |
 Mistral AI | 2 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, GLM-5.3 | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 OpenRelay | 2 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash, GLM-5.3 | 2 | 2 | Compare |
 DeepSeek | 1 of 5DeepSeek V4 Pro | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 Pareto Inference | 1 of 5GLM-5.3-Flash | 1 | 1 | Compare |
 Runpod | 1 of 5Kimi K3 | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 Scaleway | 1 of 5GLM-5.3 | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 VoltageGPU | 1 of 5Kimi K3 | 0 | 0 | Compare |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which providers serve the same models as Perplexity?
27 providers serve at least one of the 5 models Perplexity prices per token. The most overlap is at Baseten (4 models), Deep Infra (4 models) and DigitalOcean (4 models).
Where are the same models cheaper than on Perplexity?
15 providers charge less per input token than Perplexity on at least one shared model, and 14 providers charge less per output token. The two are counted separately because the cheapest host for input tokens is often not the cheapest for output.
How are these Perplexity alternatives chosen?
An alternative is any provider that currently prices at least one of the same GPUs on demand or the same models at standard per-token rates. They are ordered by how many they share, using the current prices we track for every provider. Sponsorship and paid placement have no effect on the order.