Perplexity Sonar API vs Defapi vs Kagi vs Together AI

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Perplexity Sonar API
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DDefapi
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Kagi
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Together AI
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Your tool Perplexity Sonar API
docs.perplexity.ai
Perplexity Sonar API is the developer platform behind Perplexity's real-time web research, exposed as a Router API, an Agent API, a Search API and an Embeddings API.
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Competitor DDefapi
defapi.org
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Competitor Kagi
kagi.com
Kagi is a paid search engine with no ads and no tracking, funded entirely by subscribers rather than advertisers.
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Competitor Together AI
together.ai
Open-source models without infrastructure
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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2.4Kvisits/mo
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785.1Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 42.6%
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▼ 6.4%
6-month growth
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-86.2%
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+1.9%
Global rank web
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#4,650,820
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#60,843
Avg. last 3 months
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4.8K
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794.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
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42%
Pages / visit
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1.4
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3.2
Visit duration
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7s
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1m 57s
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● Direct 77% · ● Referral 21%
Perplexity Sonar APIDefapiKagiTogether AI
0209.6K419.2K628.8K838.4KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KTogether AI · 566.8KTogether AI · 552.7KTogether AI · 645.8KTogether AI · 637.7KTogether AI · 770.2KTogether AI · 792.8KTogether AI · 756.1KTogether AI · 760.5KTogether AI · 838.4KTogether AI · 785.1K1K10K100K1MDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KTogether AI · 566.8KTogether AI · 552.7KTogether AI · 645.8KTogether AI · 637.7KTogether AI · 770.2KTogether AI · 792.8KTogether AI · 756.1KTogether AI · 760.5KTogether AI · 838.4KTogether AI · 785.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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API access
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Plans
Router API CustomAgent API CustomSearch API CustomEmbeddings API Custom+1 more
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1/$6/per requestClaude Sonnet 4.6 $1.5/$7.5/per requestClaude Opus 4.6 $2.5/$12.5/per requestSora 2 Stable $0.175+/per request+2 more
Trial FreeStarter $5/moProfessional $10/moUltimate $25/mo
Serverless Inference $0.30/usage-basedDedicated Inference GPU $3.99/usage-basedGPU Clusters $1.99/usage-basedFine-Tuning $0.34/usage-based
Capabilities input → output
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Text
ImagesTextAudio
Web pagesText
AudioTextImagesCode
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TextImagesAudio
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VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI API
Development & CodeAI API
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+6 more
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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