OpenRouter Provider Economics

Infrastructure usage, market share, and estimated provider billings

Billings Listed Cache-adjusted

Viewing Listed prices estimates. Listed prompt/completion × resolved input/output mix (continuous history). Raw input, output, and cache fields stay visible for your own interpretation.

Perplexity

US · slug perplexity · as of 2026-10-11 · methodology observed_tokens_calibrated_model_mix_observed_pricing

Observed Daily Tokens
24.1B
Observed Monthly Tokens
182.4B
7d Avg Tokens
15.5B
30d Avg Tokens
6.1B
Token Share
0.1%
7d Share Change
+0.1 pts
30d Share Change
+0.1 pts
Models Served
8
Weighted $/M
$0.0499
Est Billings / Day Estimated OpenRouter-attributable billings for October 11th, 2026, using observed provider tokens, calibrated model mix, and endpoint prices.
$1.2K
30-Day Trailing Rev Sum of estimated daily billings over the last 30 complete UTC days ending October 11th, 2026. Actual trailing history, not an extrapolation.
$44.5K
Est Billings / Month Est. Billings / Day × 30 using the October 11th, 2026 daily estimate. Forward month run rate, not trailing calendar-month actuals.
$36.1K
Annualized Run Rate Est. Billings / Day × 365 using the October 11th, 2026 daily estimate. Illustrative annual run rate, not trailing twelve-month actuals.
$439.1K
Revenue Share
0.0%
Provider Rank
#55
Growth Class
Both

Daily tokens vs estimated billings

Jul 1, 2026 → Oct 11, 2026 · observed tokens with calibrated model-mix revenue estimates

Estimated billings by model

Stacked daily OpenRouter-attributable billings from this provider’s model mix (similar layout to OpenRouter’s tokens chart, in $)

Model Economics

Model Est Tokens Listed In $/M Listed Out $/M Eff In $/M Eff Out $/M Cache Hit I/O Mix Blended $/M Est Billings % Tokens % Revenue
perplexity/pplx-decider-v1.1-27b-20261006 20.3B $0.0200 $0.0000 — — — 80.0/20.0 $0.0160 $324 84.1% 27.0%
perplexity/pplx-embed-v1-0.6B 2.8B $0.0040 $0.0000 — — — 80.0/20.0 $0.0032 $8.95 11.6% 0.7%
perplexity/pplx-embed-v1-4B 637.5M $0.0300 $0.0000 — — — 80.0/20.0 $0.0240 $15 2.6% 1.3%
perplexity/sonar 282.9M $1.0000 $1.0000 — — — 80.0/20.0 $1.0000 $283 1.2% 23.5%
perplexity/sonar-pro 72.6M $3.0000 $15.0000 — — — 80.0/20.0 $5.4000 $392 0.3% 32.6%
perplexity/sonar-pro-search 18.3M $3.0000 $15.0000 — — — 80.0/20.0 $5.4000 $99 0.1% 8.2%
perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro 16.3M $2.0000 $8.0000 — — — 80.0/20.0 $3.2000 $52 0.1% 4.3%
perplexity/sonar-deep-research 9.0M $2.0000 $8.0000 — — — 80.0/20.0 $3.2000 $29 0.0% 2.4%

History since Jul 1

Date Tokens Share $/Day RouteProxy
2026-10-11 24.1B 0.1% $1.2K 0.017
2026-10-10 19.9B 0.1% $1.2K 0.017
2026-10-09 28.2B 0.1% $2.2K 0.017
2026-10-08 11.1B 0.0% $2.4K 0.016
2026-10-07 7.3B 0.0% $1.9K 0.016
2026-10-06 9.6B 0.0% $2.1K 0.017
2026-10-05 8.6B 0.0% $2.3K 0.017
2026-10-04 6.1B 0.0% $998 0.017
2026-10-03 3.0B 0.0% $837 0.017
2026-10-02 4.5B 0.0% $1.6K 0.015
2026-10-01 3.7B 0.0% $1.8K 0.015
2026-09-30 3.2B 0.0% $1.5K 0.015
2026-09-29 2.8B 0.0% $1.9K 0.015
2026-09-28 2.2B 0.0% $1.9K 0.015
2026-09-27 1.5B 0.0% $806 0.015
2026-09-26 1.5B 0.0% $714 0.015
2026-09-25 2.0B 0.0% $1.3K 0.015
2026-09-24 2.3B 0.0% $1.6K 0.015
2026-09-23 3.5B 0.0% $1.9K 0.015
2026-09-22 4.1B 0.0% $1.4K 0.015
2026-09-21 2.9B 0.0% $1.7K 0.016
2026-09-20 2.9B 0.0% $897 0.016
2026-09-19 2.9B 0.0% $902 0.016
2026-09-18 3.1B 0.0% $1.4K 0.016
2026-09-17 3.2B 0.0% $1.6K 0.016
2026-09-16 3.6B 0.0% $1.5K 0.016
2026-09-15 3.8B 0.0% $1.7K 0.016
2026-09-14 4.4B 0.0% $1.6K 0.016
2026-09-13 3.3B 0.0% $807 0.016
2026-09-12 3.2B 0.0% $937 0.016
2026-09-11 3.7B 0.0% $1.5K 0.016
2026-09-10 3.1B 0.0% $1.4K 0.016
2026-09-09 3.1B 0.0% $1.7K 0.016
2026-09-08 4.4B 0.0% $1.7K 0.016
2026-09-07 6.9B 0.0% $1.6K 0.016
2026-09-06 2.9B 0.0% $892 0.016
2026-09-05 3.3B 0.0% $1.3K 0.016
2026-09-04 1.7B 0.0% $2.3K 0.016
2026-09-03 2.1B 0.0% $2.0K 0.016
2026-09-02 5.2B 0.0% $2.1K 0.016
2026-09-01 9.2B 0.1% $1.8K 0.016
2026-08-31 9.7B 0.1% $1.8K 0.016
2026-08-30 12.9B 0.1% $1.2K 0.017
2026-08-29 12.1B 0.1% $1.3K 0.017
2026-08-28 17.7B 0.1% $2.6K 0.017
2026-08-27 7.6B 0.0% $3.5K 0.017
2026-08-26 6.6B 0.0% $1.8K 0.016
2026-08-25 8.8B 0.0% $2.4K 0.016
2026-08-24 11.7B 0.1% $2.4K 0.016
2026-08-23 14.5B 0.1% $1.3K 0.016
2026-08-22 10.2B 0.1% $834 0.016
2026-08-21 10.4B 0.1% $1.3K 0.016
2026-08-20 3.4B 0.0% $1.4K 0.016
2026-08-19 3.6B 0.0% $2.1K 0.017
2026-08-18 3.9B 0.0% $1.6K 0.016
2026-08-17 2.1B 0.0% $1.5K 0.016
2026-08-16 1.9B 0.0% $916 0.016
2026-08-15 1.6B 0.0% $873 0.016
2026-08-14 1.6B 0.0% $1.3K 0.017
2026-08-13 1.8B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-08-12 1.8B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-08-11 3.0B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-08-10 3.1B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-08-09 3.4B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-08-08 11.1B 0.1% $0.00 —
2026-08-07 12.0B 0.1% $0.00 —
2026-08-06 11.0B 0.1% $0.00 —
2026-08-05 5.6B 0.1% $0.00 —
2026-08-04 6.9B 0.1% $0.00 —
2026-08-03 15.5B 0.2% $0.00 —
2026-08-02 39.6B 0.5% $0.00 —
2026-08-01 31.7B 0.4% $0.00 —
2026-07-31 64.1B 0.8% $0.00 —
2026-07-30 68.8B 0.8% $0.00 —
2026-07-29 47.3B 0.6% $0.00 —
2026-07-28 86.8B 1.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-27 50.4B 0.6% $0.00 —
2026-07-26 20.0B 0.3% $0.00 —
2026-07-25 41.7B 0.6% $0.00 —
2026-07-24 38.3B 0.4% $0.00 —
2026-07-23 18.5B 0.2% $0.00 —
2026-07-22 3.3B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-21 3.5B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-20 2.6B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-19 1.6B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-18 2.0B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-17 2.5B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-16 3.0B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-15 3.4B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-14 1.8B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-13 1.7B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-12 1.4B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-11 1.3B 0.0% $0.00 —
2026-07-10 2.3B 0.0% $1.8K 0.017
2026-07-09 2.2B 0.0% $1.9K 0.017
2026-07-08 2.0B 0.0% $2.1K 0.017
2026-07-07 2.4B 0.0% $3.0K 0.017
2026-07-06 2.1B 0.0% $1.5K 0.017
2026-07-05 1.7B 0.0% $992 0.017
2026-07-04 1.5B 0.0% $942 0.017
2026-07-03 1.6B 0.0% $1.4K 0.017
2026-07-02 1.7B 0.0% $2.0K 0.017
2026-07-01 2.3B 0.0% $2.3K 0.017