Perplexity
Perplexity API — Free Monthly Credit
$5
/month API credit on Pro — web-grounded model access · Monthly, while Pro subscription is active
Open to solo founders, no VC or referral needed. Two to three minutes to apply, approval is near-instant.
Takes ~30 seconds. One-click magic link, no password — we’ll bring you right back to this claim.
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What you get
- Sonar
- Sonar Pro
Best for
- web-grounded answers
- research agents
Watch out
- Requires active Pro subscription for the credit
How it works
The application
- Time to apply
- ~3 min
- Review
- Instant
- Difficulty
- 1/5
The program
- Duration
- Monthly, while Pro subscription is active
- Renewal
- Monthly
- Credit type
- AI API credits
Who qualifies
- Stage
- Any
- Funding
- None
- Solo founder
- Welcome
- Entity
- Not needed
- Referral
- Not needed
- VC backing
- Not needed