Perplexity | Vapi

Perplexity provides online language models that can generate responses using current web information. In Vapi, Perplexity acts as the language model for your assistant.

You can use Perplexity through Vapi’s default integration, or use your own Perplexity account by connecting it in Integrations.

Language model

Set model.provider to perplexity-ai. For model.model, use a model ID available through the Perplexity Sonar API.

$ curl -X PATCH "https://api.vapi.ai/assistant/ASSISTANT_ID" \
>   -H "Authorization: Bearer $VAPI_API_KEY" \
>   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>   -d '{
>     "model": { "provider": "perplexity-ai", "model": "YOUR_MODEL" }
>   }'

For additional API configuration options, review the PerplexityAIModel fields in the Create Assistant API reference.

Perplexity Sonar models

Browse the Sonar model IDs currently accepted by Perplexity.

Language models

Compare every language model provider Vapi supports.