Perplexity

Connect Perplexity Sonar web-search models to Sciwand. Pay-as-you-go API, separate from Perplexity Pro.

Perplexity provides chat models with built-in web search - the Sonar family.

No subscription needed. A Perplexity Pro plan is separate from API access; the API is pay-as-you-go (Pro does include a small monthly API credit).

Step 1 - at Perplexity

  1. Sign in at perplexity.ai.
  2. Go to API settings, generate a key, and copy it.
  3. Buy a small amount of API credit on that page before use.

Step 2 - in Sciwand

  1. Open Settings -> AI Models, then click Manage (or Add Model) to open Configure Models.
  2. Select Perplexity, then click Configure.
  3. Paste the key into API Key and click Save Changes.
  4. Tick a model.

See the general chat setup guide for more.