# Decodo, free: Perplexity scraper API

> The perplexity template is built to obtain conversational responses from Perplexity.

Decodo's Perplexity scraper API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 answers. It returns 7 of the 10 key fields we check: Citations, Products, Places, Videos, Images, Model, Follow-up prompts.
We rank 7 plans by price. [Decodo's $19 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/19-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 answers: $1.00.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/free
- Get it: https://decodo.com/web-data-api/pricing
- Request: `POST https://data.decodo.com/v1/task`
- API key: with the plan, on https://decodo.com/web-data-api/pricing
- Its API docs: https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-scraping-api-perplexity
- Sold by: Decodo (https://decodo.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 70%
- Citations: ✓
- Products: ✓
- Places: ✓
- Videos: ✓
- Images: ✓
- Model: ✓
- Follow-up prompts: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 answers: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 100 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The perplexity template is built to obtain conversational responses from Perplexity.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable limited license to access and use the System for personal, research and your own legitimate commercial purposes [...] certain content may not be recorded, reproduced, used, distributed or displayed without the written permission of the right holders and affected parties [...] you agree not to use the System to infringe any applicable laws or third party rights, including privacy and intellectual property rights and not to engage in any Prohibited Activities

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5,000 requests a month
- Enough for: 5,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: target "perplexity", prompt (a prompt). Optional: parse, geo, headless
- Path: /v1/task

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 14 fields the plan's answer can hold

answer URL, model, prompt, displayed tabs, answer blocks, answer markdown, related prompts, images, products, hotels, places, videos, citations, created at

## Decodo's plans (9)

- [Decodo, free](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 70% complete, live
- [Decodo, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/19-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 70% complete, live
- [Decodo, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/49-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 70% complete, live
- [Decodo, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/99-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 70% complete, live
- [Decodo, $249 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/249-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 70% complete, live
- [Decodo, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 70% complete, live
- [Decodo, $999 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/999-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 70% complete, live
- [Decodo, $1,499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/1499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 70% complete, live
- [Decodo, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/contact-us/llms.txt): 70% complete, live

## Decodo's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/task`: [Decodo, free](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/free/llms.txt)

## Decodo's APIs (5)

- [Decodo: ChatGPT scraper API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/decodo/free/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: Gemini scraper API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/gemini-scraper-apis/decodo/free/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: Perplexity scraper API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/decodo/free/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Bing Search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-scrape-5000-requests-a-month/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Bing URL](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-scrape-bing-url/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Google Ads](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-scrape-google-ads/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/task](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-task/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Google Lens](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-scrape-google-lens/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Google Search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-scrape-google-search/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Google URL](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-scrape-google-url/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-search/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: web scraping API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Scrape, premium proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-5000-requests-a-month/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: web scraping API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Scrape, premium proxy + JS](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-3333-requests-a-month/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: web scraping API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Scrape, standard proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-10000-requests-a-month/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: web scraping API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Scrape, standard proxy + JS](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-6666-requests-a-month/llms.txt)

## Decodo: Perplexity scraper API alternatives

- [Bright Data, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/bright-data/499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.30 per 1,000, 60% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://decodo.com/legal/license-agreement
- https://decodo.com/web-data-api/pricing
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-billing
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-introduction
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-scraping-api-perplexity