API usage tier
Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited
- Unit
- Tier 0 to Tier 5 by cumulative credits purchased
- Definition
- Tiers set API rate limits and beta access based on cumulative API spending.
- Counting rules
- Based on cumulative purchases across the account lifetime, not current balance; a reached tier is kept with no downgrade.
- Floors / minimums
- Thresholds: Tier 1 USD 50, Tier 2 USD 250, Tier 3 USD 500, Tier 4 USD 1,000, Tier 5 USD 5,000.
- Applies to products
- Perplexity API Platform
- Product category