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Perplexity Decider Flash v1.2

A lower-priced option for large volumes of clear decisions, such as labeling messages or routing tickets. Test it against examples you have already labeled before choosing it on price.

Released 2026-10-16 · First reviewed 2026-10-17 · Checked 2026-11-03. Gateway dates its new offers October 16; the native changelog records the release in October without a day.

We still need comparable independent tests. You can compare the confirmed features and limits below, but we cannot yet give this version an Agent Fit or Practical Value rating. Test it on records with known answers, including cases that should go to a person.

Input / 1M tokens$0.01Direct Decisions API · USD
Output / 1M tokens$0Direct Decisions API · USD
Documented capacity262KSee input limits below
Cached input / 1M—Direct Decisions API · USD

What you can use today

Token prices measure the small pieces of text the model reads or produces. Capacity is the amount the service accepts in a request; check the limits below for any fallback to another model. A dash means the rate is unverified.

Exact provider API ID: pplx-decider-flash-v1.2. Each question is answered separately, even when several are sent in one request. Start with one question per request; other questions do not share one inference pass.

Use pplx-decider-flash-v1.2 for the current version or pplx-decider-flash-latest to follow future updates. Revalidate your probability thresholds after a version change. Gateway also lists perplexity/pplx-decider-flash-v1.2. Its zero output-limit placeholder is not a verified limit on answers. The native default is 10 requests per second per organization shared across both models, plus 4 million tokens per minute and 240 million per hour for this model. Higher limits require contacting Perplexity.

The native limit is fewer than 256K tokens for the shared information, images and each question. Large multi-question requests can be split. Up to 128 questions, 255 choice options, 10 score levels and a 32 MiB request body. Gateway’s 262,144 declaration is separate.

Output: Yes/no probabilities, choices and ordered scores. Compare decision models, limits and input costs ↗

Costs $0.01 per million input tokens, with free output and no per-request fee. Shared information is sent and billed again for every question. Three questions about 10,000 shared tokens bill roughly 30,000 input tokens, plus the questions. Include retries when comparing the total cost.

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Give each model the same examples, tools and definition of success. Record correct outcomes, response time, retries and total cost. Check whether confidence scores match the answers you can verify.

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