# Perplexity — Fast preset uses Fast Search

- Company: Perplexity (perplexity.ai)
- Announced: 2026-09-25T14:18:34+00:00
- Category: not stated
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: no
- Group: routine
- Source: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/changelog#september-2026
- Record: https://forck.live/items/13877-fast-preset-uses-fast-search
- Subject: Sonar
- Pricing: web_search drops from $2.50 to $1.00 per 1,000 invocations

Perplexity's Agent API fast preset now uses Fast Search, reducing web_search price from $2.50 to $1.00 per 1,000 invocations and making search about 800 ms faster.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/changelog#september-2026:

> web_search drops from $2.50 to $1.00 per 1,000 invocations, and search is about 800 ms faster.

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