Is my Perplexity API key safe in Pluely?

Yes. Keys are encrypted and stored locally on your device — they never leave your computer except in requests to Perplexity itself. Pluely's servers never see them.

Does Pluely charge for using Perplexity?

No. Custom providers are unmetered and fully covered by the free plan — you pay only Perplexity for your own usage.

Which Perplexity models can I use?

Any model the endpoint serves — for example sonar-pro, sonar, sonar-reasoning-pro. You choose which ones appear in the overlay's picker.

Can I use Perplexity alongside Pluely's bundled models?

Yes. On Pro plans the picker shows your custom providers next to the 200+ bundled models; on the free plan your own providers and CLIs power everything.

Perplexity, in an invisible overlay.

Perplexity's Sonar models answer from the live web with citations — connect your key and Pluely's overlay becomes a search engine that reads your screen. Ask about the thing in front of you and get an answer backed by sources, not vibes.

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Why Perplexity?

Web-grounded answers with citations.

Answers with receipts

Sonar responses cite their sources. When Pluely tells you a fact mid-meeting, you can see where it came from before you repeat it out loud — the difference between confidence and gambling.

Today's information, not training-cutoff information

Prices, versions, news, people — Sonar searches the live web per question. For anything that changed recently, it beats every offline model.

Reasoning over search results

sonar-reasoning-pro doesn't just fetch links; it reads and reasons across them. Complex research questions from your screen come back synthesized, not just linked.

Connection details

Base URL: https://api.perplexity.ai
Get a key: perplexity.ai
Example models: sonar-prosonarsonar-reasoning-pro

Connect Perplexity in three steps

Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint works the same way.

Get your Perplexity API key

Create a key at perplexity.ai. It stays on your device — Pluely encrypts it locally and never sends it anywhere except Perplexity itself.

Add it as a custom provider

Open Pluely's dashboard → AI Providers → Add Custom Provider. Paste the base URL (https://api.perplexity.ai) and your key, and pick the models you want available.

Pick it and ask

Your Perplexity models now appear in the overlay's model picker. Select one and every Ask, screenshot, and meeting answer runs on your key — unmetered by Pluely.

Everything Pluely does, on Perplexity

Connecting a provider doesn't limit the product — every mode routes through it.

Ask Perplexity about your screen

Capture the full screen, drag-select just the error or the clause that matters, attach PDFs and documents with built-in OCR, or turn on Use image so every message carries a fresh screenshot. Perplexity answers with the actual context in front of you.

Perplexity answers your meetings live

Listen mode transcribes your mic and system audio in real time with speaker labels, and Perplexity drafts the suggested answer before the question finishes — automatically on every question, after each pause, or only when you tap Suggest.

Summaries, transforms, and notes

One tap turns any answer, transcript, or document into a summary, key points with action items, a translation, or a longer draft — and meeting notes build themselves as you go. All of it runs on Perplexity.