# API response is different to web response

**URL:** <https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-response-is-different-to-web-response/130>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [May 15, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-response-is-different-to-web-response/130 "2025-05-15T00:27:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![vikvang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/67e7ee/32.png) [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-response-is-different-to-web-response/130/1 "2025-05-15T00:27:45Z")

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I love the answers for the web input, IE I ask what does the company at [www.websitename.com](http://www.websitename.com) do

But when I ask this via the API, and use the sonar model. I get Unfortunately, the search results do not provide specific information about the website - If you have access to the website or additional details, you can fill in the specifics according

Can anyone let me know why it appears not to have access to web data, is it an API tier thing??

Using either sonar or sonar-pro same issues

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**Author:** ![vikvang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/67e7ee/32.png) [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-response-is-different-to-web-response/130/2 "2025-05-15T00:27:47Z")

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lol, I am stupid! I removed search\_recency\_filter: ‘month’,  
and then, guess what! the results were much better.