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Sonar Reasoning


Sonar Reasoning is Perplexity logoPerplexity's language model with a 128K context window and up to 8K output tokens, available from 2 providers, starting at $1.00 / 1M input and $5.00 / 1M output. A reasoning-enhanced Sonar model that integrates web search with structured chain-of-thought processing for analytical question answering.
Spec
Canonical IDperplexity-sonar-reasoning
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorPerplexityPerplexity
Providers
Context Window128K tokens
Max Output8K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Reasoning Effortsdefault
Intelligence Index
17.9
#152
GPQA
0.6
#142
AIME
0.8
#14
Time to First Token
0.00s
#121
MATH-500
0.9
#41
Output TPS
0.0
#332

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities2/13
Reasoning
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Perplexity logo
Perplexity
sonar-reasoning
$1.00$5.00
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
perplexity/sonar-reasoning
$1.00$5.00

Cost Calculator

Preset:
Compares every provider & tier in USD

Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Sonar Pro Search200K$3.00$15.00Available
Sonar Deep Research128K$2.00$8.00Available
Sonar Pro200K$3.00$15.00Available
Sonar Reasoning Pro128K$2.00$8.00Available
Sonar128K$1.00$1.00Available
Sonar Reasoning128K$1.00$5.00Current
Sonar Medium Chat16K$0.600$1.80Available
Sonar Medium Online12K$0.000$1.80Available
Sonar Small Chat16K$0.070$0.280Available
Sonar Small Online12K$0.000$0.280Available

Model IDs