Sonar
Sonar is Perplexity's language model with a 128K context window and up to 8K output tokens, available from 3 providers, starting at $1.00 / 1M input and $1.00 / 1M output. Perplexity's lightweight web-search-augmented LLM designed for fast, citation-backed question answering with customizable source control.
Perplexity's language model with a 128K context window and up to 8K output tokens, available from 3 providers, starting at $1.00 / 1M input and $1.00 / 1M output. Perplexity's lightweight web-search-augmented LLM designed for fast, citation-backed question answering with customizable source control.perplexity-sonar |
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Pricing by Provider
| Provider | Standard | Batch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
 OpenRouter | $1.00 | $1.00 | — | — |
Perplexity | $1.00 | $1.00 | $0.500 | $0.500 |
 Vercel AI Gateway | $1.00 | $1.00 | — | — |
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Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
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| Sonar Pro Search | 200K | $3.00 | $15.00 | Available | |
| Sonar Deep Research | 128K | $2.00 | $8.00 | Available | |
| Sonar Pro | 200K | $3.00 | $15.00 | Available | |
| Sonar Reasoning Pro | 128K | $2.00 | $8.00 | Available | |
| Sonar | 128K | $1.00 | $1.00 | Current | |
| Sonar Medium Chat | — | 16K | $0.600 | $1.80 | Available |
| Sonar Medium Online | — | 12K | $0.000 | $1.80 | Available |
| Sonar Reasoning | — | 128K | $1.00 | $5.00 | Available |
| Sonar Small Chat | — | 16K | $0.070 | $0.280 | Available |
| Sonar Small Online | — | 12K | $0.000 | $0.280 | Available |