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Sonar Deep Research


Sonar Deep Research is Perplexity logoPerplexity's language model with a 128K context window, available from 2 providers, starting at $2.00 / 1M input and $8.00 / 1M output. A research-focused Sonar model that autonomously performs multi-step web retrieval, source evaluation, and synthesis for complex research queries.
Spec
Canonical IDperplexity-sonar-deep-research
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorPerplexityPerplexity
Providers
Context Window128K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Reasoning Effortsdefault
Release Date · 1 year ago

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

ProviderStandardBatch
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Reasoning
$ / 1M
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
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OpenRouter
perplexity/sonar-deep-research
$2.00$8.00$3.00
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Perplexity
sonar-deep-research
$2.00$8.00$3.00$1.00$4.00

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Versions

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

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