Sonar Deep Research is Perplexity's language model with a 128K context window and up to 115K output tokens, 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.
Specifications
Canonical IDperplexity-sonar-deep-research
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorPerplexityPerplexity
Providers
Context Window128K tokens
Max Output115K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Reasoning Effortsdefault
Release Date · 2 years 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

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Reasoning
$ / 1M
Web Search
$ / request
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perplexity/sonar-deep-research
$2.00$8.00$3.00$0.0050
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perplexity/sonar-deep-research
$2.00$8.00$3.00N/A

Cost Calculator

US Dollar ($)
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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Sonar Pro Search200K$3.00$15.00Available
Sonar Deep Research128K$2.00$8.00Current
Sonar Reasoning Pro128K$2.00$8.00Available
Sonar Pro200K$3.00$15.00Available
Sonar128K$0.250$1.00Available
Sonar Reasoning—128K$1.00$5.00Available
Sonar Medium Chat—16K$0.600$1.80Available
Sonar Medium Online—12K—$1.80Available
Sonar Small Chat—16K$0.070$0.280Available
Sonar Small Online—12K—$0.280Available

Model IDs

openrouter/perplexity/sonar-deep-research
perplexity-sonar-deep-research
perplexity/sonar-deep-research