Sonar Medium Chat is Perplexity's language model with a 16K context window and up to 16K output tokens, starting at $0.6 / 1M input and $1.80 / 1M output. A mid-sized Sonar chat model from Perplexity offering conversational AI without live web search integration.
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
perplexity-sonar-medium-chat | |
| Language | |
| Active | |
| 16K tokens | |
| 16K tokens | |
| Text | |
| Text | |
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.6 | $1.80 | |
Cost Calculator
US Dollar ($)
Preset:
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar Medium Chat | — | 16K | $0.600 | $1.80 | Current |
| Sonar Medium Online | — | 12K | — | $1.80 | Available |
Other Models
| Model | Tier | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar Pro Search | Pro | 200K | $3.00 | $15.00 | |
| Sonar Deep Research | — | 128K | $2.00 | $8.00 | |
| Sonar Reasoning Pro | Pro | 128K | $2.00 | $8.00 | |
| Sonar Pro | Pro | 200K | $3.00 | $15.00 | |
| Sonar | — | 128K | $1.00 | $1.00 | |
| Sonar Reasoning | — | — | 128K | $1.00 | $5.00 |
| Sonar Small Chat | Small | — | 16K | $0.070 | $0.280 |
| Sonar Small Online | Small | — | 12K | — | $0.280 |