Sonar Small Chat
Sonar Small Chat is Perplexity's language model with a 16K context window and up to 16K output tokens, starting at $0.07 / 1M input and $0.28 / 1M output. A lightweight Sonar chat model from Perplexity optimized for low-latency conversational AI without live web retrieval.
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
perplexity-sonar-small-chat | |
| Language | |
| Active | |
| Perplexity | |
| 16K tokens | |
| 16K tokens | |
| Text | |
| Text | |
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.07 | $0.28 | |
Cost Calculator
US Dollar ($)
Preset:
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar Small Chat | — | 16K | $0.070 | $0.280 | Current |
| Sonar Small Online | — | 12K | — | $0.280 | 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 | $0.250 | $1.00 | |
| Sonar Reasoning | — | — | 128K | $1.00 | $5.00 |
| Sonar Medium Chat | Medium | — | 16K | $0.600 | $1.80 |
| Sonar Medium Online | Medium | — | 12K | — | $1.80 |