Sonar Small Online
Sonar Small Online is Perplexity's language model with a 12K context window and up to 12K output tokens, starting at $0.28 / 1M output. A compact Sonar model with real-time web search, providing fast and affordable online question-answering at small scale.
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
perplexity-sonar-small-online | |
| Language | |
| Active | |
| Perplexity | |
| 12K tokens | |
| 12K tokens | |
| Text | |
| Text | |
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Output $ / 1M | Request $ / request | |
| $0.28 | $0.0050 | |
Cost Calculator
US Dollar ($)
Preset:
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar Small Online | — | 12K | — | $0.280 | Current |
| Sonar Small Chat | — | 16K | $0.070 | $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 |