Sonar Medium Online is Perplexity's language model with a 12K context window and up to 12K output tokens, starting at $1.80 / 1M output. A mid-sized Sonar model with real-time web search, balancing response quality and retrieval capability for online question-answering.
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
perplexity-sonar-medium-online | |
| Language | |
| Active | |
| 12K tokens | |
| 12K tokens | |
| Text | |
| Text | |
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Output $ / 1M | Request $ / request | |
| $1.80 | $0.0050 | |
Cost Calculator
US Dollar ($)
Preset:
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar Medium Online | — | 12K | — | $1.80 | Current |
| Sonar Medium Chat | — | 16K | $0.600 | $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 |