Sonar Small Chat
Sonar Small Chat is Perplexity's language model with a 16K context window and up to 16K output tokens, starting at $0.070 / 1M input and $0.280 / 1M output. A lightweight Sonar chat model from Perplexity optimized for low-latency conversational AI without live web retrieval.
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Pricing by Provider
| Provider | Standard | |
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| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
Perplexity | $0.070 | $0.280 |
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Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar Small Chat | — | 16K | $0.070 | $0.280 | Current |
| Sonar Small Online | — | 12K | $0.000 | $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 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |
| Sonar Reasoning | — | — | 128K | $1.00 | $5.00 |
| Sonar Medium Chat | Medium | — | 16K | $0.600 | $1.80 |
| Sonar Medium Online | Medium | — | 12K | $0.000 | $1.80 |