Context
128K
Max output
8K
Serving providers
2
Cheapest input
$1.00 /1M
Prices are on-demand list rates. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower.
Benchmarks
independent evaluations · source: Artificial AnalysisHeadline indices
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
| Benchmark | Best score | Effort | Cost / task | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47% | default | — | |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 7% | default | — | |
| LiveCodeBench | 30% | default | — | |
| MMLU-Pro | 69% | default | — | |
| SciCode | 23% | default | — |
Pricing by serving provider
standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand| Serving provider | Input /1M | Output /1M | Endpoints | ||||||||||||||||
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| PerplexityCheapest | $1.00 | $1.00 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Vercel AI GatewayCheapest | $1.00 | $1.00 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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Price history
input + output $/1M since we started tracking Input Output
Cost calculator
estimate your monthly spend on this model$280
estimated / month
Model IDs
copy the exact identifier for your platformperplexity/sonarvercel_ai_gateway/perplexity/sonar
Frequently asked questions
Sonar pricing, context and availabilityHow much does Sonar cost?
Sonar costs $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens at its cheapest provider via Perplexity.
What is the context window of Sonar?
Sonar accepts up to 128K tokens of context and can return up to 8K output tokens.
Which providers serve Sonar?
Sonar is available from 2 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. Perplexity is currently the cheapest.
What can Sonar do?
Sonar supports web search.
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