Sonar Deep Research

PerplexityReleased Feb 1, 2025KnowledgeJan 2025
Context
128K
Max output
115K
Serving providers
2
Cheapest input
$2.00 /1M
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower.

Pricing detail

cost beyond the standard rate · source: models.dev
Reasoning tokens
$3.00
per 1M · thinking output

Pricing by serving provider

standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand
Serving providerInput /1MOutput /1MEndpoints
OpenRouter$2.00$8.001
PerplexityCheapest$2.00$8.001
Standardperplexity/sonar-deep-research
ComponentUnitStandard
Text input/1M tok$2.00
Text output/1M tok$8.00

Price history

listed seller prices, input and output per 1M tokens
Input Output
$0.00$2.00$4.00$6.00$8.00May 3Jun 22$8.00$2.00

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Model IDs

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Frequently asked questions

Sonar Deep Research pricing, context and availability

How much does Sonar Deep Research cost?

Sonar Deep Research costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens from Perplexity, and $8.00 per 1M output tokens from Perplexity.

What is the context window of Sonar Deep Research?

Sonar Deep Research accepts up to 128K tokens of context and can return up to 115K output tokens.

Which providers serve Sonar Deep Research?

Sonar Deep Research is available from 2 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. Perplexity is currently the cheapest.

What can Sonar Deep Research do?

Sonar Deep Research supports reasoning and web search.

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