Sonar Pro

PerplexityReleasedJan 1, 2024KnowledgeSep 2025
Context
200K
Max output
8K
Serving providers
2
Cheapest input
$3.00 /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 Analysis
Headline indices
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
BenchmarkBest scoreEffortCost / task
GPQA Diamond58%default
Humanity's Last Exam8%default
LiveCodeBench28%default
MMLU-Pro76%default
SciCode23%default

Pricing by serving provider

standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand
Serving providerInput /1MOutput /1MEndpoints
PerplexityCheapest$3.00$15.001
ComponentUnitStandardBatchCached
Text input/1M tok$3.00
Text output/1M tok$15.00
Vercel AI GatewayCheapest$3.00$15.001

Price history

input + output $/1M since we started tracking
Input Output
$0.000$5.00$10.00$15.00Feb 12Jul 30Jun 22$15.00$3.00

Cost calculator

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Model IDs

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perplexity/sonar-provercel_ai_gateway/perplexity/sonar-pro

Frequently asked questions

Sonar Pro pricing, context and availability

How much does Sonar Pro cost?

Sonar Pro costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens at its cheapest provider via Perplexity.

What is the context window of Sonar Pro?

Sonar Pro accepts up to 200K tokens of context and can return up to 8K output tokens.

Which providers serve Sonar Pro?

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

What can Sonar Pro do?

Sonar Pro supports web search.

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