Context
128K
Max output
8K
Serving providers
2
Cheapest input
$1.00 /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.
Benchmarks
independent evaluations · source: Artificial AnalysisHeadline indices
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
| Benchmark | Best score | Effort | Cost / task | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 62% | 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 | $5.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| VercelVercel reseller quote | $1.00 | $5.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Standardvercel_ai_gateway/perplexity/sonar-reasoning
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Price history
listed seller prices, input and output per 1M tokens Input Output
Cost calculator
estimate your monthly spend on this model$600
estimated / month
Model IDs
copy the exact identifier for your platformperplexity/sonar-reasoningvercel_ai_gateway/perplexity/sonar-reasoning
Frequently asked questions
Sonar Reasoning pricing, context and availabilityHow much does Sonar Reasoning cost?
Sonar Reasoning costs $1.00 per 1M input tokens from Perplexity, and $5.00 per 1M output tokens from Perplexity.
What is the context window of Sonar Reasoning?
Sonar Reasoning accepts up to 128K tokens of context and can return up to 8K output tokens.
Which providers serve Sonar Reasoning?
Sonar Reasoning is available from 2 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. Perplexity is currently the cheapest.
What can Sonar Reasoning do?
Sonar Reasoning supports reasoning and web search.
Other Perplexity models
compare pricing across the Perplexity lineup Listed prices from LiteLLM, OpenRouter and Vercel · last checked Oct 14, 2026
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