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perplexity

Sonar Pro

AI model Released

API mode
Chat*
Context window
200,000 tokens
Maximum output
8,192 tokens
Open weights
No

No matched benchmark results are available for this entry yet.

Run it locally

Inference · memory estimate

Sonar Pro

Closed weights. No supported local deployment or GPU requirement is published.

API cost

USD / month

Standard text-token estimate. Excludes taxes, caching, batch discounts, reasoning and multimodal surcharges. Provider limits and regional availability may differ.

Sonar Pro

Sonar Pro / Pricing tiers 1
Provider / scopeRateCurrencyAmount / unit
PerplexitySonar ProStandard InputUSD3 / 1M tokens
OutputUSD15 / 1M tokens

Capabilities

Context window
200,000 tokens
Maximum input
200,000 tokens*
Maximum output
8,192 tokens
Reasoning
No
Tool calling
No
Open weights
No
Knowledge cutoff
2025-09-01
API mode
Chat*
Web search
Yes*

Input modalities

  • text
  • image

Output modalities

  • text

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 9 fields
input cost per token
3.0e-6*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
perplexity*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
perplexity/sonar-pro*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
litellm provider
perplexity*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
perplexity*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
perplexity/sonar-pro*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
max input tokens
200,000*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
perplexity*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
perplexity/sonar-pro*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
max output tokens
8,000*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
perplexity*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
perplexity/sonar-pro*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
max tokens
8,000*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
perplexity*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
perplexity/sonar-pro*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
mode
chat*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
perplexity*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
perplexity/sonar-pro*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
output cost per token
1.5e-5*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
perplexity*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
perplexity/sonar-pro*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
search context cost per query
search_context_size_high
0.014*
search_context_size_low
0.006*
search_context_size_medium
0.01*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
perplexity*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
perplexity/sonar-pro*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports web search
Yes*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
perplexity*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
perplexity/sonar-pro*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*

* Provisional data