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Perplexity: Sonar

PERPLEXITY Developer Architecture Profile

OpenRouter ↗HuggingFace ↗
Intelligence (ELO)1120Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context127,072Tokens
API Cost / 1M$2.00Blended Prompt + Completion

Model Capabilities

    Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use — now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources. It is designed for companies seeking to integrate lightweight question-and-answer features optimized for speed.

    Granular Pricing Matrix

    Input Tokens (Prompt)$1.00 / 1M
    Output Tokens (Completion)$1.00 / 1M

    Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026

    Evaluate Competitors

    VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar vs Z.ai: GLM 5 TurboVS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar vs Inception: Mercury 2VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-27BVS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10BVS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar vs AionLabs: Aion-2.0VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15