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Perplexity: Sonar

PERPLEXITY Developer Architecture Profile

OpenRouter ↗HuggingFace ↗
Intelligence (ELO)1436Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context Limit127,072Max Out: 114,364 tokens
Prompt CachingStandardNo Cache Discount
Standard API / 1M$2.00Blended Standard Rate

Model Capabilities & Contract SLAs

  • Coding & Logic
  • Fictional
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...

Granular Pricing Matrix

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

Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 10/2/2026

Evaluate Competitors

VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar vs AionLabs: Aion 3.5VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar vs Upstage: Solar Mini 4VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar vs Google: Gemini Pro LatestVS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B InstructVS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar vs Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B