Perplexity: Sonar Pro
PERPLEXITY Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1200Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context200,000Tokens
API Cost / 1M$18.00Blended Prompt + Completion
Model Capabilities
Note: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing. See [details here](https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/pricing#detailed-pricing-breakdown-for-sonar-reasoning-pro-and-sonar-pro)
For enterprises seeking more advanced capabilities, the Sonar Pro API can handle in-depth, multi-step queries with added extensibility, like double the number of citations per search as Sonar on average. Plus, with a larger context window, it can handle longer and more nuanced searches and follow-up questions.
Granular Pricing Matrix
Input Tokens (Prompt)$3.00 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$15.00 / 1M
Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026
Evaluate Competitors
VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar Pro vs Upstage: Solar Pro 3VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar Pro vs Kwaipilot: KAT-Coder-Pro V1VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar Pro vs Perplexity: Sonar Pro SearchVS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar Pro vs Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar Pro vs Nous: Hermes 4 70BVS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar Pro vs Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free)