Perplexity: Sonar Pro

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Intelligence (ELO)1436Chatbot Arena Verified

Max Context Limit200,000Max Out: 8,000 tokens

Prompt CachingStandardNo Cache Discount

Standard API / 1M$18.00🧠 Deep Reasoner

Model Capabilities & Contract SLAs

Reasoning
Coding & Logic
Fictional
🧠 Extended Test-Time Reasoning

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...

Granular Pricing Matrix

Input Tokens (Standard Prompt)$3.00 / 1M

Output Tokens (Completion)$15.00 / 1M

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

Evaluate Competitors

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