Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search
PERPLEXITY Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1446Chatbot 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
Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based...
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
VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search vs Sakana: Fugu MaxVS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search vs Writer: Palmyra X5VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search vs OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch)VS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search vs OpenAI: GPT-6 SolVS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek Pro LatestVS Engine MatchupPerplexity: Sonar Pro Search vs Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)