// Perplexity

Sonar

A Perplexity model. 1 prices across 1 channels side by side, each with its source and check date – plus specs, licence, speed and benchmarks.

Compare in the price table →

Official in/out per 1M: —
Lowest (OpenRouter): $1 / $1
Context: 127K
AA index: 7.7

Prices checked 2026-10-22Official sources linked on every rowNo estimatesCheapest LLM APIs →

⚠ May be discontinued · Perplexity’s docs say Sonar Chat Completions support ended on 2026-09-27 (sync and streaming requests are being reformulated as Agent API requests), and the official pricing page no longer lists per-token Sonar prices. This price comes from OpenRouter and may be discontinued or no longer billed this way. Sources: overview · pricing · checked 2026-10-22

01Specs at a glance

Official values first; gaps filled from OpenRouter’s API where the vendor page is silent.

Vendor	Perplexity
Context window	127K (127,072 tokens)
Max output	114K
Input	Text · Image
Output	Text
Tool calling / JSON	No / No
Weights & licence	Closed · Proprietary (API only)
Released	Jan 27, 2025
Model IDs	`perplexity/sonar`

02Prices on 1 channels

Per 1M tokens, in the currency each source publishes (1 USD = 6.7 CNY for the blended column). Sorted: official first, then cheapest.

Channel	Source	Input	Output	Cache hit	Blended $	Context	Notes
OpenRouter Via OpenRouter / provider listed there	OpenRouter May be discontinued Unverified 10-22	$1	$1	—	1	127K	OpenRouter list price (lowest-routed); official vendor page not verified

“Official” = vendor pricing page; “Platform” = the platform’s own pricing page; “OpenRouter” = price listed on OpenRouter, not checked on the platform’s site. Click a source tag to open the original page.

03Where you can use it

Derived only from the price sources above. Country restrictions are set by each vendor – check their terms before you sign up.

Via OpenRouter / provider listed there
OpenRouter

04Performance

Speed and AA index from Artificial Analysis public leaderboards (not our own tests); benchmark scores from our benchmark library, best result per benchmark.

AA indexSonar: 7.7
AA index per $ (blended): 7.71

05Price changes we recorded

All price changes →

From our daily re-checks of the sources above.

No price change recorded since we started tracking (2026-10-10).

06More from Perplexity

Sonar Pro
$3 / 15 · 200K→

FAQ

How much does the Sonar API cost?

There is no official pay-as-you-go price in our data. The lowest listed price is $1 / $1 on OpenRouter.

What is the context window of Sonar?

127K tokens of context, up to 114K output tokens. Platforms may cap it lower – see the table.

Is Sonar open source?

No. It is only available through APIs and the vendor’s apps.