Sonar Pro
Perplexity's premium answer model, deeper search, more sources, longer answers.
Updated
Quick facts
- Released
- Jan 2025
- Context
- 200K tokens
- Output / 1M
- $15.00 / 1M tokens
- License
- Proprietary
About Sonar Pro
Sonar Pro is Perplexity's premium tier with multi-step search, more comprehensive source coverage, and longer-form output. It's the model behind Perplexity Pro Search and the Deep Research feature.
For research-focused Q&A, Sonar Pro frequently produces outputs comparable to a junior analyst's first draft on niche topics, with the caveat that all citations should be verified before relying on them.
Benchmarks
Published scores from Perplexity's model card or independent leaderboards. We do not publish numbers we cannot source, see methodology.
Capabilities
Strengths
- Multi-step web search
- Deep research output
- Citations
Tracked weaknesses
- Not for general chat
- Premium pricing
Pricing
Per-million-token rates as published by Perplexity.
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $3.00 / 1M tokens | Tokens you send to the model |
| Output | $15.00 / 1M tokens | Tokens the model generates |
| Context | 200K tokens | Max combined input + output |
Call Sonar Pro from your code
Drop-in snippet for the Perplexity SDK. Set your API key in the environment and run.
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
// Use OPENAI_API_KEY for OpenAI, or your provider's key + baseURL.
apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "sonar-pro",
messages: [
{ role: "user", content: "What's the time complexity of quicksort?" },
],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);Compare Sonar Pro with…
Frequently asked
How much does Sonar Pro cost per million tokens?
Sonar Pro is priced at $3.00 / 1M tokens for input tokens and $15.00 / 1M tokens for output tokens via the official Perplexity API at the time of writing.What is Sonar Pro's context window?
Sonar Pro supports a context window of 200K tokens.Is Sonar Pro open source?
No. Sonar Pro is a closed-weight model, you can use it via Perplexity's API but the model weights are not publicly downloadable.When was Sonar Pro released?
Sonar Pro was released on Jan 21, 2025 by Perplexity.
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