Sonar Pro pricing
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... Live index: 3 priced offers. Best input $3.00 per million tokens from Openrouter. Best output $15.00 per million tokens from Openrouter.
Pricing across providers
Every row is a seller of Sonar Pro with token pricing we track. The cheapest input in this snapshot is from Openrouter. The bar chart shows the same input and output dollars per million for a quick scan.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cached input | Batch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
O Openrouter | $3.00 | $15.00 | — | — |
VA Vercel Ai Gateway | $3.00 | $15.00 | — | — |
P Perplexity | $3.00 | $15.00 | — | — |
Input vs output · per provider
Cost calculator
The calculator uses the same dollars per million tokens as the table. Adjust sliders to see how Sonar Pro cost scales with traffic.
Provider
0.300000¢ / req
0.750000¢ / req
Model specifications
Quick spec sheet for Sonar Pro before you dive back into pricing. Reported under Perplexity.
- Context window
- 200,000 tokens
- Max output
- 8,000 tokens
- Vision (images)
- Yes
- Tool / function calling
- No
- Streaming
- No
- Released
- Mar 2025
- Primary provider
- Perplexity
- Model family
- N/A
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Frequently asked questions
Read these after the table if you want plain language around Sonar Pro rates. The short model note from our index: 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 adva...
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