Sonar Small pricing
If you are budgeting for Sonar Small, start with the numbers below. We index 1 provider price. Cheapest input is $0.070 per million tokens. Cheapest output is $0.280 per million tokens. The model lists a 16K context window in our data.
Pricing across providers
All figures are list prices per million tokens unless a column says otherwise. 1 offer is listed for Sonar Small. Best input in this view: Perplexity.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cached input | Batch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P Perplexity | $0.070 | $0.280 | — | — |
Input vs output · 1M tokens
Cost calculator
The calculator uses the same dollars per million tokens as the table. Adjust sliders to see how Sonar Small cost scales with traffic.
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Model specifications
These fields describe Sonar Small as we store it (source: Perplexity). They sit next to price so buyers can check limits and tools in one place.
- Context window
- 16,384 tokens
- Max output
- 16,384 tokens
- Vision (images)
- No
- Tool / function calling
- No
- Streaming
- No
- Released
- N/A
- Primary provider
- Perplexity
- Model family
- N/A
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