Sonar Pro pricing & price history
Sonar Pro by Perplexity costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 200K token context window.
Price history
No price changes since tracking began on 2026-09-24. We check hourly.
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About Sonar Pro
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...
FAQ
How much does Sonar Pro cost?
Sonar Pro by Perplexity costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 200K token context window. A typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.0135.
What is the context window of Sonar Pro?
Sonar Pro supports up to 200,000 tokens of context and up to 8,000 output tokens per request.
Has Sonar Pro’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
Is Sonar Pro being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for Sonar Pro as of 2026-09-24.
What are cheaper alternatives to Sonar Pro?
Cheaper options include Ministral 3 8B 2512 ($0.15/$0.15), Llama 4 Scout ($0.10/$0.30), MiMo-V2.6-Flash ($0.14/$0.28), Llama Guard 4 12B ($0.18/$0.18).