Sonar Pro Search pricing & price history
Sonar Pro Search 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 Search
Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based...
FAQ
How much does Sonar Pro Search cost?
Sonar Pro Search 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 Search?
Sonar Pro Search supports up to 200,000 tokens of context and up to 8,000 output tokens per request.
Has Sonar Pro Search’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
Is Sonar Pro Search being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for Sonar Pro Search as of 2026-09-24.
What are cheaper alternatives to Sonar Pro Search?
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).