Sonar Reasoning Pro pricing & price history
Sonar Reasoning Pro by Perplexity costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $8.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 128K token context window.
Price history
No price changes since tracking began on 2026-09-24. We check every 10 minutes.
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About Sonar Reasoning 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) Sonar Reasoning Pro is a premier reasoning model powered by DeepSeek R1 with Chain of Thought (CoT). Designed for...
FAQ
How much does Sonar Reasoning Pro cost?
Sonar Reasoning Pro by Perplexity costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $8.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 128K token context window. A typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.008.
What is the context window of Sonar Reasoning Pro?
Sonar Reasoning Pro supports up to 128,000 tokens of context and up to 115,200 output tokens per request.
Has Sonar Reasoning Pro’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
Is Sonar Reasoning Pro being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for Sonar Reasoning Pro as of 2026-11-12.
What are cheaper alternatives to Sonar Reasoning Pro?
Cheaper options include GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.0399/$0.0784), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.022/$0.40), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ($0.098/$0.29), Llama 4 Scout ($0.10/$0.30).