Perplexity

Sonar

Fast web-grounded Sonar for current answers, citations, and lightweight retrieval

perplexity/sonar

Context

128K

Output

4.1K

Released

2024-01-01

Knowledge cutoff

2025-09-01

Types

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Reasoning

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Tool use

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Structured output

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Attachments

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Open weights

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Provider pricing

LLM Gateway

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Price: $0.25 / $2.50
Context: 130K
Status: Stable

Perplexity Agent

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Price: $0.25 / $2.50
Context: 128K
Status: Stable

Vercel AI Gateway

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Price: $0.25 / $2.50
Context: 127K
Status: Stable

Kilo Gateway

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Price: $1.00 / $1.00
Context: 127.1K
Status: Stable

OpenRouter

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Price: $1.00 / $1.00
Context: 127.1K
Status: Stable

AI/ML API

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Price: $1.30 / $1.30
Context: 128K
Status: Stable

Provider	Types	Price	Context	Status
LLM Gateway	InText OutText	$0.25 / $2.50	130K	Stable
Perplexity Agent	InText OutText	$0.25 / $2.50	128K	Stable
Vercel AI Gateway	InTextImage OutText	$0.25 / $2.50	127K	Stable
Kilo Gateway	InTextImage OutText	$1.00 / $1.00	127.1K	Stable
OpenRouter	InTextImage OutText	$1.00 / $1.00	127.1K	Stable
AI/ML API	InText OutText	$1.30 / $1.30	128K	Stable

Benchmarks

SciCode
22.9 · percent correct

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