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Sonar

Name: Sonar
Brand: Perplexity
Availability: InStock

from $0.25 at 10 providers

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https://airatecard.com/export?format=json&model=perplexity%2Fsonar

API parameters and a form

Model	Variant	Provider	Input, $	Output, $	Your cost/mo, $	Subscription, $/mo	Region	Context	Max output	Accepts	Last checked
= Sonar×		Provider aiml 1 edenai 1 fastrouter 1 helicone 1 kilo 1 openrouter 1 perplexity-agent 1 requesty 1 trustedrouter 1 vercel 1				Pricing pay per use 10	Region US 1			Input image 5 text 9	Status Active 10
Sonar Sonar		perplexity-agent ↗	$0.25	$2.50	—			128K	8K	text	4 Nov 12:00
Sonar Sonar		vercel ↗	$0.25	$2.50	—			127K	8K	multi: image, text	4 Nov 12:00
sonar Sonar		trustedrouter ↗	$0.26	$2.64	—			—	4K	text	4 Nov 12:00
Sonar Sonar		aiml ↗	$1.00	$1.00	—			128K	4K	text	4 Nov 12:00
Sonar Sonar	via Perplexity	edenai ↗	$1.00	$1.00	—		US	127K	4K	multi: image, text	4 Nov 12:00
Perplexity: Sonar Sonar		fastrouter ↗	$1.00	$1.00	—			127K	—	multi: image, text	4 Nov 12:00
Perplexity Sonar Sonar		helicone ↗	$1.00	$1.00	—			127K	4K	text	4 Nov 12:00
Perplexity: Sonar Sonar		kilo ↗	$1.00	$1.00	—			127K	114K	multi: image, text	4 Nov 12:00
Perplexity: Sonar Sonar		openrouter ↗	$1.00	$1.00	—			127K	114K	multi: image, text	4 Nov 12:00
Sonar Sonar	via Perplexity	requesty ↗	$1.00	$1.00	—			131K	8K	text	4 Nov 12:00

Ranges in one field: "from-to" - "0.5-3", "-3" (up to), "128k-" (from); a colon works too. Several ticked values of one column are ORed, columns are ANDed.

Input price history, $/1M

Latest: minimum $0.25, median $1.00 (Nov 4, 2026)

The SONAR family - base models: 6

sonar
- Sonar 12
- Sonar Deep Research 8
sonar-pro
- Sonar Pro 11
- Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search 3
sonar-reasoning
- Perplexity Sonar Reasoning 1
- Sonar Reasoning Pro 10

About the model: cost of your workload, questions, comparisons, citation

Cost of my workload → in the Tools tab: every provider of this model, cheapest first

Frequently asked questions

How much does Sonar API cost?

From $0.25 input and $1.00 output per 1M tokens, at perplexity-agent.

Which provider offers Sonar cheapest?

perplexity-agent offers the lowest price, $0.25 per 1M tokens, among 10 providers.

What is the context window of Sonar?

127K tokens.

Where is Sonar available?

Available in: US.

Compare

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Source: AI Rate Card, https://airatecard.com/en/model/perplexity/sonar, prices checked 2026-11-04