Sonar Pro
Summary
Sonar Pro is a proprietary language model from Perplexity, released on 1 Jan 2024. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 200K-token context window and up to 8K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens (Perplexity API), across 2 providers we track.
Deeper Sonar search model with broader retrieval and stronger synthesis
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Perplexity |
|---|---|
| Release date | 1 Jan 2024 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Proprietary (API only) [models.dev] |
| Context window | 200K (200,000 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 8K tokens [models.dev] |
| Knowledge cutoff | 1 Sept 2025 [models.dev] |
| Input | Text and images [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | No [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | No [models.dev] |
Sonar Pro API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity API sonar-pro | $3 | $15 | – | 200K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| OpenRouter perplexity/sonar-pro | $3 | $15 | – | 200K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Sonar Pro?
Sonar Pro has a context window of 200,000 tokens (200K) and can generate up to 8,192 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the Sonar Pro API cost?
Through Perplexity API, Sonar Pro costs $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Sonar Pro open source?
No. Sonar Pro is a proprietary model; Perplexity has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including Perplexity API, OpenRouter.
When was Sonar Pro released?
Perplexity released Sonar Pro on 1 Jan 2024, according to models.dev.
Which providers offer Sonar Pro?
We track Sonar Pro on 2 providers: Perplexity API, OpenRouter.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.