Pricingby GlyphSonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use , now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources.
Ways to buy 1
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API | $1 | $1 | $1 / $1List price | n/a | List price |
USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $120.00 direct.
Helicone$120.00+0%
LiteLLM$120.00+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$120.00+0%
Requesty$126.00+5%
Eden AI$126.60+5.5%
OpenRouter$126.60+5.5%
Cloudflare AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
Kong AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
Neon AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
PortkeyNot offeredNot offered
TrueFoundry AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Martian Gateway.
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About Sonar
Takes text, image in and returns text. First listed Sep 26, 2026. Up to 114K output tokens. Blended price $1 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id sonar.
Price history
List price since Sep 26, 2026, from daily reads of the OpenRouter catalog.
Questions
How much does Sonar cost?
$1 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Sonar?
127K tokens, with up to 114K tokens of output.