Pricingby GlyphSonar Deep Research is a research-focused model designed for multi-step retrieval, synthesis, and reasoning across complex topics.
Ways to buy 1
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API | $2 | $8 | $2 / $8List 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: $360.00 direct.
Helicone$360.00+0%
LiteLLM$360.00+0%
Eden AI$379.80+5.5%
OpenRouter$379.80+5.5%
Cloudflare AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
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PortkeyNot offeredNot offered
RequestyNot offeredNot offered
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A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Martian Gateway.
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About Sonar Deep Research
Takes text in and returns text. First listed Sep 26, 2026. Up to 115K output tokens. Blended price $3.5 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id sonar-deep-research.
Price history
List price since Sep 26, 2026, from daily reads of the OpenRouter catalog.
Questions
How much does Sonar Deep Research cost?
$2 per million input tokens and $8 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Sonar Deep Research?
128K tokens, with up to 115K tokens of output.