Pricingby GlyphNote: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing.
Ways to buy 1
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API | $3 | $15 | $3 / $15List 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: $600.00 direct.
Helicone$600.00+0%
LiteLLM$600.00+0%
Requesty$630.00+5%
Eden AI$633.00+5.5%
OpenRouter$633.00+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
Vercel AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Martian Gateway.
Related models
| In / out per 1M | Cheapest route | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perplexity · 32K | $0.004 | Free | $0.004 / Free | $0.003 | 32K | Lab list price | · | pplx-embed-v1-0.6B is one of Perplexity's state-of-the-art text embedding models built for real-world, web-scale retrieval. |
Perplexity · 32K | $0.03 | Free | $0.03 / Free | $0.022 | 32K | Lab list price | · | pplx-embed-v1 -4B is one of Perplexity's state-of-the-art text embedding models built for real-world, web-scale retrieval. |
Perplexity · 200K | $3 | $15 | $3 / $15 | $6 | 200K | Lab list price | · | Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. |
Perplexity · 128K | $2 | $8 | $2 / $8 | $3.5 | 128K | Lab list price | · | Sonar Deep Research is a research-focused model designed for multi-step retrieval, synthesis, and reasoning across complex topics. |
OpenAI · 1.05MCheapest: $2 on OpenAI (flex) | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10 | $4 | 1.05M | $2 on OpenAI (flex) | · | GPT-6.1 Sol is an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol from OpenAI, positioned below the flagship GPT-6 Astra in the GPT-6 series. |
Anthropic · 1M | $4 | $20 | $4 / $20 | $8 | 1M | Lab list price | · | Claude Opus 5.5 is Anthropic's flagship model for demanding reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agentic work, succeeding Claude Opus 5. |
Google · 1MCheapest: $2 on Google Gemini API (flex) | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10 | $4 | 1M | $2 on Google Gemini API (flex) | · | Gemini 4 Argon is Google's flagship reasoning model, built for complex software engineering, deep mathematical and scientific problem solving, and autonomous multi-step agents. |
Anthropic · 1M | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10 | $4 | 1M | Lab list price | · | Claude Sonnet 5.5 is Anthropic's Sonnet-class model for well-scoped everyday work, succeeding Claude Sonnet 5 as a direct upgrade. |
About Sonar Pro
Takes text, image in and returns text. First listed Sep 26, 2026. Up to 8K output tokens. Blended price $6 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id sonar-pro.
Price history
List price since Sep 26, 2026, from daily reads of the OpenRouter catalog.
Questions
How much does Sonar Pro cost?
$3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Sonar Pro?
200K tokens, with up to 8K tokens of output.