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.
OpenRouter$633.00+5.5%
Cloudflare AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
Eden AINot offeredNot offered
HeliconeNot offeredNot offered
Kong AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
LiteLLMNot offeredNot offered
Neon AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
PortkeyNot offeredNot offered
RequestyNot 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 | · |
Perplexity · 32K | $0.03 | Free | $0.03 / Free | $0.022 | 32K | Lab list price | · |
Perplexity · 128K | $2 | $8 | $2 / $8 | $3.5 | 128K | Lab list price | · |
Perplexity · 200K | $3 | $15 | $3 / $15 | $6 | 200K | Lab list price | · |
Anthropic · 1M | $5 | $25 | $5 / $25 | $10 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
Anthropic · 1M | $4 | $20 | $4 / $20 | $8 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
OpenAI · 1.05MCheapest: $2 on OpenAI (flex) | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10 | $4 | 1.05M | $2 on OpenAI (flex) | · |
Anthropic · 1M | $5 | $25 | $5 / $25 | $10 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
About Sonar Pro Search
Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system.
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-search.
Price history
List price since Sep 26, 2026, from daily reads of the OpenRouter catalog.
Questions
How much does Sonar Pro Search cost?
$3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Sonar Pro Search?
200K tokens, with up to 8K tokens of output.