Identity
- Status
- active
- Developer ID
sonar-pro- Released
- Not reported
- Version
- Sonar Pro
- License
- Unknown
PerplexitySonar Pro
Sonar Pro is Perplexity's advanced search model for complex queries and deeper content understanding.
- Context
- 200,000 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Released
- Not reported
Providers & Pricing
Estimate workload cost →| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read / 1M | Cache write / 1M | Observed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 OpenrouterAvailable | $3.00 | $15.00 | — | — | Sep 2, 2026 | Provider-reported |
PerplexityAvailable | $3.00 | $15.00 | — | — | Aug 29, 2026 | Provider-reported |
Benchmarks
All benchmark results →| Sonar ProPerplexity | LMArena Search Arenasearch-2026-08-24-011508720696 | 1,130.21 | — | 28,519 | ppl-sonar-pro-high; 95% CI [1124.48384666, 1135.92956299]; votes 28519; rank 31unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
At a Glance
Model Facts
Capacity
- Context
- 200,000 tokens
- Maximum output
- Unknown
- Total parameters
- Unknown
- Active parameters
- Unknown
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not reported
Interface and Access
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- API available
- Yes
- Open weights
- No
- Self-hostable
- No
- Reasoning
- No
- Vision
- No
- Tool calling
- No
- Capabilities
- chat, citations, search
This page represents one immutable developer model ID. Serving endpoints, pricing, regions, quantizations, and service tiers attach separately and never create duplicate model records.
Version Lineage
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorsUnknown
Aliasessonar-pro
Explicit Unknowns
- Release date
- Maximum output
- Architecture
- Tokenizer
- Knowledge cutoff
Primary Evidence
Sources and Observation Date
Comparable Peers
Related Model Comparisons
| A | Pair | B | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
Sonar ProPerplexity | vs | SonarPerplexity | family variantstext |
Sonar ProPerplexity | vs | Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity | family variantstext |
Sonar ProPerplexity | vs | Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexity | family variantstext |
Sonar ProPerplexity | vs |  ERNIE 5.1Baidu | cross-developer peerstext |
Sonar ProPerplexity | vs | ERNIE X1.1Baidu | cross-developer peerstext |
Sonar ProPerplexity | vs |  Command ACohere | cross-developer peerstext |
Sonar ProPerplexity | vs | Command A VisionCohere | cross-developer peerstext |
Sonar ProPerplexity | vs |  MiniMax-M2.5MiniMax | cross-developer peerstext |
Sonar ProPerplexity | vs | MiniMax-M2.7MiniMax | cross-developer peerstext |
Sonar ProPerplexity | vs |  DeepSeek-V3DeepSeek | cross-developer peerstext |
Sonar ProPerplexity | vs |  Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteGoogle DeepMind | cross-developer peerstext |
Sonar ProPerplexity | vs | Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | cross-developer peerstext |
Questions
Sonar Pro FAQs
What is Sonar Pro?+
Sonar Pro is Perplexity's advanced search model for complex queries and deeper content understanding. It is developed by Perplexity and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.
What inputs and outputs does Sonar Pro support?+
Sonar Pro's current record lists Text as input and Text as output.
How much context does Sonar Pro support?+
The current record lists a 200,000-token context window and does not report a maximum output length.
Is Sonar Pro available through an API?+
Sonar Pro is marked as API-available. The directly sourced provider records currently include Openrouter and Perplexity.
How much does Sonar Pro cost through an API?+
The lowest directly sourced prices currently attached to Sonar Pro are $3.00 per million input tokens through Openrouter and $15.00 per million output tokens through Openrouter. Prices are provider-specific and should be checked against each cited observation date.
What capabilities and tasks does Sonar Pro support?+
Sonar Pro's recorded capabilities are chat, citations, and search. Its supported tasks are question-answering, search, and text.
Can Sonar Pro be self-hosted?+
Sonar Pro is not marked as an open-weight model. Self-hosting is marked as unsupported, with no license recorded.
Does Sonar Pro have related versions or aliases?+
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are sonar-pro.
Which models can Sonar Pro be compared with?+
The current compatible peer set includes Sonar, Sonar Reasoning Pro, Sonar Deep Research, ERNIE 5.1, and ERNIE X1.1. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →
How current is the Model Markets record for Sonar Pro?+
Sonar Pro was last verified Aug 29, 2026 from Perplexity's primary source, “Sonar Pro | Perplexity.” The evidence is classified as official fact.