Identity
- Status
- active
- Developer ID
sonar-reasoning-pro- Released
- Not reported
- Version
- Sonar Reasoning Pro
- License
- Unknown
PerplexitySonar Reasoning Pro
Sonar Reasoning Pro combines multi-step reasoning with enhanced information retrieval.
- Token context
- 128K 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 | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | Oct 19, 2026 | Provider-reported |
PerplexityAvailable | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | Aug 29, 2026 | Provider-reported |
| Provider | Price dimension | Amount | Unit | Observed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Request high | $14.00 | per 1,000 requests | Aug 29, 2026 | Provider-reported | |
| Request low | $6.00 | per 1,000 requests | Aug 29, 2026 | Provider-reported | |
| Request medium | $10.00 | per 1,000 requests | Aug 29, 2026 | Provider-reported |
Benchmarks
All benchmark results →| LMArena Search Arenasearch-2026-10-13-a64ca3b12b6e | 1,139.01 | — | 29,439 | ppl-sonar-reasoning-pro-high; 95% CI [1133.19180048, 1144.81939817]; votes 29439; rank 37unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
At a Glance
Model Facts
Capacity
- Token context
- 128K 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
- Yes
- Vision
- No
- Tool calling
- No
- Capabilities
- chat, citations, reasoning, search
This page represents one developer model product. Dated API snapshots, serving endpoints, pricing, regions, quantizations, and service tiers attach as versioned aliases or provider details and never create duplicate public model records.
Version Lineage
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorsUnknown
Aliasessonar-reasoning-pro
Explicit Unknowns
- Release date
- Maximum output
- Architecture
- Tokenizer
- Knowledge cutoff
Primary Evidence
Sources and Observation Date
Comparable Peers
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Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity | vs | o3-proOpenAI | cross-developer peerstext |
Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity | vs | SonarPerplexity | family variantstext |
Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity | vs | Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexity | family variantstext |
Questions
Sonar Reasoning Pro FAQs
What is Sonar Reasoning Pro?+
Sonar Reasoning Pro combines multi-step reasoning with enhanced information retrieval. It is developed by Perplexity and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.
What inputs and outputs does Sonar Reasoning Pro support?+
Sonar Reasoning Pro's current record lists Text as input and Text as output.
How much context does Sonar Reasoning Pro support?+
The current record lists a 128K-token context window and does not report a maximum output length.
Is Sonar Reasoning Pro available through an API?+
Sonar Reasoning Pro is marked as API-available. The directly sourced provider records currently include Openrouter and Perplexity.
How much does Sonar Reasoning Pro cost through an API?+
The lowest directly sourced prices currently attached to Sonar Reasoning Pro are $2.00 per million input tokens through Openrouter and $8.00 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 Reasoning Pro support?+
Sonar Reasoning Pro's recorded capabilities are chat, citations, reasoning, and search. Its supported tasks are question-answering, reasoning, search, and text.
Can Sonar Reasoning Pro be self-hosted?+
Sonar Reasoning Pro is not marked as an open-weight model. Self-hosting is marked as unsupported, with no license recorded.
Does Sonar Reasoning Pro have related versions or aliases?+
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are sonar-reasoning-pro.
Which models can Sonar Reasoning Pro be compared with?+
The current compatible peer set includes ERNIE 5.1, Sonar Pro, Solar Pro 4, ERNIE X1.1, and Command A Reasoning. 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 Reasoning Pro?+
Sonar Reasoning Pro was last verified Aug 29, 2026 from Perplexity's primary source, “Sonar Reasoning Pro | Perplexity.” The evidence is classified as official fact.