Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research

Sonar search model for autonomous research and citation-backed long-form reports

Source-linked sonar Closed weights Released 2025-02-01

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Input price$2/M

Output price$8/M

Context128K

Max output32.768K

Providers4

Inference availability

Providers

Provider-specific identifiers, limits, and listed prices per million tokens. Every row links back to the provider's own documentation.

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Providers offering Sonar Deep Research
Provider	Provider model ID	Context	Max output	Input	Output	Cache read	Capabilities	Docs
LLMTR	`perplexity/sonar-deep-research`	128K	32.768K	$2	$8	—	Reasoning	Docs ↗
Kilo Gateway	`perplexity/sonar-deep-research`	128K	115.2K	$2	$8	—	Reasoning	Docs ↗
OpenRouter	`perplexity/sonar-deep-research`	128K	115.2K	$2	$8	—	Reasoning	Docs ↗
Eden AI	`perplexityai/sonar-deep-research`	128K	32.768K	$2	$8	—	Reasoning	Docs ↗

Capability badges appear only where the provider catalog explicitly lists support. A blank cell means the source is silent, not that the feature is absent.

Listed rates

Price across providers

Input price per million tokens as published by each provider. Bars are drawn from listed rates only — no traffic weighting, since the catalog observes no requests.

Lowest input $2/M

Across 4 priced providers

Median input $2/M

Midpoint of listed rates

Highest input $2/M

Same as the lowest listed rate

Output range $8 – $8

Per million output tokens

LLMTR $2/M

Kilo Gateway $2/M

OpenRouter $2/M

Eden AI $2/M

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Provider Input tokens 1,000,000 Output tokens 250,000 Cached input 0%

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4 providers list the identical $2 input rate, so price alone will not separate them — compare context limits, max output, and capabilities above.

Specification

Capabilities

Recorded from the source catalog and provider listings.

✓ Reasoning Yes

× Tool calling No

? Structured output Unknown

× Attachments No

× Vision input No

× Open weights No

Creator: Perplexity
Model family: sonar
Knowledge cutoff: 2025-01
License: Not documented
Release date: 2025-02-01
Model ID: perplexity/sonar-deep-research

Published evaluations

Benchmarks

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