Sonar Pro
sonar-proNote: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing. See [details here](https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/pricing#detailed-pricing-breakdown-for-sonar-reasoning-pro-and-sonar-pro) For enterprises seeking more advanced capabilities, the Sonar Pro API can handle in-depth, multi-step queries wit Built by Perplexity.
Prices updated
Input price
$3.00
per 1M tokens · Standard
Output price
$15
per 1M tokens · Standard
Input limit
200K
tokens
Output limit
8K
tokens
Input formats
Output formats
Sonar Pro price history
2 price records since 9/25/2026
Sonar Pro cost calculator
$135/month
Standard pricing
Overview
What is Sonar Pro?
Sonar Pro is a text & reasoning and vision model from Perplexity. Note: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing. See [details here](https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/pricing#detailed-pricing-breakdown-for-sonar-reasoning-pro-and-sonar-pro) For enterprises seeking more advanced capabilities, the Sonar Pro API can handle in-depth, multi-step queries wit Its 200K context window and $3.00 input price make it a candidate for quality-focused production applications.
Benchmarks
Sonar Pro benchmarks & speed
How Sonar Pro scores on standardized evaluations, and where it lands among every model we track.
7.6
Intelligence Index
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
57.8%
Graduate-level scientific reasoning · top 81%
HLE
6.6%
Humanity's Last Exam · top 73%
Independent scores from Artificial Analysis and DesignArena · updated 10/5/2026. Higher is better; ranks compare against every model we track with that score.
Rates
Sonar Pro pricing
Pricing is based on token usage. Provider-specific caching, batch, regional, and tool charges may affect the final cost.
Input · Standard
$3.00
Per 1M tokens
Cached input · Standard
Not available
No listed cached-input rate
Capabilities
Sonar Pro Tools
Tools available when using Sonar Pro through supported provider APIs.
Function calling
Not supported
Structured outputs
Not supported
JSON mode
Not supported
Reasoning
Not supported
Built-in web search
Supported
Log probabilities
Not supported
Deterministic seed
Not supported
Parallel tool calls
Not supported
Prompt caching
Not supported
Strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Measured results (AA Intelligence 7.6) position it for demanding production work.
- 200K context supports large documents, repositories and extended conversations.
- Supports text & reasoning and vision workloads in one model.
Limitations
- Generated tokens cost 5× more than input tokens, which matters for verbose responses.
- Large context capacity does not guarantee consistent retrieval across the entire prompt.
- Arena Elo and MMLU-Pro are directional; test accuracy, latency and reliability on your own workload before committing.
Arena Elo, MMLU-Pro and pricing figures are illustrative; validate current vendor terms before purchase.
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