Sonar Pro Search
sonar-pro-searchExclusively available on the API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based... 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 Search price history
2 price records since 9/25/2026
Sonar Pro Search cost calculator
$135/month
Standard pricing
Overview
What is Sonar Pro Search?
Sonar Pro Search is a text & reasoning and vision model from Perplexity. Exclusively available on the API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based... Its 200K context window and $3.00 input price make it a candidate for quality-focused production applications.
Rates
Sonar Pro Search 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 Search Tools
Tools available when using Sonar Pro Search through supported provider APIs.
Function calling
Not supported
Structured outputs
Supported
JSON mode
Not supported
Reasoning
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
- Priced at $3.00 input and $15 output per million tokens.
- 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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