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Sonar (Perplexity)
perplexity·perplexity/sonar-3·GA·Closed·sonar series
Fast web-grounded Sonar for current answers, citations, and lightweight retrieval
At a glance
Reference price$1.00 / $1.00 per 1M
Cache read — · LLM Gateway
Lowest paid$1.00 / $1.00
LLM Gateway Gateway
Context130,000
Output limit4,096
Capabilities
ReasoningTool use✓ Structured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2025-09-01
Released / updated2024-01-01 / 2025-09-01
Quality & performance
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Available at 1 providers1 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLM Gateway perplexity/sonar | Gateway | $1.00 | $1.00 | — | — | 130,000 | 4,096 |
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Your usage cost
1LLM Gateway$250.00
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended