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Sonar Deep Research
perplexity·perplexity/sonar-deep-research-2·GA·Closed·sonar series
Sonar search model for autonomous research and citation-backed long-form reports
At a glance
Reference price$2.00 / $8.00 per 1M
Cache read — · Eden AI
Lowest paid$2.00 / $8.00
OpenRouter Gateway · 1× spread
Context128,000
Output limit32,768
Capabilities
✓ ReasoningTool useStructured outputTemperatureAttachments
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2025-01
Released / updated2025-02-01 / 2025-09-01
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 4 providers4 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter perplexity/sonar-deep-research | Gateway | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | 128,000 | 128,000 | |
| LLMTR perplexity/sonar-deep-research | Gateway | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | 128,000 | 32,768 | |
| SAP AI Core sonar-deep-research | Cloud | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | 128,000 | 32,768 | |
| Eden AI perplexityai/sonar-deep-research | Gateway | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | 128,000 | 32,768 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1OpenRouter$800.00
2LLMTR$800.00
3SAP AI Core$800.00
4Eden AI$800.00
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
Benchmark
No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.
Reasoning control
effort = minimaleffort = loweffort = mediumeffort = high
2 / 4 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended