Sonar search model for autonomous research and citation-backed long-form reports
Sonar Deep Research by perplexity is offered by 7 providers on this page. Its official list price is $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $8.00 per 1M output tokens.
The context window is 128,000 tokens at the reference host, but hosts report different limits, from 127,000 to 128,000, so the usable window depends on the provider you pick. It supports reasoning. Its training knowledge cuts off at 2025-01.
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | Gateway | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | 128,000 | 115,200 | |
| LLMTR | Gateway | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | 128,000 | 32,768 | |
| Eden AI | Gateway | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | 128,000 | 32,768 | |
| SAP AI Core | Cloud | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | 128,000 | 32,768 | |
| Kilo Gateway | Gateway | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | 128,000 | 115,200 | |
| PerplexityOfficial | First-party | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | 128,000 | 32,768 | |
| Helicone | Gateway | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | — | 127,000 ⚠ | 4,096 |
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.
1 / 7 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).