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Perplexity Simple
perplexity·perplexity/sonar·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 $0.50 · NanoGPT
Lowest paid$1.00 / $1.00
NanoGPT Gateway
Context127,000
Output limit128,000
Capabilities
ReasoningTool useStructured 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NanoGPT | Gateway | $1.00 | $1.00 | $0.50 | — | 127,000 | 128,000 |
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Your usage cost
1NanoGPT$190.00
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended