Sonar Pro: API pricing, providers and specs
Sonar Pro is a text model by Perplexity. 5 providers serve it, from $15 to $15 /1M; the lowest price is at AI/ML API.
How Sonar Pro compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Pricey for its class: at $15 /1M, its lowest price is above 91% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- Its 200K-token context window is larger than 32% of them (median 262K), about 300 pages of text.
- 5 providers serve it; 65% of comparable models have fewer.
Sonar Pro prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Helicone | $3/1M | From$15/1M | — | — |
| AI/ML API | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | — |
| OpenRouter | $3/1M | From$15/1M | — | 200K |
 Requesty | $3/1M | From$15/1M | $3/1M | 205K |
 FastRouter | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | 200K |
- AI/ML API$15
- FastRouter$15
- HeliconeFrom$15
- OpenRouterFrom$15
- RequestyFrom$15
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Perplexity
- Inputs
- Image, Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 200K≈ 300 pages of text
- Max output
- 8K
- Capabilities
- Vision
- Released
- Mar 7, 2025
- License
- proprietary
- Open weights
- No, API only
Alternatives to Sonar Pro
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar Prothis model | $15/1M | 200K | — | 5 |
 Gemini 4 Argon | $8/1M | 1.05M | 1673 | 26 |
| Kimi K3 | $8.28/1M | 1.05M | 1655 | 47 |
| GPT-6 Astra | $25/1M | 1.05M | 1775 | 31 |
 Muse Wonder | $16/1M | 1.05M | — | 14 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $16/1M | 1M | 1807 | 33 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | $8/1M | 1.05M | 1749 | 27 |
| GPT-6 Sol | $8/1M | 1.05M | 1682 | 28 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $8/1M | 1M | 1767 | 32 |
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Sonar Pro FAQ
The lowest price for Sonar Pro is $15 /1M, at AI/ML API.
AI/ML API, at $15 /1M. 5 providers serve Sonar Pro; the table above lists every one with its price.
Sonar Pro reads up to 200K tokens per request and writes up to 8K.
No. Sonar Pro is only available through an API; Perplexity does not publish its weights.
5 API providers serve Sonar Pro. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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