Sonar (LLM) Pricing - Cost Calculator

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Released 21 January 2025, Sonar (LLM) is a text model from Perplexity. It has a 128,000-token context window. Input is priced at $0.25 per million tokens through Perplexity.

Last updated Sep 28, 2026

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Model Details

Released
Jan 21, 2025
Context Length
128,000

Where is Sonar (LLM) a perfect fit?

Sonar (LLM) is designed for standard language model tasks without retrieval, acting as a baseline model within the Sonar ecosystem. Ideal for:
- General-purpose chatbots and conversational AI
- Content generation (blogs, emails, summaries)
- Basic reasoning and instruction-following tasks
- Backend automation and internal tooling
- Applications that don’t require real-time search or citations
- Cost-sensitive deployments avoiding search overhead

Quick Model Estimate

(USD 0.2500 per 1M tokens)
(USD 2.5000 per 1M tokens)

Your Sonar (LLM) Cost Estimate

💰 Total Cost

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for 1000 input + 1000 output tokens

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📤 Output (1000 × $2.500000) —

Cost Breakdown

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Perplexity LogoPerplexityTextStandard$0.2500$2.5000$0.0625128,000 tokens→

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FAQs about Sonar (LLM)

How much does Sonar (LLM) cost per 1M tokens?

Sonar (LLM) costs $0.25 per million input tokens, and $2.50 per million output tokens.

What does a typical workload cost with Sonar (LLM)?

1,000 requests of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each — 2,000,000 input and 500,000 output tokens in total — costs $1.75 with Sonar (LLM) at its lowest rates. Use the calculator on this page for your own volumes.

Where can I use Sonar (LLM)?

Sonar (LLM) is available through Perplexity, from $0.25 per million input tokens.

What is Sonar (LLM)'s context window?

Sonar (LLM) has a context window of 128,000 tokens.