Model Details
Released
Jan 21, 2025
Where is Sonar Pro a perfect fit?
Sonar Pro is built for higher-quality, more reliable search + generation, sitting between basic search models and deep research systems. Ideal for:
- AI-powered search engines with improved answer quality
- Real-time assistants requiring accurate, up-to-date responses
- RAG systems needing better ranking and synthesis
- Knowledge assistants combining search and summarisation
- Applications requiring citations and grounded outputs
- Professional use cases where accuracy matters more than lowest cost
- AI-powered search engines with improved answer quality
- Real-time assistants requiring accurate, up-to-date responses
- RAG systems needing better ranking and synthesis
- Knowledge assistants combining search and summarisation
- Applications requiring citations and grounded outputs
- Professional use cases where accuracy matters more than lowest cost
Quick Model Estimate
Your Sonar Pro Cost Estimate
💰 Total Cost
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for 1000 input + 1000 output tokens
📥 Input (1000 × $3.000000)
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📤 Output (1000 × $15.000000)
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Cost Breakdown
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 Perplexity | Text | Standard | $3.0000 | $15.0000 | N/A | → |
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FAQs about Sonar Pro
How much does Sonar Pro cost per 1M tokens?
Sonar Pro costs $3.00 per million input tokens, and $15.00 per million output tokens.
What does a typical workload cost with Sonar Pro?
1,000 requests of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each — 2,000,000 input and 500,000 output tokens in total — costs $13.50 with Sonar Pro at its lowest rates. Use the calculator on this page for your own volumes.
Where can I use Sonar Pro?
Sonar Pro is available through Perplexity, from $3.00 per million input tokens.