Sonar API Pricing
Perplexity · released 2024-01-01
Sonar price
0.100¢ / 1K
0.100¢ / 1K
0.100¢ / 1K
Single public source; verify on the official site; Deprecated by the vendor
Official list price from Perplexity, as recorded by models.dev
What it actually costs
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply | 500 in / 300 out | 0.08¢ |
| RAG query | 4,000 in / 500 out | 0.45¢ |
| Long document summary | 50,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.0510 |
| Code review of a 2k-line file | 30,000 in / 2,000 out | $0.0320 |
| 1,000 chat replies/day for 30 days | 30,000 × (500 in / 300 out) | $24.00 |
Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $1.00) + (output tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $1.00).
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Value | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) | No public data yet | ||
| Epoch Mock AIME accuracy | No public data yet | ||
| Epoch FrontierMath (T1–3) accuracy | No public data yet | ||
| Arena text rating | No public data yet | ||
| Arena coding rating (human preference votes, not task accuracy) | No public data yet | ||
| Arena math rating | No public data yet | ||
| Arena WebDev rating | No public data yet | ||
More from Perplexity
| Model | Released | Blended $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| pplx-decider-v1.2 | 2026-10-15 | — |
| pplx-decider-flash-v1.2 | 2026-10-15 | — |
| pplx-embed-v1-4b | 2026-02-26 | — |
| pplx-embed-v1-0.6b | 2026-02-26 | — |
| pplx-embed-context-v1-4b | 2026-02-26 | — |
| pplx-embed-context-v1-0.6b | 2026-02-26 | — |
| Sonar Deep Research | 2025-02-01 | $3.50 |
| Sonar Reasoning Pro | 2024-01-01 | $3.50 |
Count tokens & estimate cost for Sonar
Prices: Perplexity's official list price as recorded by models.dev; benchmarks: see sources below; last synced 2026-11-06.
FAQ
Who develops Sonar?
Sonar is developed by Perplexity, released 2024-01-01.
How much does Sonar cost per million tokens?
Sonar costs $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens ($1.00 blended), per Perplexity's official list price as recorded by models.dev.
What is the Sonar API price?
The Sonar API price is $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens ($1.00 per 1M blended).
How much does Sonar cost for a typical request?
A short chat reply (500 in / 300 out tokens) costs about 0.08¢ on Sonar, at $1.00/1M input and $1.00/1M output.
Is Sonar free?
Sonar's official API list price is $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens. This site tracks list prices only, not free tiers or trial credits — check Perplexity's site for those.
Where does this data come from?
Pricing for Sonar comes from models.dev and LiteLLM (open MIT-licensed catalogs); benchmark scores come from Epoch AI and LMArena (open CC BY 4.0 licenses) — see /data-sources/. Last synced 2026-11-06.