Sonar
Perplexity · Sonar · context window 128,000 tokens.
Pricing (per 1M tokens)
Specifications
Where else you can run Sonar
The same model is resold by 11 providers we track. The typical one charges 1.2× what the cheapest does — $1.00 against $0.8130 per 1M tokens, blended 3:1. Routing the same workload to a different host is often a bigger saving than switching model.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Blended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity Agent | $0.2500 | $2.50 | $0.8130 |
| Edenai | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Helicone | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Kilo | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| LLM Gateway | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Llmgateway Providers | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| NanoGPT | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| OpenRouter ↗ | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Opper | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Perplexity | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
Showing the 10 cheapest of 11. The full list for every model is in the open endpoint dataset.
Third-party listings via models.dev, not rates we verify with each host the way we do first-party pricing. Treat them as a shortlist to check, not a quote — and confirm quantisation, context limits and rate limits before switching, since a cheaper host is not always serving the same thing.
Estimate cost with Sonar
Sonar is pre-selected below. Enter your token counts and volume to see the cost per request, per day and per month — then switch models to compare.
Results update automatically as you type.
- Input cost
- $0.00100
- Output cost
- $0.000500
- Per request
- $0.00150
- Per day
- $1.50
- Per month
- $45.00
Compare Sonar with
Source: Perplexity Sonar API pricing. Prices are re-checked daily against the provider’s official pricing; this rate was last changed on 27 August 2026. A recent date here just means the price is still current, not that it moved.