Perplexity: Sonar Pro✓ Catalog verified
Note: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing. See details here For enterprises seeking more advanced capabilities, the Sonar Pro API can handle in-depth, multi-step queries with added extensibility, like double the number of citations per search as Sonar on average. Plus, with a larger context window, it can handle longer and more nuanced searches and follow-up questions.
Overview
Note: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing. See details here For enterprises seeking more advanced capabilities, the Sonar Pro API can handle in-depth, multi-step queries with added extensibility, like double the number of citations per search as Sonar on average. Plus, with a larger context window, it can handle longer and more nuanced searches and follow-up questions.
Access: available through the official Perplexity API. Context window: 200K.
Specifications
| API identifier | perplexity/sonar-pro |
| Provider | Perplexity |
| Model type | Multimodal LLM |
| Context window | 200K catalog |
| Input modalities | text · image |
| Output modalities | text |
| Released | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Moderated | No |
| Architecture modality | text+image->text |
Pricing
Live pricing components for perplexity/sonar-pro as published in the catalog.
| Pricing component | Raw unit price | Normalized | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt tokens | $0.000003 | $3.00 / 1M | Per input token |
| Completion tokens | $0.000015 | $15.00 / 1M | Per output token |
| Request fee | N/A | N/A | Per request |
| Image fee | N/A | N/A | Per image unit |
| Web search fee | $0.005 | $0.005000 | Per search request |
Cost calculator
Estimate monthly spend from your own token volumes.
Estimated Total Cost
$4.5Calculated from current list pricing in the ModelsAtlas catalog.Capabilities
| Capability | Status | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Understanding | ✓ Supported | Image and document analysis support |
| Audio Processing | Not advertised | Speech and voice aligned flows |
| Tool Calling | Not advertised | Supports tools / function calling |
| Self-Hosting | Not advertised | Deploy outside managed APIs |
Capability signals
Directional signals derived from model metadata and capability tags — not official benchmark submissions.
Quick start
Call Perplexity: Sonar Pro through an OpenAI-compatible client.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="perplexity/sonar-pro",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum physics."}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Alternatives
Closest models by context window from a different provider.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input /1M | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku | Anthropic | 200K | $0.25 | View → |
| Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku | Anthropic | 200K | $0.80 | View → |
Sources & attribution
Pricing and metadata are maintained in the ModelsAtlas catalog.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Perplexity: Sonar Pro cost?
$3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens on the official Perplexity API.
What is the context window of Perplexity: Sonar Pro?
Perplexity: Sonar Pro supports up to 200K tokens of context.
Does Perplexity: Sonar Pro support tool / function calling?
Perplexity: Sonar Pro does not advertise first-class tool/function calling. Check vendor docs for the latest capabilities.
How do I access Perplexity: Sonar Pro?
Use the official Perplexity API with the model id `perplexity/sonar-pro`. See the Quick start section above for code examples.