Perplexity: Sonar Pro alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
See also: Perplexity: Sonar Pro model details · Sonar family · Perplexity provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku | Anthropic | shares vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $0.80 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | Anthropic: Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Anthropic | shares vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $3.00 Standard | vs → |
| 3 | Anthropic: Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking) | Anthropic | shares vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $3.00 Standard | vs → |
| 4 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | shares vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $1.00 Standard | vs → |
| 5 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 | Anthropic | shares vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $3.00 Standard | vs → |
| 6 | Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 | Mistral AI | shares vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.50 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | OpenAI: GPT-5 | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → |
| 8 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Codex | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → |
| 9 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 10 | OpenAI: GPT-5.1 | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → |
| 11 | OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → |
| 12 | OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Max | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → |
| 13 | OpenAI: GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $1.75 Standard | vs → |
| 14 | OpenAI: GPT-5.2-Codex | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $1.75 Standard | vs → |
| 15 | OpenAI: GPT-5.3-Codex | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $1.75 Standard | vs → |