Sonar
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Sticker prices & cost-per-token
List rates as published by Perplexity, before any volume or enterprise discounts.
$0.25
$2.50
$0.0625
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curl "https://coolhandlabs.com/api/v2/inference_apis?q%5Bmodel_eq%5D=perplexity%2Fsonar&q%5Bsource_api_eq%5D=perplexity"Pricing History
| Effective | Price |
|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 – present | Input cost: $0.25 / 1M, Output cost: $2.50 / 1M, Cached input cost: $0.0625 / 1M, Cache creation cost: $0.00 / 1M, 5-minute cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, 1-hour cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, Reasoning output cost: $0.00 / 1M, Cache storage cost: $0.00 / 1M/hr |
History
Last change detected October 5, 2026 (20 days ago) by an automated scan.
| Date | Changed by | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | Automated scan | Initial record created |
Source
https://docs.perplexity.ai/getting-started/modelsComparable models
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Reliability
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Frequently asked questions
Sonar (Perplexity) costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens, as last published by Perplexity.
Sonar sits in the medium size tier. Size tiers run from micro (small enough to run on a device) through small, medium and large to extra large (frontier flagships), and are assigned from the model's family, naming and limits rather than its price.
No, Sonar is currently active with no announced deprecation date.
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