How much does Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research cost per 1M tokens?

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $8.00 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.

What is Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research's context window?

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research accepts up to 128,000 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 115,200 output tokens.

Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research?

Yes. OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo is $0.500 per 1M input tokens versus $2.00 for Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research, with a 16,385 token context window.

Where does this Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research price come from?

From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research pricing

Sonar Deep Research is a research-focused model designed for multi-step retrieval, synthesis, and reasoning across complex topics. Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research from OpenRouter costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $8.00 per 1M output tokens. Context window 128,000 tokens.

API id perplexity/sonar-deep-research · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose

$2.00

Input / 1M tokens

$8.00

Output / 1M tokens

—

Cached input / 1M

128K

Context window

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research specifications

Provider: OpenRouter
API id: perplexity/sonar-deep-research
Model type: general-purpose
Context window: 128K tokens
Max output: 115K tokens
Currency: USD
Price source: Provider API
Last checked: 2026-09-25

What Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
Workload	Input tokens	Output tokens	Estimated cost
Short chat turn	1,000	500	$0.0060
Document summary	50,000	2,000	$0.12
1M tokens in, 200K out	1,000,000	200,000	$3.60

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research cost per 1M tokens?: Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $8.00 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research's context window?: Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research accepts up to 128,000 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 115,200 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research?: Yes. OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo is $0.500 per 1M input tokens versus $2.00 for Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research, with a 16,385 token context window.
Where does this Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research price come from?: From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

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