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Perplexity: Sonar Pro pricing

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… Perplexity: Sonar Pro from OpenRouter costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens. Context window 200,000 tokens.

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

$3.00
Input / 1M tokens
$15.00
Output / 1M tokens
—
Cached input / 1M
200K
Context window

Perplexity: Sonar Pro specifications

Provider
OpenRouter
API id
perplexity/sonar-pro
Model type
general-purpose
Context window
200K tokens
Max output
8K tokens
Currency
USD
Price source
Provider API
Last checked
2026-09-25

Tags

  • flagship
  • vision

What Perplexity: Sonar Pro costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.01
Document summary50,0002,000$0.18
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$6.00

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 Pro cost per 1M tokens?
Perplexity: Sonar Pro costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is Perplexity: Sonar Pro's context window?
Perplexity: Sonar Pro accepts up to 200,000 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 8,000 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Perplexity: Sonar Pro?
Yes. OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo is $0.500 per 1M input tokens versus $3.00 for Perplexity: Sonar Pro, with a 16,385 token context window.
Where does this Perplexity: Sonar Pro 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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