Perplexity · Released Feb 1, 2025Sonar Deep Research
Sonar search model for autonomous research and citation-backed long-form reports.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $2.00per 1M tokens
- Output
- $8.00per 1M tokens
- Context
- 128K33K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $2.00per million tokens
- Output
- $8.00per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $3.50pricier than 80% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $8.00 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $90.00 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $900.00 |
Official Perplexity API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Sonar Deep Research yet.
The details
- Lab
- Perplexity
- Released
- Feb 1, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Jan 2025
- Context window
- 128,000 tokens
- Max output
- 32,768 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Adjustable effort minimal · low · medium · high
- Tool calling
- No
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Proprietary
- API model ID
sonar-deep-researchon Perplexity- Availability
- 3 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Sonar Deep Research
How much does Sonar Deep Research cost?
Sonar Deep Research costs $2.00 input / $8.00 output per million tokens (official Perplexity API price). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $3.50 per million tokens, more expensive than 80% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Sonar Deep Research?
Sonar Deep Research accepts up to 128,000 tokens per request and can write up to 32,768 tokens in one response.
How good is Sonar Deep Research?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Sonar Deep Research yet.
Is Sonar Deep Research open source?
No. Sonar Deep Research is proprietary; you use it through Perplexity’s API or partner platforms.
What inputs does Sonar Deep Research support?
Sonar Deep Research accepts text and replies in text. It is a reasoning model with minimal, low, medium and high effort settings, does not support tool calling.
When was Sonar Deep Research released?
Perplexity released Sonar Deep Research on Feb 1, 2025. Its training data runs to Jan 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Sonar Deep Research?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Qwen-MT Plus (Alibaba (Qwen), $2.46 / $7.37), Step 1 (32K) (StepFun, $2.05 / $9.59), Command A (Cohere, $2.50 / $10.00) and Pixtral Large (25.02) (Mistral AI, $2.00 / $6.00).