Sonar
by Perplexityperplexity/sonar
LLMCompare cannot run Sonar yet.No route to this model is configured on this site yet. Its prices and parameters are listed below for reference.
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- Context length
- 127,072 tokens
- Maximum output
- 114,364 tokens
- Accepts
- Text, Image
- Returns
- Text
- Features
- Image input
- Reasoning effort levels
- Not supported
- Released
- 27 Jan 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not published
Model facts synced from the OpenRouter model list on 21 Oct 2026.
Sonar pricing by route
A route is the service LLMCompare calls to reach the model. Sonar has 1 route. Prices are in US dollars.
| Route | On LLMCompare | Inputper 1M tokens | Outputper 1M tokens | Price verified on | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterDefault | Not configured | $1.00 | $1.00 | openrouter.ai/perplexity/sonar |
The cost shown in an LLMCompare report is calculated from these prices as they were at the time of the run.
Cost calculator
Estimate what a batch of calls to Sonar costs. The starting numbers are examples. Change them to match your task.
- Cost per call
- $0.0015
- 2 credits
- Cost of 100 calls
- $0.15
- 200 credits
Calculated from the OpenRouter prices verified on 21 Oct 2026. Credits are the cost plus a 20% service fee, at $0.001 per credit, rounded up for each call, with a minimum of 1 per call. A real run is charged for the usage the provider reports.
Parameters you can set
These are the parameters LLMCompare can set when it calls the model through OpenRouter.
| Parameter | Type | Range or options | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
temperature | Number | 0 to 2in steps of 0.1 | Provider default |
top_p | Number | 0 to 1in steps of 0.05 | Provider default |
max_tokens | Integer | 1 to 114,364 | Provider default |
About Sonar
Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use — now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources. It is designed for companies seeking to integrate lightweight question-and-answer features...
Description as published for this model. LLMCompare has not edited it.
Models to compare with Sonar
Text models from the same provider and models at the nearest price. The order is not a ranking.
| Add to comparison | Model | Context | Max output | Input priceper 1M tokens | Output priceper 1M tokens | Features | Released | On LLMCompare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexityperplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro | 128k | 115k | $2.00 | $8.00 | Vision | No route yet | ||
Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexityperplexity/sonar-deep-research | 128k | 115k | $2.00 | $8.00 | — | No route yet | ||
Sonar Pro SearchPerplexityperplexity/sonar-pro-search | 200k | 8k | $3.00 | $15.00 | JSONVision | No route yet | ||
Mistral Large 3 2512Mistralmistralai/mistral-large-2512 | 262k | 210k | $0.50 | $1.50 | JSONToolsCacheVision | No route yet | ||
Morph V3 FastMorphmorph/morph-v3-fast | 262k | 131k | $0.80 | $1.20 | JSON | No route yet | ||
GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAIopenai/gpt-4.1-mini | 1.05M | 32.8k | $0.40 | $1.60 | JSONToolsCacheVision | No route yet |
Questions about Sonar
- How much does Sonar cost?
- On the OpenRouter route, Sonar costs $1.00 per 1 million input tokens and $1.00 per 1 million output tokens, in US dollars. LLMCompare verified this price on 21 Oct 2026.
- What is the context length of Sonar?
- Sonar has a context length of 127,072 tokens and returns up to 114,364 output tokens in one call.
- What inputs does Sonar accept?
- Sonar accepts these inputs: Text, Image. Sonar returns: Text.
- Can I test Sonar on my own data?
- Not yet. LLMCompare lists the prices and parameters of Sonar, but no route to Sonar is configured on LLMCompare, so it cannot be selected for an evaluation.