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sonar

perplexity · chat model

sonar is listed here as a chat model from perplexity. This page shows simple API pricing, token limits, and capability flags so you can compare it with similar options.

Input
$1.0000 / 1M tokens
Output
$1.0000 / 1M tokens
Cached input
N/A
Context
128.0K

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Pricing

Item Price
Input
$1.0000 / 1M tokens
Output
$1.0000 / 1M tokens
Embedding
$1.0000 / 1M tokens

Token limits

Context window
128.0K
Max input tokens
128.0K
Max tokens
128.0K

Capabilities

Capability Supported
Vision
Function calling
Parallel function calling
Tool choice
Prompt caching
Reasoning
Response schema
System messages
Audio input
Audio output
Web search
PDF input
Video input

Sources

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Synced at 2026-05-28

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