Perplexity: Sonar
PerplexityID: perplexity/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 optimized for speed.
Pricing per 1M Tokens
| Input (Prompt) | $1.00 |
| Output (Completion) | $1.00 |
| Cache Read | Free |
| Cache Write | Free |
| Image | N/A |
Specifications
| Context Length | 127K |
| Max Output Tokens | N/A |
| Input Modalities | Text + Image |
| Output Modalities | Text |
| Tokenizer | Other |
| Instruct Type | N/A |
| Top Provider Context | 127K |
| Top Provider Max Output | N/A |
| Moderated | No |
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Last updated: March 23, 2026
First tracked: March 23, 2026