perplexity / text-generation API-only released 2025-03-07

Sonar Deep Research

Sonar Deep Research is a research-focused model designed for multi-step retrieval, synthesis, and reasoning across complex topics. It autonomously searches, reads, and evaluates sources, refining its approach as it gathers...

Input / 1M
$2.00
Output / 1M
$8.00
Context
128K
AA Intelligence
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Closed weights — available only as a hosted API text → text View on OpenRouter ↗

Pricing

via OpenRouter · USD per 1M tokens · synced 2026-10-24
$2.00
input / 1M
$8.00
output / 1M
—
cached input / 1M
$10.00
1M in + 1M out
Context window
128,000 tokens
Max output
115,200 tokens
Providers
1
Cheapest provider
Perplexity · $2.00 / $8.00
Best throughput
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AA Intelligence / Coding / Agentic
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✗ Tool calling ✓ Reasoning ✗ Structured outputs ✗ Image input ✗ File input ✗ Audio input ✗ Prompt caching

Price history

tracking started — chart appears after 7 days of snapshots (6 recorded)
Current: $2.00 input · $8.00 output per 1M tokens

Providers

1 provider · per 1M tokens · last 30 min metrics
ProviderQuantContextInputOutputUptimeTok/s
Perplexity unknown 128K $2.00 $8.00 — —
Provider data from OpenRouter's endpoint listing, refreshed daily.

Specifications

Organisation
perplexity
Released on OpenRouter
2025-03-07
Context window
128,000 tokens
Max output
115,200 tokens
Input
text
Output
text
Tokenizer
Other
Moderated by provider
No
OpenRouter id
perplexity/sonar-deep-research
Compare with
Prices, context and providers from the public OpenRouter API, snapshotted daily; benchmark indices from Artificial Analysis. See /methodology.