Sonar Pro Search API pricing
As of October 22, 2026, Perplexity Sonar Pro Search costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens, the median of 1 providers on OpenRouter.
Sonar Pro Search benchmarks and specs · Every Perplexity model's price
- Input, per million tokens$3.00
- Output, per million tokens$15.00
- Cached input, per millionNo cache price listed
- Context window200K tokens
- Max output8K tokens
- Output speedNot measured
What a request costs
Three fixed token mixes at the list price, without cache or batch discounts. For a whole month, use the calculator.
| Workload | Tokens | One request | 1,000 requests | Fits the context window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat turn | 1K input + 500 output tokens | $0.011 | $10.50 | Yes |
| Repository review | 50K input + 3K output tokens | $0.195 | $195.00 | Yes |
| Agent loop | 200K input + 10K output tokens | $0.750 | $750.00 | No, it would need splitting |
| Solved coding task | One SWE-bench Verified attempt, divided by the share that succeed | Not computable | Not computable |
Price history
The price of Sonar Pro Search here is the median across 1 providers on OpenRouter, so we do not track price changes for it.
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Sonar Pro Search has no overall or coding score, so we make no quality claim against it.
Sonar Pro Search pricing questions
- How much does Sonar Pro Search cost per million tokens?
- $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens, as listed on OpenRouter on October 22, 2026.
- Does Sonar Pro Search support prompt caching?
- OpenRouter lists no cached input price for this model, so assume every input token is billed at the full rate.
- Has the price of Sonar Pro Search changed?
- The price of Sonar Pro Search here is the median across 1 providers on OpenRouter, so we do not track price changes for it.