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Sonar Deep ResearchAPI
Sonar Deep Research is a research-focused model designed for multi-step retrieval, synthesis, and reasoning across complex topics.
Prices update automatically — checked daily against provider list prices.
- $3.5 per 1M tokens, assuming 3 input for 1 output the convention used by Artificial Analysis
- cheaper than 33% of the 192 commercial models tracked here
- 3 of 5 Perplexity models tracked here, from cheapest
Benchmarks
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About this model
Sonar Deep Research is a commercial AI model by Perplexity. The specifications below are tracked automatically: pricing is refreshed daily from public list prices, so the numbers on this page reflect the current cost of using the model through its API.
Frequently asked questions
What is Sonar Deep Research?
Sonar Deep Research is an AI language model from Perplexity. It is a proprietary model, available through an API.
Is Sonar Deep Research free?
Sonar Deep Research is not free: it costs $2 per million input tokens and $8 per million output tokens. Open-weight alternatives can be self-hosted at no per-token cost.