PSonarAPI

Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use — now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources.

127KContext window · tokens

$1Input price · per M tokens

$1Output price · per M tokens

PerplexityProvider

Prices update automatically — checked daily against provider list prices.

$1 per 1M tokens, assuming 3 input for 1 output the convention used by Artificial Analysis
cheaper than 65% of the 192 commercial models tracked here
1 of 5 Perplexity models tracked here, from cheapest

See open-source alternatives → Compare all model prices

Benchmarks & performance

Independent benchmark scores for Sonar, measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index9.4

GPQA47.1%

MMLU-Pro68.9%

Humanity's Last Exam4.9%

LiveCodeBench29.5%

SciCode22.9%

MATH-50081.7%

AIME48.7%

vs. models measured heretop 85%

Scores higher than 15% of the 273 models measured by Artificial Analysis and tracked here.
Models at this level cost $0.2 per 1M tokens (median of 27) — this one costs $1.
Cheaper and better on this index: GLM 5.3 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) and 108 more

Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis

About this model

Sonar 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?

Sonar is an AI language model from Perplexity. It is a proprietary model, available through an API. It scores 9.4 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.

Is Sonar free?

Sonar is not free: it costs $1 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens. Open-weight alternatives can be self-hosted at no per-token cost.

What is Sonar good at?

Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 47.1%, MMLU-Pro 68.9%, Humanity's Last Exam 4.9%, LiveCodeBench 29.5%, SciCode 22.9%, MATH-500 81.7%, AIME 48.7%.