Calculate the cost of using sonar from Perplexity for your AI applications
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Mode: Chat
Max: 128,000 tokens
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sonar is a chat model from Perplexity, one of 16 chat models they offer. It is priced at $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens, ranking 1500 out of 2292 chat models by cost and cheaper than 33% of models in this category. sonar supports web search. It accepts up to 128K input tokens.
Note: Use the interactive calculator above to estimate costs for your specific usage patterns.
Use the maximum token limits shown above to understand the model's capacity. This model can handle up to 128,000 input tokens.
At $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens, sonar ranks 1500 out of 2292 chat models by input cost. It is more expensive compared to the median of $0.55 for chat models, and is cheaper than 33% of models in this category.
sonar is one of 16 Perplexity chat models, with support for web search.
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | vs sonar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 | AWS Bedrock | $1.00 | $5.00 | 0% |
| claude-haiku-4-5 | Anthropic | $1.00 | $5.00 | 0% |
| gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts | Google Gemini | $1.00 | $20.00 | 0% |
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No. sonar costs $1.00 per 1M input tokens while anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 costs $1.00 per 1M input tokens, making anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 0% more affordable for input. However, sonar may offer different capabilities or performance characteristics that justify the price difference.
sonar input pricing is $1.00 per 1M tokens, which is 82% above the median of $0.55 for chat models. It ranks 1500 out of 2292 chat models by input cost, making it cheaper than 33% of models in this category. For output, it costs $1.00 per 1M tokens compared to the median of $1.50.
Among Perplexity's 16 chat models, sonar ranks 9 by input cost.
The most comparable chat models to sonar are: anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 from AWS Bedrock ($1.00/1M input tokens); claude-haiku-4-5 from Anthropic ($1.00/1M input tokens); gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts from Google Gemini ($1.00/1M input tokens); kimi-k2-turbo-preview from Moonshot ($1.15/1M input tokens). These alternatives were selected based on similar capabilities, pricing, and provider diversity. You can compare any of these models in detail using the Bifrost Model Library.
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sonar is priced based on input and output tokens. Use the interactive calculator at the top of this page to estimate costs for your specific workload. Enter your expected input and output tokens volume and the calculator will show the total cost breakdown. For reference, processing 1M input tokens costs $1.00 and generating 1M output tokens costs $1.00.
