Sonar
Sonar is worth evaluating for classification and json / tool use when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating classification and json / tool use
- Workloads that can use a 127k context window
- Buyers comparing 3 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
- Family
- Sonar
- Released
- 2025-01-27
- Context
- 127k
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Proprietary
- License
- ProprietaryCommercial use: conditional
- Weights
- Not released
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Fine-tuned
Developing AI for complex problem-solving.
Cheapest of 3 routes · OpenRouter
About
Lightweight, cost-effective Perplexity search model with grounding and citations. Request fees: $5-$12/1K requests depending on search context depth (Low/Medium/High).
Sonar is a proprietary model. The structured metadata tracks a 127k-token context window and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through OpenRouter, Perplexity Labs, and Vercel AI Gateway, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $1 input and $1 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for Sonar yet.
Top use-case fit
Classification
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
JSON / Tool use
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 3Compare API pricing across 3 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $1.00 | $1.00 | Serverless |
| Perplexity Labs | $1.00 | $1.00 | Serverless |
| Vercel AI Gateway | - | - | ServerlessPartial |
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Classification
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Sonar?
Sonar has a context window of 127k tokens.
How much does Sonar cost?
Sonar is available at $1/1M input tokens through OpenRouter.
When was Sonar released?
Sonar was released on 2025-01-27.
Which providers offer Sonar?
Sonar is available from 3 providers: OpenRouter, Perplexity Labs, Vercel AI Gateway.
Developing AI for complex problem-solving.
Cheapest of 3 routes · OpenRouter