LLM Reference

Sonar Pro Search

Released
2025-11-01
Last refreshed
2026-06-15
Status
Researched 51d ago
ProprietaryCommercial use: conditionalRAGLong contextClassificationJSON / Tool use

Sonar Pro Search is worth evaluating for rag, long context, and classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating rag, long context, and classification
  • Workloads that can use a 200k context window
  • Buyers comparing 1 tracked provider route

Do not use it for

  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
Specifications
Family
Sonar
Released
2025-11-01
Context
200k
Openness
Proprietary
License
ProprietaryCommercial use: conditional
Weights
Not released
Code
Unknown
Created by

Developing AI for complex problem-solving.

San Francisco, California, United States
Founded 2022
Website
Pricing
Output / 1M
$15.00
Input / 1M
$3.00

Cheapest of 1 route · OpenRouter

About

Perplexity Sonar Pro with autonomous multi-step Pro Search mode. Plans and executes research workflows using tools. Request fees: $14-$22/1K requests (Low/Medium/High Pro Search tiers).

Sonar Pro Search is a proprietary model in the Sonar family. The structured metadata tracks a 200k-token context window and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through OpenRouter, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $3 input and $15 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for Sonar Pro Search yet.

Top use-case fit

RAG

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Long context

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Classification

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

Compare API pricing across 1 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MRoute
OpenRouter$3.00$15.00
Serverless

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

Benchmark peer barsfor RAG

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 Pro Search?

Sonar Pro Search has a context window of 200k tokens.

How much does Sonar Pro Search cost?

Sonar Pro Search is available at $3/1M input tokens through OpenRouter.

When was Sonar Pro Search released?

Sonar Pro Search was released on 2025-11-01.

Which providers offer Sonar Pro Search?

Sonar Pro Search is available from 1 provider: OpenRouter.