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Why use Sonar Pro on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers Sonar Pro with pay-as-you-go pricing at $3.00/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
Compare Sonar Pro across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$3.00
Output / 1M
$15.00
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Docs fallbackInstall
Use the provider REST API or SDKAuth
Create a provider API keyCall
model: perplexity/sonar-proModel ID
perplexity/sonar-proRequest example
Curated snippets for this provider are not sourced yet. Use OpenRouter documentation with model ID
perplexity/sonar-pro.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "perplexity/sonar-pro", not the LLMReference slug "sonar-pro".
Compare Sonar Pro Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Perplexity Labs | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $3.00 |
| Output tokens | $15.00 |
Capabilities
Structured Outputs
About Sonar Pro
Advanced Perplexity search model with 200K context window. Provides double the citations of Sonar. Supports Pro Search mode (sonar-pro-search). Request fees: $6-$14/1K requests (Low/Medium/High).
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Model Specs
Released2025-01-27
Context200k
ArchitectureDecoder Only