Using Sonar Deep Research on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · Sonar · Perplexity Labs

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OpenRouter exposes Sonar Deep Research through model ID perplexity/sonar-deep-research. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

1
Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
2
Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call perplexity/sonar-deep-research — see the documentation for request format.
3
You'll be billed $2.00/1M input, $8.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

API Portal Documentation Pricing Model Card

Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

Pricing on OpenRouter

Type	Price (per 1M)
Input tokens	$2.00
Output tokens	$8.00

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

About Sonar Deep Research

Expert-level Perplexity research model conducting exhaustive multi-step searches and generating comprehensive reports. Additional fees: $5/1K searches, $2/MTok citations, $3/MTok reasoning tokens. Supports async API with 7-day TTL and reasoning_effort parameter (low/medium/high).

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Model Specs

Released2025-03-07

Context128k

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA