Using Sonar Pro on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · Sonar · Perplexity Labs

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OpenRouter exposes Sonar Pro through model ID perplexity/sonar-pro. 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. 1
    Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call perplexity/sonar-pro — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $3.00/1M input, $15.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
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Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

Pricing on OpenRouter

TypePrice (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

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Provider

OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA