Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search
Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based... Real-time web search integration Grounded answers with citations 200K context window Strong factuality from live sources Expensive at $3/$15 per 1M tokens Dependent on search result quality Narrower creative reasoning Research requiring current information Fact-checking and verification News and trend analysis
Specifications
| Lab | Perplexity |
|---|---|
| Context window | 200,000 |
| Input price | $3.00/1M |
| Output price | $15.00/1M |
| Release | 2025-10-01 00:00:00 |
Strengths
- Real-time web search integration
- Grounded answers with citations
- 200K context window
- Strong factuality from live sources
Weaknesses
- Expensive at $3/$15 per 1M tokens
- Dependent on search result quality
- Narrower creative reasoning
Best for
- Research requiring current information
- Fact-checking and verification
- News and trend analysis
In Depth: Sonar Pro Search
Summary
Sonar Pro Search is an AI model from Perplexity.
Released 2025-10-01 00:00:00. It currently appears in the Overall category on LMRank. It supports Text, image input and produces Text output, with a context window of 200K tokens. Input pricing is $3.00 per 1M tokens and output is $15.00 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter.