Perplexity: Sonar

by Perplexity

Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use — now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources. It is designed for companies seeking to integrate lightweight question-and-answer features optimized for speed.

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$1.00

input

$1.00

output

per 1M tokens

Context

127K

tokens

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Other Models from Perplexity

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Model	Score	Latency	Cost/1M
Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search	—	—	$9.00
Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro	—	—	$5.00
Perplexity: Sonar Pro	—	—	$9.00
Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research	—	—	$5.00

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Quickstart

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import { OpenRouter } from "@openrouter/sdk";

const openrouter = new OpenRouter({
  apiKey: "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>"
});

const completion = await openrouter.chat.completions.create({
  model: "perplexity/sonar",
  messages: [
    {
      role: "user",
      content: "Hello!"
    }
  ]
});

console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

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