Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search

by Perplexity

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 on tokens plus $18 per thousand requests. This model powers the Pro Search mode on the Perplexity platform. Sonar Pro Search adds autonomous, multi-step reasoning to Sonar Pro. So, instead of just one query + synthesis, it plans and executes entire research workflows using tools.

Avg Score

82.3%

13 answers

Avg Latency

17.1s

10 runs

Pricing

$3.00

input

$15.00

output

per 1M tokens

Context

200K

tokens

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Other Models from Perplexity

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Model	Score	Latency	Cost/1M
Perplexity: Sonar Pro	87.5%	8.0s	$9.00
Perplexity: Sonar	83.1%	11.3s	$1.00
Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research	77.3%	71.6s	$5.00
Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro	68.1%	10.8s	$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-pro-search",
  messages: [
    {
      role: "user",
      content: "Hello!"
    }
  ]
});

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

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