Sonar Deep Research

Sonar Deep Research is a research-focused model designed for multi-step retrieval, synthesis, and reasoning across complex topics. It autonomously searches, reads, and evaluates sources, refining its approach as it gathers...

by Perplexity

Overview

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Score

9 benchmarks

Avg Latency

71.6s

13 requests

Pricing

$2.00 in / $8.00 out

per 1M tokens

Context

128K

tokens

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Get started with this model using OpenRouter

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

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

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

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

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