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Sonar

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...

by Perplexity

Overview

Quick stats across all benchmark runs.

Score

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9 benchmarks

Avg Latency

11.3s

13 requests

Pricing

$1.00 in / $1.00 out

per 1M tokens

Context

127K

tokens

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Benchmark Performance

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Price vs Performance

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Score Over Time

Performance trends across all benchmark runs

Benchmark Activity

Number of benchmark runs over time

Quickstart

View on OpenRouter

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",
  messages: [
    {
      role: "user",
      content: "Hello!"
    }
  ]
});

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

Get your API key at openrouter.ai/keys

Other Models from Perplexity

Compare performance with other models from the same creator

ModelLatencyCost/1MScore
Sonar Pro8.0s$9.00—
Sonar Deep Research71.6s$5.00—
Sonar Reasoning Pro10.8s$5.00—
Sonar Pro Search17.1s$9.00—