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Perplexity · deprecated

Sonar Deep Research

Sonar Deep Research is attributed to Perplexity in the catalog. It accepts text input and produces text output. Reported capabilities include reasoning.

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Modalities

Hosted provider token rates

$2 / $8

USD per 1M input / output tokens · Kilo Gateway

Context

128K

Released

2025-02-01

Knowledge cutoff

Jan 2025

No recent lab-operated provider rate is available. Showing the third-party host with the lowest input rate + ¼ output rate. This is one offering, not an average; other providers, modalities, tiers, and fees may differ.

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7 observed offerings · token prices in USD per million where available

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Perplexity

sonar-deep-research

deprecated

Input

$2

Output

$8

Cache

—

Context

128K

Max output

33K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
No
Structured output
Unknown
Temperature
No

Not a current offering

LLMTR

perplexity/sonar-deep-research

current

Input

$2

Output

$8

Cache

—

Context

128K

Max output

33K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
No
Structured output
Unknown
Temperature
No

Recent price

Helicone

sonar-deep-research

current

Input

$2

Output

$8

Cache

—

Context

127K

Max output

4K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
No
Structured output
Unknown
Temperature
Yes

Recent price

SAP AI Core

sonar-deep-research

current

Input

$2

Output

$8

Cache

—

Context

128K

Max output

33K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
No
Structured output
Unknown
Temperature
No

Recent price

Eden AI

perplexityai/sonar-deep-research

current

Input

$2

Output

$8

Cache

—

Context

128K

Max output

33K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
No
Structured output
No
Temperature
No

Recent price

OpenRouter

perplexity/sonar-deep-research

current

Input

$2

Output

$8

Cache

—

Context

128K

Max output

115K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
No
Structured output
No
Temperature
Yes

Recent price

Kilo Gateway

perplexity/sonar-deep-research

current

Input

$2

Output

$8

Cache

—

Context

128K

Max output

115K
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
No
Structured output
No
Temperature
Yes

Recent price

Limits and capabilities reflect each provider’s listed offering. Unknown means support was not reported.

Capabilities and limits

Input
text
Output
text
Max output
33K
Weights
Closed (source-reported)
Release
2025-02-01
Knowledge cutoff
Jan 2025
Family
sonar

Reasoning

Provider-specific limits and support can differ.

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Model and price history

Latest recorded change: source refresh · 2026-10-21

Model changes (2)
  • source refresh · 2026-10-21
    {
      "before": {
        "status": "current"
      },
      "after": {
        "status": "deprecated"
      }
    }
  • source refresh · 2026-10-12
    {
      "before": {
        "knowledge_cutoff_reported": null
      },
      "after": {
        "knowledge_cutoff_reported": "2025-01"
      }
    }
Price history (233 observations)
DateProviderInput / output
2026-11-02Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-11-02OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-11-02Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-11-02LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-11-02SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-11-02Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-11-02Helicone$2 / $8
2026-11-01Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-11-01OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-11-01SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-11-01Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-11-01LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-11-01Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-11-01Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-31OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-31Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-31Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-31Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-31SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-31LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-31Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-30Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-30OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-30Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-30Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-30LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-30SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-30Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-29Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-29OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-29LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-29Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-29SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-29Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-29Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-28OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-28Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-28LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-28SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-28Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-28Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-28Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-27OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-27Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-27Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-27Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-27Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-27SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-27LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-27Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-27OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-27SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-27Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-27Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-27LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-27Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-27OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-27Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-27LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-27Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-27Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-27Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-27SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-27OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-27Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-27SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-27LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-27Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-27Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-27Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-26Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-26OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-26Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-26Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-26SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-26Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-26LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-25OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-25Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-25Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-25Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-25Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-25SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-25LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-24OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-24Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-24Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-24LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-24Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-24Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-24SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-24Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-24OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-24Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-24Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-24Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-24LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-24SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-24OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-24Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-24Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-24LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-24SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-24Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-24Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-23OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-23Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-23SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-23Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-23Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-23Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-23LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-23OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-23Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-23Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-23LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-23Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-23Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-23SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-23Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-23OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-23Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-23Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-23LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-23Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-23SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-23OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-23Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-23Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-23LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-23Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-23SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-23Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-23OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-23Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-23SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-23Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-23LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-23Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-23Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-22Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-22OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-22Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-22LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-22Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-22Helicone$2 / $8
2026-10-22SAP AI Core$2 / $8
2026-10-21OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-21Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-21Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-21Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-21LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-20Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-20OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-20Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-20LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-20Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-19OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-19Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-19Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-19LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-19Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-18OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-18Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-18Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-18Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-18LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-17Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-17OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-17LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-17Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-17Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-12OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-12Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-12Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-12Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-12LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-12Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-12OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-12Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-12Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-12LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-11OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-11Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-11Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-11Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-11LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-10OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-10Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-10LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-10Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-10Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-09Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-09OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-09Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-09Eden AI$2 / $8
2026-10-09LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-09Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-09OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-09LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-09Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-08Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-08OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-08LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-08Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-10-07Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-10-07OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-10-07LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-10-07Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-09-22Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-09-22OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-09-22Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-09-22LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-09-21Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-09-21OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-09-21Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-09-21LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-09-20Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-09-20OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-09-20LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-09-20Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-09-19Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-09-19OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-09-19Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-09-19LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-09-18Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-09-18OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-09-18LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-09-18Perplexity$2 / $8
2026-09-17Kilo Gateway$2 / $8
2026-09-17OpenRouter$2 / $8
2026-09-17LLMTR$2 / $8
2026-09-17Perplexity$2 / $8