Perplexity · current

Sonar Reasoning

Sonar Reasoning 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

$1 / $5

USD per 1M input / output tokens · Helicone

Context

127K

Released

2025-01-27

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

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Helicone

sonar-reasoning

current

Input

Output

Cache

—

Context

127K

Max output

Reasoning: Yes
Tool calling: No
Structured output: Unknown
Temperature: Yes

Recent price

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

Provider / API ID	Status	Context	Max output	Input	Output	Cache read	Reasoning	Tools	Structured	Temperature
Helicone sonar-reasoning	currentRecent price	127K	4K	$1	$5	—	Yes	No	Unknown	Yes

Capabilities and limits

Input: text
Output: text
Max output: 4K
Weights: Closed (source-reported)
Release: 2025-01-27
Knowledge cutoff: Jan 2025
Family: sonar-reasoning

Reasoning

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Model and price history

Latest recorded change: source refresh · 2026-10-12

Model changes (1)

source refresh · 2026-10-12

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Price history (39 observations)

Date	Provider	Input / output
2026-11-01	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-31	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-30	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-29	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-28	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-27	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-27	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-27	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-27	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-26	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-25	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-24	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-24	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-24	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-23	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-23	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-23	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-23	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-23	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-22	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-21	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-20	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-19	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-18	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-17	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-12	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-12	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-11	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-10	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-09	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-09	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-08	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-10-07	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-09-22	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-09-21	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-09-20	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-09-19	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-09-18	Helicone	$1 / $5
2026-09-17	Helicone	$1 / $5