Sonar Reasoning Pro Pricing
ReasoningPerplexity · 128K tokens context
Sonar Reasoning Pro from Perplexity costs $2.00 per 1 million input tokens and $8.00 per 1 million output tokens as of July 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 128,000-token context window (approximately 96,000 words) with a 64K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0020 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0200.
| Input price | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Output price | $8.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output / input ratio | 4.0× |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens (~96,000 words) |
| Maximum output | 64,000 tokens |
| Cost per 1K tokens (input) | $0.0020 |
| Tier | Reasoning |
| Last verified |
Note: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing. See details here Sonar Reasoning Pro is a premier reasoning model powered by DeepSeek R1 with Chain of Thought (CoT).
Input Price
$2.00
per 1 million tokens
Output Price
$8.00
per 1 million tokens
Context Window
128K tokens
max 64K output
Cost Examples
| Request Type | Tokens | Input Cost | Output Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 word article | 1,333 | $0.00267 | $0.0032 |
| 10-page document (2,500 words) | 3,333 | $0.00667 | $0.008 |
| 1,000 lines of code | 5,000 | $0.01 | $0.012 |
| 100K token document | 100,000 | $0.20 | $0.24 |
Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.
Strengths
- ✓Step-by-step chain-of-thought reasoning
- ✓Multimodal: understands images as well as text
- ✓Strong general-purpose performance
Limitations
- –Higher latency; reasoning tokens add to output cost
- –Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider
Best Use Cases
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