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PerplexitySonarPerplexitySonar Deep Research
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Side-by-side comparison of Perplexity: Sonar, Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research
Attribute
PerplexitySonarperplexity/sonar
PerplexitySonar Deep Researchperplexity/sonar-deep-research
Input priceUSD per 1M tokens$1.00 (best)$2.00
Output priceUSD per 1M tokens$1.00 (best)$8.00
Blended price75% in / 25% out$1.00 (best)$3.50
Vs. market median1.3× dearer4.4× dearer
Value rankcheapest = 1#234 (best)#338
Context windowtokens127K128K (best)
Max outputtokens114K115K (best)
Input modalitiestext, imagetext
Output modalitiestexttext
Tool callingNot declaredNot declared
ReasoningNot declaredDeclared
Structured outputNot declaredNot declared
Listed on OpenRouter2025-01-272025-03-07 (best)

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What the numbers say

  • Perplexity: Sonar is the cheapest here at $1.00/M blended — 3.5× less than Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research.
  • Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research offers the largest context window (128K tokens) versus 127K for Perplexity: Sonar.
  • Reasoning mode is declared for Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research only.

Generated from the live figures above. Capabilities are what each provider declares on its listing.

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