Model Details
Where is Sonar a perfect fit?
Sonar is designed for search-integrated AI workflows, combining retrieval with generation for up-to-date answers. Ideal for:
- AI-powered search engines and answer engines
- Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with live web data
- Research assistants requiring real-time information
- Knowledge discovery and summarisation across sources
- Applications needing citations and grounded responses
- Workflows where freshness of data matters more than static knowledge
- AI-powered search engines and answer engines
- Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with live web data
- Research assistants requiring real-time information
- Knowledge discovery and summarisation across sources
- Applications needing citations and grounded responses
- Workflows where freshness of data matters more than static knowledge
Quick Model Estimate
Your Sonar Cost Estimate
💰 Total Cost
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for 1000 input + 1000 output tokens
📥 Input (1000 × $1.000000)
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📤 Output (1000 × $1.000000)
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Cost Breakdown
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At the last price Perplexity charged, before it stopped on 27th Sep 2026. No longer on offer.
Pricing
No provider we track currently offers Sonar.
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The last prices each provider charged for Sonar before it stopped offering it. These are no longer on offer. Each row links to that provider's price history.
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 Perplexity | 27th Sep 2026Model retired | Text | Standard | $1.0000 | $1.0000 | N/A | → |
Recent changes
When Sonar was newly listed on a provider, moved to legacy or deprecated, or retired.
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Retired
Perplexity retired Sonar, with Sonar (via Agents API) as the suggested replacement.
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FAQs about Sonar
Is Sonar still available?
Sonar is deprecated and was retired on 27 September 2026. The replacement is Sonar (via Agents API).