Model Details
Where is Sonar Pro a perfect fit?
Sonar Pro is built for higher-quality, more reliable search + generation, sitting between basic search models and deep research systems. Ideal for:
- AI-powered search engines with improved answer quality
- Real-time assistants requiring accurate, up-to-date responses
- RAG systems needing better ranking and synthesis
- Knowledge assistants combining search and summarisation
- Applications requiring citations and grounded outputs
- Professional use cases where accuracy matters more than lowest cost
- AI-powered search engines with improved answer quality
- Real-time assistants requiring accurate, up-to-date responses
- RAG systems needing better ranking and synthesis
- Knowledge assistants combining search and summarisation
- Applications requiring citations and grounded outputs
- Professional use cases where accuracy matters more than lowest cost
Quick Model Estimate
Your Sonar Pro Cost Estimate
💰 Total Cost
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for 1000 input + 1000 output tokens
📥 Input (1000 × $3.000000)
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📤 Output (1000 × $15.000000)
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Cost Breakdown
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📤 Output
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 Pro.
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 Perplexity | 27th Sep 2026Model retired | Text | Standard | $3.0000 | $15.0000 | N/A | → |
Recent changes
When Sonar Pro was newly listed on a provider, moved to legacy or deprecated, or retired.
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Retired
Perplexity retired Sonar Pro, with Sonar (via Agents API) as the suggested replacement.
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FAQs about Sonar Pro
Is Sonar Pro still available?
Sonar Pro is deprecated and was retired on 27 September 2026. The replacement is Sonar (via Agents API).