Sonar Deep Research
$2.00 per 1M input tokens and $8.00 per 1M output tokens · 128K context · reasoning.
Prices checked Oct 21, 2026 · tracked by LLM Cost Index since Oct 21, 2026
$2.00
input / 1M tokens
$8.00
output / 1M tokens
128K
context window
115K
max output
What Sonar Deep Research costs per month
Estimated monthly bill for typical workloads. Try your own numbers in the cost calculator.
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Customer chatbot 1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each | $1,392 |
| Document Q&A (RAG) 500 questions a day over retrieved documents | $240 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 200 tasks a day, long tool-heavy contexts | $912 |
| Content generation 30 long articles a day | $23.40 |
| Classification / extraction 100,000 short items a day | $2,160 |
Price history
We started tracking Sonar Deep Research on Oct 21, 2026; the chart appears as soon as there is a second data point. See all recent price changes.
Cheaper alternatives to Sonar Deep Research
Models with the same key capabilities for at least 20% less (3:1 input/output mix), most capable first.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muse Spark 1.3 Meta | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi | $0.435 | $0.87 | 1.05M | visionaudiotoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| GLM 5.3 Z.ai | $0.079 | $1.40 | 1.05M | toolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| Step 5 Preview Stepfun | $1.00 | $2.70 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
How to pay less for Sonar Deep Research
For a customer chatbot (1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each) that costs $1,392 a month at list price without caching:
| Option | Per month | You save |
|---|---|---|
| Move to Muse Spark 1.3 (similar capabilities) | $569 | $823 (59%) |
Other workloads: cut-your-bill tool for Sonar Deep Research.
Specifications
| Model ID | perplexity/sonar-deep-research |
| Input | text |
| Output | text |
| Tool calling | No |
| Structured output | No |
| Reasoning mode | Yes |
| Open weights | No |
| Released | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Web search | $0.0050 per request |
FAQ
- How much does Sonar Deep Research cost?
- $2.00 per million input tokens and $8.00 per million output tokens. Prices as of Oct 21, 2026.
- What is the context window of Sonar Deep Research?
- 128K tokens, with up to 115K output tokens per response.
- Does Sonar Deep Research support images, tools and structured output?
- Images as input: no. Tool calling: no. Structured (JSON) output: no. Reasoning mode: yes.
- What are cheaper alternatives to Sonar Deep Research?
- Models with the same key capabilities for at least 20% less include Muse Spark 1.3 ($1.25 / $4.25), MiMo-V2.6-Pro ($0.435 / $0.87), GLM 5.3 ($0.079 / $1.40).
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