Sonar Pro Search
$3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens · 200K context · vision, reasoning, JSON.
Prices checked Oct 21, 2026 · tracked by LLM Cost Index since Oct 21, 2026
What Sonar Pro Search 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 | $2,340 |
| Document Q&A (RAG) 500 questions a day over retrieved documents | $383 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 200 tasks a day, long tool-heavy contexts | $1,440 |
| Content generation 30 long articles a day | $41.85 |
| Classification / extraction 100,000 short items a day | $3,375 |
Price history
We started tracking Sonar Pro Search 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 Pro Search
Models with the same image input, structured output for at least 20% less (3:1 input/output mix), most capable first.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| Gemini 4 Argon | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.05M | visionaudiotoolsreasoningJSON |
| GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| Muse Spark 1.3 Meta | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| GPT-6 Sol OpenAI | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
How to pay less for Sonar Pro Search
For a customer chatbot (1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each) that costs $2,340 a month at list price without caching:
| Option | Per month | You save |
|---|---|---|
| Move to Claude Sonnet 5.5 (similar capabilities) | $1,150 | $1,190 (51%) |
Other workloads: cut-your-bill tool for Sonar Pro Search.
Specifications
| Model ID | perplexity/sonar-pro-search |
| Input | text, image |
| Output | text |
| Tool calling | No |
| Structured output | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | Yes |
| Open weights | No |
| Released | Oct 30, 2025 |
| Web search | $0.018 per request |
FAQ
- How much does Sonar Pro Search cost?
- $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens. Prices as of Oct 21, 2026.
- What is the context window of Sonar Pro Search?
- 200K tokens, with up to 8K output tokens per response.
- Does Sonar Pro Search support images, tools and structured output?
- Images as input: yes. Tool calling: no. Structured (JSON) output: yes. Reasoning mode: yes.
- What are cheaper alternatives to Sonar Pro Search?
- Models with the same key capabilities for at least 20% less include Claude Sonnet 5.5 ($2.00 / $10.00), Gemini 4 Argon ($2.00 / $10.00), GPT-6.1 Sol ($2.00 / $10.00).
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