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Sonar Pro Search

Perplexity AIfamily · Sonar

Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based...

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Updated 4 h ago · first seen 11 Sept 2026

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Overview

Identity

Canonical model
Yesidentity confidence: mediumOne row per real model release. Artifacts (checkpoints, quantisations, conversions) and folded evaluation variants point here.
Official checkpoints
None recordedofficial_checkpoints = hf_repo identifiers carried by the model itself; artifacts are separate entities pointing here through canonical_id.
Artifacts
None recordedSeparate entities (checkpoint · quantization · conversion · packaging) pointing to this model through canonical_id.
Provider deployments
2
API aliases
perplexity/sonar-pro-searchIdentifiers under which providers and evaluators refer to this model.
Folded evaluation variants
0Effort / thinking variants (…-high, …-non-reasoning) are result configurations of this model, not separate models. Their old URLs redirect here.

Openness

Openness not classified yet — no sourced evidence to place this model in the ontology.

Key facts

Release date

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Openrouter id

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Capabilities

Modalities

Modalities
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Input
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Output
text

Capabilities

  • Tool calling

    No

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Structured output

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Reasoning

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Vision

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Audio

    Unavailable

  • Fine-tuning available

    Unavailable

Context window

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Max output

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Providers & Pricing2

All offers in the price terminal →
Provider deployments, cheapest output first
ProviderContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatusObservedSource
OpenRoutercheapest outputperplexity/sonar-pro-search200Kout 8Kactive3 h agosince 12 Sept 2026openrouter.aiT2
Perplexity APIperplexity/sonar-pro-search200Kout 8Kactive4 h agosince 11 Sept 2026openrouter.aiT2

USD per 1M tokens as published by each provider; native units (per-request fees, flex/priority tiers) are kept verbatim. Rows are append-only — every price change is kept in the history below. Cost of a workload →

Price history

Step lines per provider; amber markers are recorded changes. Click a marker or a row for the evidence behind that price.

Output price · USD / 1M tokens 2 providers

Output price history of Sonar Pro Search$0$5$10$15$20Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Perplexity API: first observed → $15 · 11 Sept 2026OpenRouter: first observed → $15 · 12 Sept 2026
  • Perplexity API
  • OpenRouter
  • OpenRouterfirst observed $1512 Sept 2026
  • Perplexity APIfirst observed $1511 Sept 2026

Input price · USD / 1M tokens 2 providers

Input price history of Sonar Pro Search$0$1$2$3$4Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Perplexity API: first observed → $3 · 11 Sept 2026OpenRouter: first observed → $3 · 12 Sept 2026
  • Perplexity API
  • OpenRouter
  • OpenRouterfirst observed $312 Sept 2026
  • Perplexity APIfirst observed $311 Sept 2026

Versions & Artifacts0

Version history

Context windowfirst observation only

11 Sept 2026current

Max outputfirst observation only

11 Sept 2026current

Each hop is a claim: click a value for its source, tier and observation time. Nothing is overwritten — a new observation closes the previous claim.

Artifacts 0

No artifact (checkpoint, quantisation, conversion or packaging) points to this model yet.

Timeline1

Full timeline →
  • Listed by providerModelSonar Pro SearchPerplexity AI

    OpenRouter lists Sonar Pro Search at $3 in / $15 out per 1M tokens

    openrouter
    openrouter.ai

Change history14

Temporal, append-only claims: a new observation closes the previous claim instead of overwriting it. Rewind the record with the as-of picker.

Viewing AI Atlas as of 12 Mar 2026 — attributes exactly as the atlas knew them on that day; later corrections are not shown.

Back to today →

Sonar Pro Search was not yet in AI Atlas on 12 Mar 2026

First seen 11 Sept 2026. Nothing is inferred backwards: no attribute is shown for dates before the first observation.
14 claims · 14 properties

Release daterelease_date1

Claim history for Release date
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
30 Oct 2025 → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Context windowcontext_length1

Claim history for Context window
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
200K tokens → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Max outputmax_output_tokens1

Claim history for Max output
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
8K tokens → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Modalitiesmodalities1

Claim history for Modalities
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
image, text → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Input modalitiesmodalities_input1

Claim history for Input modalities
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
image, text → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Output modalitiesmodalities_output1

Claim history for Output modalities
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
text → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Descriptiondescription1

Claim history for Description
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based... → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Openrouter idopenrouter_id1

Claim history for Openrouter id
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
perplexity/sonar-pro-search → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Openrouter listed atopenrouter_listed_at1

Claim history for Openrouter listed at
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
30 Oct 2025 → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Reasoningreasoning1

Claim history for Reasoning
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Structured outputstructured_output1

Claim history for Structured output
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Supported parameterssupported_parameters1

Claim history for Supported parameters
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, structured_outputs, temperature, top_k, top_p, web_search_options → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Tool callingtool_calling1

Claim history for Tool calling
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
No → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Visionvision1

Claim history for Vision
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Claims are temporal and append-only: a new observation closes the previous claim (valid_to) instead of overwriting it. Conflicting claims from different sources are kept side by side and flagged — never averaged. Methodology →

Provenance

Attributed facts

15

Source tiers

T215

Freshest observation

4 h ago

Conflicts

None

Source documents 1

Source documents
SourceDocumentTypeTierLast observedSnapshots
OpenRouter public model & pricing listingopenrouter.ai/api/v1/models catalogueT2· Quality secondary3 h ago8

Tier 1 = official/primary, 2 = quality secondary, 3 = community, 4 = unverified. Every snapshot is archived; see all sources and the methodology.

Data quality (50/100) measures how well AI Atlas knows this entity — completeness, primary-source ratio, freshness, conflicts — never how good the model is. Methodology →