Sonar Pro Search is Perplexity's flagship search-augmented AI model that combines real-time web search with multimodal understanding across a 200K token context window.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| $3.00 | $15.00 |
Prices updated daily. Last check: Sep 8, 2026
Input, output, and batch rates, plus alternatives, for one provider at a time.
Sonar Pro Search is designed for applications requiring current, factual information and research capabilities. Its search-augmented approach makes it ideal for news analysis, market research, academic research assistance, fact-checking workflows, and customer support scenarios where up-to-date information is essential. The large context window supports lengthy research sessions, document analysis combined with web search, and complex multi-step research tasks. Organizations use it for competitive intelligence, trend analysis, and any application where the accuracy and recency of information outweighs the need for pure generative capabilities or tool integration.
Sonar Pro Search pricing varies by provider and usage type. Check the pricing table above for current rates across all available providers offering this model.
Sonar Pro Search excels at research tasks, fact-checking, news analysis, and applications requiring current information. Its real-time web search integration makes it ideal for questions about recent events, market conditions, or any scenario where information accuracy and recency are more important than pure generative capabilities.
Unlike traditional language models that rely solely on training data, Sonar Pro Search integrates live web search results into its responses. This allows it to access current information, cite sources, and reduce hallucination on factual queries, though it lacks tool calling capabilities that some traditional models offer.