per 1M tokens
Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search
perplexity/sonar-pro-search
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...
Price
per 1M tokens
Providers
Each row is one seller. Prices are the published rate from that source. A dash means that source did not publish the amount. Sorted by a 3:1 blend of input and output.
| Provider | Tag | Quant | Input | Output | Context | Uptime | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity | perplexity | — | $3/1M | $15/1M | 200K | 100% | Live | openrouter-endpoints |
Monthly bill
Token models use the token counts. Image, video, and audio models use units times the flat rate.
$18.00 at list price for this workload
Tiers
- Web search
- $0.018 per request
Every rate
| Unit | Input | Output | Flat | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| token | $3/1M | $15/1M | Not published— | official |
Price history
input or flat output
Daily snapshots
| UTC date | Unit | Input | Output | Flat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-16 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-17 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-18 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-19 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-20 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-21 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-22 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-23 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-24 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-25 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-26 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-27 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-28 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-29 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-30 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-01 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-02 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-03 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-04 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-05 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-06 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-07 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-08 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-09 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-10 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-11 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-12 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-13 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-14 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-15 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-16 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-17 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-18 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-19 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-20 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-21 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-22 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-23 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-24 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-25 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-26 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-27 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-28 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-29 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-30 | token | $3 | $15 | Not published— |
Alternatives
Parameters (10)
frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoningmax_tokenspresence_penaltyreasoningstructured_outputstemperaturetop_ktop_pweb_search_options
Call this model
OpenRouter id perplexity/sonar-pro-search. InferenceList does not send the request.
curl
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"perplexity/sonar-pro-search","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
JavaScript
await fetch("https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: "Bearer " + process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
model: "perplexity/sonar-pro-search",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
}),
});
Python
import os, json, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions",
data=json.dumps({"model": "perplexity/sonar-pro-search", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]}).encode(),
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"], "Content-Type": "application/json"},
)
print(urllib.request.urlopen(req).read().decode())