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Perplexity (Sonar) API pricing

As of 2026-10-05, the OptimToken catalogue holds 4 Perplexity models. By price tier, 2 are Frontier, 1 Mid-tier and 1 Budget. The cheapest is Sonar at $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens. The most expensive is Sonar Pro Search at $3.00 input and $15.00 output, 11x the cheapest on blended price (30% input, 70% output), the same blended price as one other. These are the prices we quote: a model sold by several hosts has other rates, listed on its own page.

Perplexity models and prices

Perplexity models, cheapest first on blended price (30% input, 70% output). USD per 1M tokens, data snapshot 2026-10-05.
Model	Input	Output	Batch (in / out)	Cache read	Context	Licence
Sonar	$1.00	$1.00	not published	not published	127K	Proprietary
Sonar Reasoning Pro	$2.00	$8.00	not published	not published	128K	Proprietary
Sonar Pro	$3.00	$15.00	not published	not published	200K	Proprietary
Sonar Pro Search	$3.00	$15.00	not published	not published	200K	Proprietary

No batch or prompt-cache rate is published for any of them. The most recent by release date is Sonar Pro Search (2025-10). No Arena ELO score is published for any of them.

Licences

All 4 are recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token. Licences are as recorded in this catalogue: check the maker's own terms before relying on one.

Price changes since tracking began

Our daily price archive began on 2026-08-15 and holds a record for all 4 models. The price we quote has not changed for any of them since each was first recorded. Last checked against the 2026-10-05 snapshot.

Other makers

Models by maker: every model in the catalogue, including makers with fewer than 3.

These are list prices.

Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.

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