Perplexity Sonar Pricing 2026: Plans, Costs & Free Tier
Perplexity Sonar pricing and plans for 2026: Usage-based pricing. Full breakdown of every tier, features included, free trial details, and how to pick the right plan for your workflow.
Perplexity Sonar Pricing
Sonar
$1/M input, $1/M output. Requests: $5/$8/$12 per 1k (low/med/high context).
- ✓ $1/1,000 searches
- ✓ Fast responses
- ✓ Inline citations
- ✓ 127K context window
Sonar Pro
$3/M input, $15/M output. Requests: $6/$10/$14 per 1k (low/med/high context).
- ✓ $5/1,000 searches
- ✓ Multi-step research
- ✓ More thorough answers
- ✓ Higher quality citations
Sonar Reasoning Pro
$2/M input, $8/M output. Requests: $6/$10/$14 per 1k (low/med/high context).
Sonar Deep Research
$2/M input, $8/M output, $2/M citation, $5/1k search queries, $3/M reasoning tokens
- ✓ $5 per research report
- ✓ Multi-step research
- ✓ Comprehensive reports
- ✓ Deep analysis
Plans, features, and usage limits may change. Always check the official website for the latest details.
About Perplexity Sonar
Perplexity Sonar is the API version of Perplexity's AI search engine. Unlike traditional search APIs that return links, Sonar returns fully-formed answers with inline citations. like having a research assistant that reads the web and writes a sourced response. It comes in two tiers: Sonar (fast, affordable, uses a smaller model) and Sonar Pro (more thorough, uses larger models, performs multi-step research). Sonar is ideal for applications that need grounded, factual answers rather than raw search results. Perplexity processes 100M+ queries per week and Sonar brings that capability to developers via API.
- Category: AI Search / Scraping
- Provider: Perplexity AI
- Billing model: Pay-as-you-go (token + request pricing)
Pricing Details
Sonar — Custom pricing
$1/M input, $1/M output. Requests: $5/$8/$12 per 1k (low/med/high context).
- $1/1,000 searches
- Fast responses
- Inline citations
- 127K context window
Sonar Pro — Custom pricing
$3/M input, $15/M output. Requests: $6/$10/$14 per 1k (low/med/high context).
- $5/1,000 searches
- Multi-step research
- More thorough answers
- Higher quality citations
Sonar Reasoning Pro — Custom pricing
$2/M input, $8/M output. Requests: $6/$10/$14 per 1k (low/med/high context).
Sonar Deep Research — Custom pricing
$2/M input, $8/M output, $2/M citation, $5/1k search queries, $3/M reasoning tokens
- $5 per research report
- Multi-step research
- Comprehensive reports
- Deep analysis
Pricing verified 2026-05-04. Official pricing page