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Perplexity

Sonar Reasoning
balanced
Overview
CompanyPerplexity
Version—
Tierbalanced
Released—
Open weightsNo
Parameters—
StatusActive
Pricing (USD per 1M tokens)
Input$1.00
Output$5.00
Cached input—
Batch input—
Batch output—
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$2.00
Est. cost per token$0.000002
Capacity
Context window128K
Max output128K
Inputstext
Features
ReasoningYes
Web searchYes
Task fit (heuristic, 1–5)
coding4 / 5
reasoning4 / 5
math4 / 5
summarization4 / 5
extraction4 / 5
classification4 / 5
chat4 / 5
creative4 / 5
translation4 / 5
vision1 / 5
long context3 / 5
agentic2 / 5

Prices are USD per 1M tokens from vendor price lists. “—” means the vendor does not publish it.