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Perplexity

Sonar Small Online
fast
Overview
CompanyPerplexity
Version—
Tierfast
Released—
Open weightsNo
Parameters—
StatusActive
Pricing (USD per 1M tokens)
Input$0
Output$0.28
Cached input—
Batch input—
Batch output—
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.070
Est. cost per token$0.00000007
Capacity
Context window12K
Max output12K
Inputstext
Task fit (heuristic, 1–5)
coding3 / 5
reasoning2 / 5
math2 / 5
summarization4 / 5
extraction4 / 5
classification4 / 5
chat3 / 5
creative3 / 5
translation4 / 5
vision1 / 5
long context1 / 5
agentic1 / 5

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