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Lightweight offering with search grounding, quicker and cheaper than Sonar Pro.

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Which id to call

perplexity/sonar

This model has no managed policy yet, so call the provider endpoint directly. Every id in the endpoints table works the same way.

From /1M input

$1.00

Perplexity AI

Context

131K

8K output

Endpoints

1

1 region

Regions

1

chat

Capabilities 2/8

VisionReasoningTool callingCachingWeb searchJSON schemaComputer useImage generation

1 endpoint / 1 region

Providers serving sonar

Provider prices, per 1M tokens. Pay as you go adds 5%, or 0% on your own keys.

Providers serving sonar, with pricing and measured performance. The best value in each column is highlighted.
RankPrivacy
1Perplexity AIGlobal131K$1.00$1.00$1.00zdr

A column is blank where no qualifying sample exists, and every row links to that provider's endpoint page.

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Which id to call

One base url, https://router.requesty.ai/v1, and one key for every id here.

perplexity/sonar

This model has no managed policy yet, so call the provider endpoint directly. Every id in the endpoints table works the same way.

OpenAI compatible

Call it in three lines

Change the base url, use your Requesty key, set the model to any id on the left. Existing OpenAI SDK code needs no other edit.

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from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_REQUESTY_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://router.requesty.ai/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="perplexity/sonar",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in one paragraph."},
    ],
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Artificial Analysis

Benchmark scores

GPQA Diamondreasoning
62.3%

Graduate-level physics, chemistry & biology questions designed to resist Googling.

Intelligence Indexreasoning
8.7%

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: a composite of multiple evaluations measuring overall model capability.

Scores from artificialanalysis.ai. They measure the model, not the provider, so they are the same on every endpoint above.

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More from Perplexity

sonar-reasoning-pro

131K ctx/from $2.00/1 provider

sonar-pro

205K ctx/from $3.00/1 provider

Reference

sonar questions

Which providers serve sonar?

sonar is available from 1 provider through Requesty: Perplexity AI. All endpoints share one OpenAI-compatible API and one key, and Requesty fails over between them automatically.

How much does sonar cost?

Pricing starts at $1.00 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens on Perplexity AI, the cheapest endpoint. Prices vary by provider and region; the table above shows every endpoint. Those are the upstream provider rates: pay as you go adds 5% on top, or 0% if you bring your own provider keys.

Is sonar open weights?

No. sonar is a proprietary model from Perplexity, served through Perplexity's own API and licensed cloud platforms.

What is the context window of sonar?

sonar supports up to 131K tokens of context, with up to 8K output tokens per response. Some providers expose a smaller window; check the per-endpoint context column above.

How do I use sonar with the OpenAI SDK?

Install the OpenAI SDK, set base_url to "https://router.requesty.ai/v1", set your API key to your Requesty key, and set the model to "perplexity/sonar" or any endpoint id from the table above. The quickstart section shows Python, JavaScript and cURL snippets.

Route sonar through one endpoint

One key for 1 provider on this model and 600+ others. No markup on provider prices, automatic failover, caching built in.

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