Sonar Deep Research
Perplexity · perplexity/sonar-deep-research
Sonar Deep Research is a research-focused model designed for multi-step retrieval, synthesis, and reasoning across complex topics. It autonomously searches, reads, and evaluates sources, refining its approach as it gathers...
Sonar Deep Research ranks #293 of 348 models in the default AI Benchmark Hub order (quality first, then cost). At $5.00 blended per million tokens, it is cheaper than 20% of models with published API pricing. Its 128,000-token context window is 2.0× smaller than the catalog median (262,144 tokens).
Context
Max output: 115200
Pricing
Output / 1M: 8.00
Blend / 1M: 5.00
Quality
Provider
Moderated: no
Monthly cost at this blended rate
Estimated API spend if every token is billed at $5.00per million (the blend of this model's input and output prices). Real bills depend on the input/output mix.
| Tokens / month | Est. cost (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1,000,000 | $5.00 |
| 10,000,000 | $50.00 |
| 100,000,000 | $500.00 |
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