Model

Sonar Deep Research

Name: Sonar Deep Research
Brand: perplexity

Sonar search model for autonomous research and citation-backed long-form reports

8 providers · 8 listingsreleased Feb 1, 2025knowledge cutoff 2025-01closed weights

lowest input /M · SAP AI Core

lowest output /M · SAP AI Core

128K

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115K

max output

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8 providers list Sonar Deep Research. The cheapest full-context option is SAP AI Core at $2/$8 per M. Listed prices span 1.6× for identical weights.

			Cache read /M	Cache write /M		Capabilities
SAP AI Core sonar-deep-research	$2	$8	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredno vision	Sep 1, 2025
Helicone sonar-deep-research	$2	$8	—	—	127K	reasoningno toolsno structuredno vision	Jan 27, 2025
LLMTR perplexity/sonar-deep-research	$2	$8	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredno vision	Sep 1, 2025
Kilo Gateway perplexity/sonar-deep-research	$2	$8	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredno vision	Mar 7, 2025
OpenRouter perplexity/sonar-deep-research	$2	$8	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredno vision	Mar 7, 2025
Perplexity sonar-deep-research	$2	$8	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredno vision	Sep 1, 2025
Eden AI perplexityai/sonar-deep-research	$2	$8	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredno vision	Sep 1, 2025
NanoGPT sonar-deep-research	$3.40	$13.60	$1.70	—	128K	no reasoningno toolsno structuredno vision	Sep 1, 2025

Best price history

Daily lowest published price across live providers. A lower line is better for the buyer.

Best input /M: $2unchanged
Best output /M: $8unchanged
Provider coverage: 8; 8 at the start · 24 snapshots

Published best prices are unchanged.

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Recent changes

Changelog →

contextvia nano-gpt · Sep 3, 2026
- context: 60K → 128K tokens
- output: 128K → 115K tokens
- input: 60K → 128K tokens
contextvia openrouter · Aug 25, 2026
- output: 128K → 115K tokens
contextvia kilo · Aug 25, 2026
- output: 26K → 115K tokens

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