Model

Sonar Reasoning Pro

Name: Sonar Reasoning Pro
Brand: perplexity

Web-grounded Sonar for multi-step research questions that need cited reasoning

11 providers · 11 listingsreleased Jan 1, 2024knowledge cutoff 2025-09-01closed weights

lowest input /M · NanoGPT

lowest output /M · NanoGPT

128K

context window

115K

max output

Compare providers (sorted by listed input price)

9 of 11 providers publish a price for Sonar Reasoning Pro. The cheapest full-context option is NanoGPT at $2/$8 per M — 4% below Perplexity's own price.

			Cache read /M	Cache write /M		Capabilities
NanoGPT sonar-reasoning-pro	$2	$8	$1	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredno vision	Sep 1, 2025
LLM Gateway perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro	$2	$8	—	—	128K	no reasoningno toolsstructuredno vision	Sep 1, 2025
Helicone sonar-reasoning-pro	$2	$8	—	—	127K	reasoningno toolsno structuredno vision	Jan 27, 2025
DevPass (LLM Gateway) sonar-reasoning-pro	$2	$8	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredvision	Sep 1, 2025
Opper perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro	$2	$8	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredvision	Sep 1, 2025
Kilo Gateway perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro	$2	$8	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredvision	Mar 7, 2025
OpenRouter perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro	$2	$8	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredvision	Mar 7, 2025
Perplexity sonar-reasoning-pro	$2	$8	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredvision	Sep 1, 2025
Eden AI perplexityai/sonar-reasoning-pro	$2	$8	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredvision	Sep 1, 2025
Vercel AI Gateway perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro	—	—	—	—	127K	reasoningno toolsno structuredno vision	Feb 19, 2025
AnyAPI perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro	—	—	—	—	128K	reasoningno toolsno structuredvision	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: 11; 10 at the start · 24 snapshots

Published best prices are unchanged.

24 daily snapshots collected from Aug 21, 2026 through Sep 14, 2026. A price chart will appear after the first real move.

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Recent changes

Changelog →

contextvia nano-gpt · Sep 3, 2026
- context: 127K → 128K tokens
- output: 128K → 115K tokens
- input: 127K → 128K tokens
contextvia openrouter · Aug 25, 2026
- output: 128K → 115K tokens
contextvia kilo · Aug 25, 2026
- output: 26K → 115K tokens
new providervia opper · Aug 23, 2026

Prices are per million tokens (USD). “—” means the provider does not publicly list a price for this model. Data from models.dev; verify with the provider before purchasing.