perplexity
Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research
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...
- Type
- text
- Provider
- perplexity
- Model ID
- perplexity/sonar-deep-research
- Capabilities
- reasoning
- Context window
- 128K tokens
- Input price
- $2.20 / 1M tokens
- Output price
- $8.80 / 1M tokens
Cloud price is billed from prepaid credits when a request fails over to the cloud. Open-weight models run free on GPUs you own — the gateway routes to your nodes first.
What it costs to run
cloud · 1M in + 1M out
$11.00
$2.20 for a million input tokens plus $8.80 for a million output tokens, billed from credits only when a request fails over to the cloud.
your hardware
cloud only
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the context window of Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research?
- Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research accepts up to 128,000 tokens (128K) of context per request.
- How much does Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research cost per million tokens?
- Through Wide Area Intelligence, Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research costs $2.20 per 1M input tokens and $8.80 per 1M output tokens when served from the cloud, billed from prepaid credits. A workload of 1M input plus 1M output tokens costs $11.00.