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Sonar

Perplexitys lightweight search-augmented model. Every response is grounded in live web search results with citations. Fast and cost-effective.

Context Window

127K tokens

≈ 95K words

Input Price

$1

per 1M tokens

Output Price

$1

per 1M tokens

Released

January 2025

Best for

Factual Q&A, research with cited sources, staying current on topics

Strengths

  • Real-time search
  • Citations
  • Factual accuracy
  • Speed
  • Cost

API identifier

sonar

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