Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research from Perplexity costs $2.00/M input / $8.00/M output per 1M tokens ($3.50/M blended). 364 comparable models are cheaper — the cheapest, MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) at Free blended, is about 100% cheaper. Your row is highlighted below.
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| Model | Context | Input $/M | Output $/M | Blended $/M |
|---|
| Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research perplexity | 128,000 | $2.00/M | $8.00/M | $3.50/M |
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free)visionfree minimax | 1,000,000 | Free | Free | Free |
| XingChen: Xing4.0 29B A4B (free)free xingchen-agi | 262,144 | Free | Free | Free |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)visionfree nvidia | 1,000,000 | Free | Free | Free |
| Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free)visionfree dots-studio | 512,000 | Free | Free | Free |
| LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)free liquid | 65,536 | Free | Free | Free |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)free nvidia | 1,000,000 | Free | Free | Free |
| Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free)visionfree thinkingmachines | 1,048,576 | Free | Free | Free |
| Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)free poolside | 262,144 | Free | Free | Free |
| Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)visionfree thinkingmachines | 1,048,576 | Free | Free | Free |
| Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free)free poolside | 262,144 | Free | Free | Free |
| Cohere: North Mini Code (free)free cohere | 256,000 | Free | Free | Free |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free)visionfree nvidia | 128,000 | Free | Free | Free |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)free nvidia | 1,000,000 | Free | Free | Free |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)visionfree nvidia | 256,000 | Free | Free | Free |
| Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)visionfree google | 262,144 | Free | Free | Free |
Frequently asked questions
- How much does Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research cost per 1M tokens?
- Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research costs $2.00/M for input and $8.00/M for output per 1M tokens, a blended $3.50/M (weighting input 3:1 over output). Pulled live from the OpenRouter API and updated daily.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research?
- The cheapest comparable alternative right now is MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) at Free blended — roughly 100% cheaper than Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research. Whether it fits depends on your quality bar; the table lists 15 cheaper options.
- What is Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research's context window?
- Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research supports a context window of 128,000 tokens . Larger context lets you pass more text or documents in a single call.
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