Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro API pricing

Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro costs per 1M tokens, normalized from the live OpenRouter feed — plus every comparable model that's cheaper.

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Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro from Perplexity costs $2.00/M input / $8.00/M output per 1M tokens ($3.50/M blended). 216 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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ModelContextInput $/MOutput $/MBlended $/M
Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Provision
perplexity
128,000$2.00/M$8.00/M$3.50/M
MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free)visionfree
minimax
1,000,000FreeFreeFree
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)visionfree
nvidia
1,000,000FreeFreeFree
Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free)visionfree
dots-studio
512,000FreeFreeFree
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free)visionfree
thinkingmachines
1,048,576FreeFreeFree
Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)visionfree
thinkingmachines
1,048,576FreeFreeFree
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free)visionfree
nvidia
128,000FreeFreeFree
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)visionfree
nvidia
256,000FreeFreeFree
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)visionfree
google
262,144FreeFreeFree
Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)visionfree
google
262,144FreeFreeFree
Google: Lyria 3 Pro Previewvisionfree
google
1,048,576FreeFreeFree
Google: Lyria 3 Clip Previewvisionfree
google
1,048,576FreeFreeFree
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flashvisioncache
deepseek
1,048,576$0.028/M$0.011/M$0.024/M
ScaleDown: Summarizevision
scaledown
1,000,000$0.040/MFree$0.030/M
ScaleDown: Extractvision
scaledown
1,000,000$0.040/MFree$0.030/M
Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Minivisioncache
nex-agi
262,144$0.025/M$0.100/M$0.044/M

Frequently asked questions

How much does Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro cost per 1M tokens?
Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro 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 Reasoning Pro?
The cheapest comparable (vision-capable) alternative right now is MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) at Free blended — roughly 100% cheaper than Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro. Whether it fits depends on your quality bar; the table lists 15 cheaper options.
What is Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro's context window?
Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro supports a context window of 128,000 tokens and accepts image input. Larger context lets you pass more text or documents in a single call.
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Data: OpenRouter public model API, normalized to $/1M tokens. Blended = (3×input + output)/4. Generated 19 Oct 2026 22:00 UTC. Prices change often — confirm on the provider before committing spend.