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Sonar Reasoning Pro API Pricing

As of October 10, 2026, Sonar Reasoning Pro costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $8.00 per 1M output tokens on Perplexity. It has a 128,000-token context window and returns up to 8,000 tokens per response.

By PerplexityModel ID perplexity/sonar-reasoning-proPrices updated Checked
Input
$2.00 / 1M tokens
Output
$8.00 / 1M tokens
Context window
128,000 tokens
Max output
8,000 tokens
Providers
2
Added to LiteLLM
May 2025

Sonar Reasoning Pro pricing by provider

2 listings across 2 providers. Token prices are in US dollars per 1M tokens. The highlighted row is the price quoted above.

ProviderModel name in LiteLLMInputOutputContext
Perplexityperplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro$2.00$8.00128K
Vercel AI Gatewayvercel_ai_gateway/perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro$2.00$8.00127K

Other Sonar Reasoning Pro prices on Perplexity

Web search$10.00 per 1K searches

What Sonar Reasoning Pro costs in practice

1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each

Perplexity$8.00
Vercel AI Gateway$8.00

100 long-document requests with 100,000 input and 2,000 output tokens each

Perplexity$21.60
Vercel AI Gateway$21.60

Sonar Reasoning Pro features

Use Sonar Reasoning Pro with LiteLLM

Call Sonar Reasoning Pro through the LiteLLM Python SDK, or put it behind the LiteLLM proxy and send OpenAI-format requests to /v1/chat/completions. LiteLLM tracks the cost of every request at these prices.

Python SDK
from litellm import completion

response = completion(
    model="perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
Proxy config.yaml
model_list:
  - model_name: sonar-reasoning-pro
    litellm_params:
      model: perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro
      api_key: os.environ/PERPLEXITYAI_API_KEY
Call the proxy
curl http://0.0.0.0:4000/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234" \
  -d '{
    "model": "sonar-reasoning-pro",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Sonar Reasoning Pro FAQ

How much does Sonar Reasoning Pro cost?

Sonar Reasoning Pro costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $8.00 per 1M output tokens on Perplexity.

What is the context window of Sonar Reasoning Pro?

Sonar Reasoning Pro has a 128,000-token context window and returns up to 8,000 tokens per response.

Which providers offer Sonar Reasoning Pro?

Sonar Reasoning Pro is available from 2 providers through LiteLLM: Perplexity and Vercel AI Gateway.

How do I call Sonar Reasoning Pro with an OpenAI-compatible API?

Use the LiteLLM Python SDK with model="perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro", or add the model to the LiteLLM proxy's config.yaml and send requests to /v1/chat/completions from any OpenAI client. LiteLLM tracks the cost of every request at the prices on this page.

What features does Sonar Reasoning Pro support?

Sonar Reasoning Pro supports reasoning and web search.

When did LiteLLM add Sonar Reasoning Pro?

Sonar Reasoning Pro was added to LiteLLM's model price file in May 2025.

Sources

Prices come from LiteLLM's open-source model_prices_and_context_window.json, which LiteLLM uses to calculate the cost of every request.

LiteLLM docs: Perplexity, Vercel AI Gateway.

Provider pages: Perplexity, Vercel AI Gateway.