Sonar Pro vs Sonar Pro Search

Sonar Pro at $3.45 in and $17.25 out and Sonar Pro Search at $3.45 in and $17.25 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Sonar Pro

Perplexity

3.1¢

for a client proposal

$3.45 in · $17.25 out / 1M

200K context · released March 2025

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Sonar Pro Search

Perplexity

3.1¢

for a client proposal

$3.45 in · $17.25 out / 1M

200K context · released October 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about $0.06 for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

All 2 cost the same on input.
Identical context windows: 200K tokens each.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Sonar Pro

1.6¢

Sonar Pro Search

1.6¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Sonar Pro

3.1¢

Sonar Pro Search

3.1¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Sonar Pro

$0.60

Sonar Pro Search

$0.60

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Sonar Pro

$0.14

Sonar Pro Search

$0.14

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Sonar Pro

needs 250K ctx

Sonar Pro Search

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

Sonar Pro

Sonar Pro Search

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Sonar Pro

Sonar Pro Search

Input / 1M tokens

$3.45

Output / 1M tokens

$17.25

Web search

0.57¢ / search

2.1¢ / search

Specs

Sonar Pro

Sonar Pro Search

Provider

Perplexity

Released

March 2025

October 2025

Context window

200K

Max output

Input

Text and Images

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

—

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Sonar Pro

Perplexity

1.6¢

for this task

44% input · 56% output

Full pricing →

Sonar Pro Search

Perplexity

1.6¢

for this task

44% input · 56% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 3.1¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 161 of these.

Which should you pick?

On price they are identical: about 3.1¢ for a typical task each.

If you want to watch the model think, Sonar Pro Search shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

Sonar Pro pricing →Sonar Pro Search pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Sonar Pro or Sonar Pro Search?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out) they cost the same — about 3.1¢ each. Compare them on context and capabilities instead.

Which has the largest context window?

They are identical — 200K tokens each, about 290 pages.

Can I run Sonar Pro and Sonar Pro Search side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about $0.06 for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about $0.06 for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.