Sonar

Perplexity · Released January 2025

Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use — now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources. It is designed for companies seeking to integrate lightweight question-and-answer features...

It is part of Perplexity's Sonar line, built specifically for search-grounded, citation-backed answers.

Facts and pricing

Provider

Perplexity

Context window

127K tokens

Input price

11.0 credits / 1M tokens ($1.00 raw)

Output price

11.0 credits / 1M tokens ($1.00 raw)

Vision (image input)

Yes

Tool calling

No

Extended reasoning

No

Credits are what Zeplik bills: 1 credit = $0.10, computed from the raw provider rate with a 1.10x margin. Raw prices shown per 1M tokens.

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What Sonar is best for

• Balanced everyday work: writing, questions, brainstorming and summarization
• Working with images: screenshots, charts, photos and scanned documents alongside text

Example prompts

Prompts that suit a general purpose model like Sonar:

• Help me outline a talk about what I learned this year
• Compare these two paragraphs and tell me which is clearer and why
• Draft a polite reply declining this invitation
• Explain this concept with a concrete everyday analogy

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Frequently asked questions

What is Sonar?

Sonar is an AI model by Perplexity. Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use — now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources. It is designed for companies seeking to integrate lightweight question-and-answer features...

How much does Sonar cost on Zeplik?

Input tokens cost 11.0 credits per million and output tokens 11.0 credits per million (1 credit = $0.10; the raw provider rates are $1.00 and $1.00 per million). New accounts start with free credits.

How long can a conversation with Sonar be?

Sonar has a 127K-token context window (127,072 tokens), which covers the conversation plus any documents you attach.

Does Sonar support images and tools?

Sonar accepts image input and does not support tool calling.

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