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title: "Sonar Pro AI model: facts and benchmarks | Kendr"
canonical: "https://kendr.org/models/perplexity-sonar-pro"
date_modified: "2026-08-12"
profile_kind: "reference"
---

# Sonar Pro model profile

Sonar Pro is a Perplexity model profile with a 200,000-token context window. The dated catalog snapshot records text, image modalities and interfaces for text generation, vision, web search pricing.

Sonar Pro is an independent knowledge profile. It does not claim that Kendr hosts the model, quote a Kendr customer price, promise API availability, or advertise a Kendr routing receipt.

Sonar Pro accepts text and image and returns text. The snapshot records text generation, vision, and web search pricing as capabilities or interfaces.

The dated reference snapshot lists $3 input and $15 output per million tokens.

No comparable third-party benchmark value is present in the 2026-08-12 snapshot. Missing values are not estimated.

No comparable popularity rank or traffic share is present in the 2026-08-12 snapshot. No comparable routing rank or traffic-share observation is attached to this dated profile; missing adoption evidence is not estimated.

Profile data was reviewed for the 2026-08-12 snapshot. Claims retain their source dates, and unavailable fields are shown as unavailable instead of estimated.

## Profile facts

- **Profile type:** Model research profile
- **Provider or publisher:** Perplexity
- **Context window:** 200,000 tokens
- **Snapshot date:** 2026-08-12
- **Reference catalog ID:** perplexity/sonar-pro

## Context, modalities, and identity

Sonar Pro accepts text and image and returns text. The snapshot records text generation, vision, and web search pricing as capabilities or interfaces.

- **Provider or publisher:** Perplexity
- **Context window:** 200,000 tokens
- **Maximum output:** 8,000 tokens
- **Input modalities:** text and image
- **Output modalities:** text
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Not disclosed

## Capabilities and supported controls

Capabilities and parameters are reported from the dated catalog and source records; their presence does not guarantee identical behavior across every provider route.

- **Supported parameters:** frequency_penalty, max_tokens, presence_penalty, temperature, top_k, top_p, web_search_options

- text generation
- vision
- web search pricing

## Dated pricing snapshot

The dated reference snapshot lists $3 input and $15 output per million tokens.

These are dated third-party reference prices, not Kendr prices or an availability offer. Routes, tiers, caching, region, and provider policy can change the landed price.

- **Price date:** 2026-08-12
- **Input:** $3 per 1M tokens
- **Cached input:** No verified rate
- **Output:** $15 per 1M tokens

## Benchmark evidence and limitations

No comparable third-party benchmark value is present in the 2026-08-12 snapshot. Missing values are not estimated.

Third-party catalog fields normalized from the cited model dataset; benchmark methodology and coverage differ by source.

## Popularity and market context

No comparable popularity rank or traffic share is present in the 2026-08-12 snapshot. No comparable routing rank or traffic-share observation is attached to this dated profile; missing adoption evidence is not estimated.

- **Third-party catalog rank:** No verified rank
- **Global market share:** Not inferred
- **Observation date:** 2026-08-12

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Sonar Pro?

Sonar Pro is a Perplexity model profile with a 200,000-token context window. The dated catalog snapshot records text, image modalities and interfaces for text generation, vision, web search pricing.

### What context window does Sonar Pro have?

The dated profile lists 200,000 tokens of context and up to 8,000 output tokens. Provider routes, variants, and runtime configuration can impose lower effective limits.

### What benchmark evidence is available for Sonar Pro?

No comparable third-party benchmark value is present in the 2026-08-12 snapshot. Missing values are not estimated. Third-party catalog fields normalized from the cited model dataset; benchmark methodology and coverage differ by source.

### Is Sonar Pro available through Kendr?

This is an independent knowledge profile, not a Kendr-hosted availability claim. Check Kendr's live public model API for currently enabled Kendr aliases.

### Does the popularity rank represent Sonar Pro's global market share?

No comparable popularity rank or traffic share is present in the 2026-08-12 snapshot. No comparable routing rank or traffic-share observation is attached to this dated profile; missing adoption evidence is not estimated. No global market-share percentage is inferred when the source does not publish one.

## Sources and evidence dates

- [Sonar Pro third-party catalog record](https://openrouter.ai/perplexity/sonar-pro) — catalog, checked 2026-08-12
- [Third-party model catalog methodology](https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/overview/models) — methodology, checked 2026-08-12
- [Perplexity official model documentation](https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/sonar/models) — primary, checked 2026-08-12

Live Kendr operational availability is published separately at https://api.kendr.org/api/public/models.