Sonar

Default Perplexity family for web search, citations, and image-aware search chat.

Capabilities

Modalities: textimage→text
Capabilities: webSearchimageInputbatchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs
Strengths: Search-native, Cheap request tier
Tradeoffs: Request fees sit outside token pricing

Official Links

Intro

Docs

Pricing

Release note

Benchmark	Version	Score	Date	Source	Notes

Release	Alias	Lifecycle	Release Date	Deprecation	Shutdown	Summary
Sonar	sonar	Active	Jan 21, 2025	—	—	Current published model family snapshot.

Host	Type	Context	Pricing Note	Differences
Perplexity API	first-party	128.0K	Request fees apply in addition to token pricing.	Search-native answers; Citations

Migration Guidance

Default Perplexity search family for fast grounded answers.

Replacement models: sonar-pro

Change Events

Date	Type	Title	Description	Source
Jan 21, 2025	family_added	Sonar published	Initial public model family launch.	Sonar release notes