Sonar Deep Research

Perplexity research family for multi-step web synthesis, citations, and deeper reasoning loops.

Pricing

Model Overview

Tracked token-pricing fields for this model family. Empty pricing fields stay hidden until the source publishes them.

Surface

Input and output modalities, enabled feature flags, strengths, and tradeoffs.

Model capabilities
Attribute	Values
Modalities	text to text
Capabilities	reasoningwebSearchbatchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs
Strengths	Deeper search synthesis, Research-oriented workflows
Tradeoffs	Extra search/citation fees apply

References

Canonical launch, documentation, pricing, and release-note URLs.

Official model links
Reference	URL
Intro	https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/sonar/models
Docs	https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/sonar/models
Pricing	https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing
Release note	https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/changelog

Coverage

Reported benchmark families, versions, scores, sources, and notes.

Benchmark coverage
Benchmark	Version	Score	Date	Source	Notes

Lifecycle

Lifecycle transitions and release timeline for this model family.

Release history
Release	Alias	Lifecycle	Release Date	Deprecation	Shutdown	Summary
Sonar Deep Research	sonar-deep-research	Active	Mar 15, 2025	—	—	Current published model family snapshot.

Surfaces

Provider-specific hosting, context, pricing notes, feature differences, and provider-status context.

Host coverage
Host	Type	Context	Pricing Note	Differences
Perplexity API	first-party	128.0K	Search, citation, and research request fees apply in addition to token pricing.	Deep research workflow

Migration

Documented migration summary, successor families, and known breaking changes.

Migration guidance
Topic	Details
Summary	Upgrade when Sonar Pro or Reasoning Pro is not deep enough for research-heavy tasks.
Replacement models	sonar-reasoning-pro

Timeline

Cataloged model-family updates and source references.

Change events
Date	Type	Title	Description	Source
Mar 15, 2025	family_added	Sonar Deep Research published	Initial public model family launch.	Sonar Deep Research release notes

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