# Perplexity Sonar Deep Research API pricing

The official API price of Perplexity Sonar Deep Research is $2 per 1M input tokens and $8 per 1M output tokens (as of 2026-11-12). Context window: 128K tokens, up to 32.8K output tokens per request. 5 providers sell it, none below the official price. This model is marked as deprecated.

- Type: Text
- Context: 128K
- Max output: 32.8K
- Released: 2025-02-01
- Open weights: No

## Price by provider (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Model id | Input | Output | Cached | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Perplexity](https://docs.perplexity.ai) | sonar-deep-research | $2 | $8 | — | Official, Deprecated |
| [Eden AI](https://docs.edenai.co) | perplexityai/sonar-deep-research | $2 | $8 | — |  |
| [Helicone](https://helicone.ai/models) | sonar-deep-research | $2 | $8 | — |  |
| [LLMTR](https://llmtr.com/docs) | perplexity/sonar-deep-research | $2 | $8 | — |  |
| [SAP AI Core](https://help.sap.com/docs/sap-ai-core) | sonar-deep-research | $2 | $8 | — |  |

Providers are those listed by models.dev. This site has not vetted them one by one; each provider's own page has the binding price.

Prices and specs come from models.dev (MIT licence), updated 2026-11-12. Each provider's name links to its official docs. A provider priced at 0 usually includes the model in a subscription; it is not necessarily a free API.

https://apibook.ai/models/perplexity/sonar-deep-research/