Sonar Deep Research
Perplexity · released 7 Mar 2025
About
Sonar Deep Research is Perplexity's research-focused model for multi-step retrieval, synthesis and reasoning across complex topics. It autonomously searches for, reads and evaluates sources, then refines its approach as it gathers information. The model accepts text and produces text, with reasoning support listed. Its context window is 128,000 tokens, and its maximum output is 115,200 tokens. Input costs $2 per 1M tokens and output costs $8 per 1M tokens. It was released on 2025-03-07. The listed official page is on OpenRouter. These facts make the model relevant to research workflows involving source gathering and synthesis, while its context, output ceiling and per-token rates are useful for planning longer tasks.
Who it is for
It suits teams building research workflows that need multi-step retrieval, source evaluation and synthesis. Its listed interface is text in and text out.
What is good
- Designed for multi-step retrieval and synthesis.
- Autonomously searches, reads and evaluates sources.
- 128,000-token context window.
- Maximum output is 115,200 tokens.
What to know first
- Input costs $2 per 1M tokens.
- Output costs $8 per 1M tokens.
- Inputs and outputs are text only.
Verdict
Sonar Deep Research is oriented toward gathering and synthesizing information across complex topics. Its token prices and text-only interface are important considerations for research workflows.
Details
- Lab
- Perplexityopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
- Context
- 128Kopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
- Input price
- $2 / 1Mopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
- Output price
- $8 / 1Mopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
- Max output
- 115,200 tokensopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
- Inputs
- textopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
- Open weights
- Noopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
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Sources
- openrouter.ai/perplexity/sonar-deep-research· checked 3 Oct 2026



