# Sonar

> Sonar, a family of models by Perplexity, listed from OpenRouter. Indexed, not reviewed: facts and our own checks, no score or ranking. Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use — now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources. It is designed for…

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sonar
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sonar.md (~450 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sonar.min.md (~380 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sonar.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json)
- Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt)
- API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json
- Updated: 2026-10-05

# Sonar

> Indexed, not reviewed: facts from OpenRouter and our own checks. No score, grade or rank, and not in the rankings until the panel reviews it. How the index works: https://www.anchorterminal.com/indexed/

- Kind: model family, by Perplexity
- Category: Model APIs & inference (https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/inference.md)
- Listed because: OpenRouter lists it, with prices from the providers that serve it.
- What OpenRouter says: Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use — now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources. It is designed for companies seeking to integrate lightweight question-and-answer features...

## Models (1)

| Model | OpenRouter id | Released | Context | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Supports |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sonar | `perplexity/sonar` | 2025-01 | 127k | $1 | $1 | image |

Prices and limits as OpenRouter lists them; a provider's own price can differ.

- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sonar.json
- Being indexed says nothing about quality, and nobody can pay for it. Ask for a review: https://www.anchorterminal.com/builders/#claiming