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Unparalleled real-time, web-wide research and Q&A capabilities.
Outperforms the rest
Unparalleled real-time, web-wide research and Q&A capabilities.
Outperforms the rest
Unparalleled real-time, web-wide research and Q&A capabilities.
Most affordable
Sonar's grounding request pricing has the competition beat.
Most affordable
Sonar's grounding request pricing has the competition beat.
Most affordable
Sonar's grounding request pricing has the competition beat.
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No LLM training on your data.
Private and secure
No LLM training on your data.
Private and secure
No LLM training on your data.
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Deep Research conducts comprehensive, expert-level research and synthesizes it into accessible, actionable reports.
Sample Prompt
How have this year’s US tariffs affected commodity prices around the world? Give me a detailed comprehensive timeline
Sonar Deep Research Features
Exhaustive research
Performs dozens of searches, reading hundreds of sources
Expert level analysis across domains
Reasons autonomously and generates detailed insights across a full range of subjects—finance, marketing, technology, health, travel, and beyond
Report generation
Once the source materials have been fully evaluated, the agent then synthesizes all the research into a clear and comprehensive report
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data
Pricing
Deep Research conducts comprehensive, expert-level research and synthesizes it into accessible, actionable reports.
Sample Prompt
How have this year’s US tariffs affected commodity prices around the world? Give me a detailed comprehensive timeline
Sonar Deep Research Features
Exhaustive research
Performs dozens of searches, reading hundreds of sources
Expert level analysis across domains
Reasons autonomously and generates detailed insights across a full range of subjects—finance, marketing, technology, health, travel, and beyond
Report generation
Once the source materials have been fully evaluated, the agent then synthesizes all the research into a clear and comprehensive report
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data
Pricing
Deep Research conducts comprehensive, expert-level research and synthesizes it into accessible, actionable reports.
Sample Prompt
How have this year’s US tariffs affected commodity prices around the world? Give me a detailed comprehensive timeline
Sonar Deep Research Features
Exhaustive research
Performs dozens of searches, reading hundreds of sources
Expert level analysis across domains
Reasons autonomously and generates detailed insights across a full range of subjects—finance, marketing, technology, health, travel, and beyond
Report generation
Once the source materials have been fully evaluated, the agent then synthesizes all the research into a clear and comprehensive report
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data
Pricing
Premier reasoning offering powered by DeepSeek R1.
Sample Prompt
Provide a detailed analysis of the market trends in the retail sector in 2025
Sonar Reasoning Pro Features
Advanced CoT reasoning
Enhanced chain-of-thought reasoning, plus real-time internet search and citations
US-based
Sonar Reasoning Pro is uncensored and hosted in US datacenters
In-depth answers with 2x more citations than Sonar Reasoning on average
Advanced information retrieval from multiple web searches
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data, just like all Sonar products
Self-serve API access
Get started immediately
Pricing
Premier reasoning offering powered by DeepSeek R1.
Sample Prompt
Provide a detailed analysis of the market trends in the retail sector in 2025
Sonar Reasoning Pro Features
Advanced CoT reasoning
Enhanced chain-of-thought reasoning, plus real-time internet search and citations
US-based
Sonar Reasoning Pro is uncensored and hosted in US datacenters
In-depth answers with 2x more citations than Sonar Reasoning on average
Advanced information retrieval from multiple web searches
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data, just like all Sonar products
Self-serve API access
Get started immediately
Pricing
Premier reasoning offering powered by DeepSeek R1.
Sample Prompt
Provide a detailed analysis of the market trends in the retail sector in 2025
Sonar Reasoning Pro Features
Advanced CoT reasoning
Enhanced chain-of-thought reasoning, plus real-time internet search and citations
US-based
Sonar Reasoning Pro is uncensored and hosted in US datacenters
In-depth answers with 2x more citations than Sonar Reasoning on average
Advanced information retrieval from multiple web searches
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data, just like all Sonar products
Self-serve API access
Get started immediately
Pricing
Lightweight reasoning offering powered by reasoning models trained with DeepSeek R1.
Sample Prompt
Make an investment thesis for upcoming US IPOs
Sonar Reasoning Features
CoT reasoning
Chain-of-thought reasoning, plus real-time internet search and citations
US-based
Sonar Reasoning is uncensored and hosted in US datacenters
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data, just like all Sonar products
Self-serve API access
Get started immediately
Pricing
Lightweight reasoning offering powered by reasoning models trained with DeepSeek R1.
Sample Prompt
Make an investment thesis for upcoming US IPOs
Sonar Reasoning Features
CoT reasoning
Chain-of-thought reasoning, plus real-time internet search and citations
US-based
Sonar Reasoning is uncensored and hosted in US datacenters
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data, just like Sonar Pro and Sonar
Self-serve API access
No training on customer data—just like Sonar Pro and Sonar
Pricing
Lightweight reasoning offering powered by reasoning models trained with DeepSeek R1.
Sample Prompt
Make an investment thesis for upcoming US IPOs
Sonar Reasoning Features
CoT reasoning
Chain-of-thought reasoning, plus real-time internet search and citations
US-based
Sonar Reasoning is uncensored and hosted in US datacenters
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data, just like all Sonar products
Self-serve API access
Get started immediately
Pricing
Premier search offering with search grounding, supporting advanced queries and follow-ups.
Sample Query
What is [company's] projected Q4 strategy?
Sonar Pro Features
Built for complexity
Ideal for multi-step tasks requiring deep understanding and context retention
In-depth answers with 2x more citations than Sonar on average
Advanced information retrieval from multiple web searches
Uses robust models
Full firepower for top-tier processing
Larger context window
Upleveled memory means higher efficiency
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data
Self-serve API access
Get started immediately
Pricing
Premier offering with search grounding, supporting advanced queries and follow-ups.
Sample Query
What is [company's] projected Q4 strategy?
Sonar Pro Features
Built for complexity
Ideal for multi-step tasks requiring deep understanding and context retention
In-depth answers with 2x more citations than Sonar on average
Advanced information retrieval from multiple web searches
Uses robust models
Full firepower for top-tier processing
Larger context window
Upleveled memory means higher efficiency
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data
Self-serve API access
Get started immediately
Pricing
Premier search offering with search grounding, supporting advanced queries and follow-ups.
Sample Query
What is [company's] projected Q4 strategy?
Sonar Pro Features
Built for complexity
Ideal for multi-step tasks requiring deep understanding and context retention
In-depth answers with 2x more citations than Sonar on average
Advanced information retrieval from multiple web searches
Uses robust models
Full firepower for top-tier processing
Larger context window
Upleveled memory means higher efficiency
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data
Self-serve API access
Get started immediately
Pricing
Lightweight offering with search grounding, quicker and cheaper than Sonar Pro.
Sample Query
Where is [company] based?
Sonar Features
Straightforward answers with citations
Real-time web search backed answers for accuracy of information
Uses lightweight models
Optimal balance of speed and cost
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data
Self-serve API access
Get started immediately
Pricing
Lightweight offering with search grounding, quicker and cheaper than Sonar Pro.
Sample Query
Where is [company] based?
Sonar Features
Straightforward answers with citations
Real-time web search backed answers for accuracy of information
Uses lightweight models
Optimal balance of speed and cost
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data
Self-serve API access
Get started immediately
Pricing
Lightweight offering with search grounding, quicker and cheaper than Sonar Pro.
Sample Query
Where is [company] based?
Sonar Features
Straightforward answers with citations
Real-time web search backed answers for accuracy of information
Uses lightweight models
Optimal balance of speed and cost
Different search context modes
For better performance and cost flexibility
Data privacy
No training on customer data
Self-serve API access
Get started immediately
Pricing
R1 1776
R1 1776 is a version of the DeepSeek R1 model that has been post-trained to provide uncensored, unbiased, and factual information.
R1 1776
R1 1776 is a version of the DeepSeek R1 model that has been post-trained to provide uncensored, unbiased, and factual information.
R1 1776
R1 1776 is a version of the DeepSeek R1 model that has been post-trained to provide uncensored, unbiased, and factual information.
Put Sonar to the test in the Perplexity Labs playground.
Put Sonar to the test in the Perplexity Labs playground.
Put Sonar to the test in the Perplexity Labs playground.
The answer API that outperforms leading search engines and LLMs.
Sonar Pro answer quality bests the field in SimpleQA benchmark findings.
Powered by Perplexity. Propelling customer growth.
Testimonial
“We partner with Perplexity to help go-to-market teams execute account research on their target companies. We’re able to find information that isn’t readily available from other structured data sources.
We’ve helped companies save 8 hours of research per rep per week which led to a 20% increase in throughput.”
Chris Lu, Founder and CTO of Copy.ai
Testimonial
"Perplexity's API is fast, easy to integrate, and the AI market leader for summarizing the most recent information. For physicians, we're proud to deliver these up-to-the-minute results along with our source filtering & proprietary content to provide accurate, cited clinical answers that improve patient care."
Jake Konoske, Director of Product, Doximity
Testimonial
“We partner with Perplexity to help go-to-market teams execute account research on their target companies. We’re able to find information that isn’t readily available from other structured data sources.
We’ve helped companies save 8 hours of research per rep per week which led to a 20% increase in throughput.”
Chris Lu, Founder and CTO of Copy.ai
Testimonial
"Perplexity's API is fast, easy to integrate, and the AI market leader for summarizing the most recent information. For physicians, we're proud to deliver these up-to-the-minute results along with our source filtering & proprietary content to provide accurate, cited clinical answers that improve patient care."
Jake Konoske, Director of Product, Doximity
Testimonial
“We partner with Perplexity to help go-to-market teams execute account research on their target companies. We’re able to find information that isn’t readily available from other structured data sources.
We’ve helped companies save 8 hours of research per rep per week which led to a 20% increase in throughput.”
Chris Lu, Founder and CTO of Copy.ai
Testimonial
"Perplexity's API is fast, easy to integrate, and the AI market leader for summarizing the most recent information. For physicians, we're proud to deliver these up-to-the-minute results along with our source filtering & proprietary content to provide accurate, cited clinical answers that improve patient care."
Jake Konoske, Director of Product, Doximity
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