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Sonar Deep Research vs Sonar Pro Search (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Sonar Deep Research vs. Sonar Pro Search
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Overview

Sonar Deep Research was released 7 months before Sonar Pro Search.
Sonar Deep ResearchSonar Deep Research
Sonar Pro SearchSonar Pro Search
Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
Perplexity logoPerplexity
Perplexity logoPerplexity
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
128K
tokens
200K
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
Not specified
tokens
8K
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
March 7th, 2025
October 30th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities
Sonar Deep Research
Sonar Pro Search
Input Types
Supported input formats
📝Text
📝Text🖼️Image
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
OtherOther
Key Features
Advanced capabilities
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation

Pricing

Sonar Deep Research is roughly 0.7x less expensive compared to Sonar Pro Search for input tokens and roughly 0.5x less expensive for output tokens.
Sonar Deep ResearchSonar Deep Research
Sonar Pro SearchSonar Pro Search
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$2.00
per million tokens
$3.00
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$8.00
per million tokens
$15.00
per million tokens

Benchmarks

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Sonar Deep ResearchSonar Deep Research
Sonar Pro SearchSonar Pro Search
MMLU
Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.
MMMU
Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag
Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Sonar Deep Research and Sonar Pro Search unique.
Perplexity logoSonar Deep Research by Perplexity offers advanced reasoning. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Reasonably priced at $2.00/M input and $8.00/M output tokens. Released March 7th, 2025.
Perplexity logoSonar Pro Search by Perplexity understands both text and images, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 200K token context window. Premium pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released October 30th, 2025.

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