Perplexity: Sonar

Name: Sonar API
Brand: Perplexity

stable

Sonar is available through Everstack's OpenAI-compatible gateway with routing, fallback, retries, and observability.

sonarsonarreleased Jan 1, 2024

Provider Quick start

Context

128K

tokens

Max output

4.1K

tokens

Input

$1.00

per 1M

Output

$1.00

per 1M

Activity

Daily period usage

Aggregated managed Everstack traffic. Buckets below 5 tenants or 100 requests are withheld.

Providers

ProviderContextInput /MOutput /M

Perplexity

128K$1.00$1.00

Pricing

Item	Price	Unit
Input	$1.00	per 1M tokens
Output	$1.00	per 1M tokens

Performance

Reliability

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Capabilities

Modalities

Input

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Details

Model ID: sonar
Family: sonar
Status: stable
Knowledge: -
Released: Jan 1, 2024

Gateway Config

API: 2024-01-01
Auth: PERPLEXITY_API_KEY
Discovery: static
Provider type: static

Quick Start

index.ts

import Everstack from "@everstack/node";const client = new Everstack({  apiKey: process.env.EVERSTACK_API_KEY!,  baseUrl: "https://{instance}.{region}.everstack.ai",});const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({  model: "@perplexity/sonar",  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Explain vector cache routing." }],});console.log(completion.choices[0]?.message?.content);

Endpoint

Base URL

https://api.perplexity.ai

Chat completions

https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions

Model

sonar

Auth env

PERPLEXITY_API_KEY

Sonar FAQ

How much does the Sonar API cost?

Through Perplexity, Sonar costs $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens.

What is the context window of Sonar?

Sonar accepts up to 128K tokens of context and returns up to 4.1K output tokens on Perplexity.

What can Sonar do?

Sonar supports chat. It accepts text input.

How do I call Sonar through Everstack?

Point any OpenAI-compatible SDK at your Everstack gateway and set the model to @perplexity/sonar. Everstack adds retries, provider fallback, caching, per-tenant budgets and OpenTelemetry traces for every request.