Perplexity
Sonar Deep Research
Overall 72commercialPerplexity's Sonar Deep Research for automated multi-step research with citation generation. $2/$8 MTok + $2 citation + $3 reasoning + $5 per 1K queries.
Capability profile
Radar view of the model's practical strengths. This chart is backed by textual summaries below for crawlability.
Benchmark summary
Purpose-built for deep research tasks requiring extensive source gathering and citation.
No benchmark series is attached to this model yet. Source links and product metadata are available below.
Strengths
- • Automated research
- • Citation generation
- • Multi-step search
- • Comprehensive answers
Trade-offs
- • Highest cost tier
- • Slowest model
- • Complex pricing
Crawlable benchmark analysis
Sonar Deep Research is positioned as a search-augmented api model with published scores that emphasize its practical fit for buyers evaluating the entry.
Published scores highlight reasoning 90/100, coding 65/100, enterprise readiness 88/100, vision 25/100, speed 55/100, and safety 82/100.
Pricing starts at $0.002 per 1K input tokens and $0.008 per 1K output tokens. With a context window of 200,000 tokens, it supports large-document analysis and retrieval workflows.
Benchmark coverage is still limited for this entry, so this section focuses on published metadata and deployment fit.
Related models
OpenAI
GPT-5.4
OpenAI
OpenAI's GPT-5.4, the most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work. First general-purpose model with native computer-use capabilities. Combines industry-leading coding from GPT-5.3-Codex with improved agentic workflows.
- Context
- 1,000,000
- Input
- $0.005/1K tok
- Output
- $0.02/1K tok
- Coverage
- Full profile
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude 4.6
Anthropic's current Sonnet tier for fast frontier reasoning, coding, and long-context agent work.
- Context
- 1,000,000
- Input
- $0.003/1K tok
- Output
- $0.02/1K tok
- Coverage
- Full profile
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude 1M
Anthropic's most intelligent Claude model for complex agents, coding, and deep reasoning, with 1M token context and 128K output.
- Context
- 1,000,000
- Input
- $0.005/1K tok
- Output
- $0.03/1K tok
- Coverage
- Full profile