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Sonar Pro Search

by PerplexityReleased 30 October 2025

Perplexity's most advanced agentic search, the system behind its Pro Search mode, which adds multi-step reasoning to Sonar Pro so it plans and runs a whole research workflow with tools rather than one query

TakesTextImages
GivesText

What it costs

You pay for what each request uses. No subscription, no minimum.

≈ 9,49 DA per message3 000 DA buys about 310 messages

One message, the ordinary use

1 000 tokens sent× 998,51 DA per 1M1,00 DA
500 tokens back× 4 992,53 DA per 1M2,50 DA
1 request× 5,99 DA5,99 DA
Total≈ 9,49 DA

Every rate

Meter↑ you send↓ comes back
Text tokens998,51 DA4 992,53 DA

per 1M tokens

Web search · 5,99 DA per call

Check a fact and cite the sources≈ 1,60 DA
Answer a question from live web results≈ 2,15 DA
Summarise this week's news on a topic≈ 4,14 DA
Compare three products from live sources≈ 6,24 DA
Research a market question in several steps≈ 7,79 DA
When you pay
After the answer, from your balance. Nothing is held.
Why it varies
A longer question or a longer answer costs more.
After each one
The exact charge shows on the request.
DepositDeposits from 50 DA, with Edahabia or CIB.

Where your request runs

One company runs this model. OpenDunes sends every request to it. DA per 1M tokens: ↑ what you send · ↓ what comes back.

Perplexity…
↑ Sent, per 1M
998,51 DA
↓ Back, per 1M
4 992,53 DA
Latency
…
Throughput
…
Provider↑ Sent↓ BackLatencyThroughputUptime
Perplexity998,51 DA4 992,53 DA………

Also charged: a web search 5,99 DA each.

You pay the price of the provider that served your request. Prices read 15:19 · speed over the last 30 minutes · uptime over 3 days.

See it in action

Real requests, real replies. Try any of them yourself — one click, pre-filled.

Understands images
You send

What's the total on this invoice, and when is it due?

invoice-scan.jpg · photo
It replied

The total is 42 300,00 DA, due 5 September 2026. Worth a double-check: the handwritten day could read as 8 instead of 3.

Try in Chat Lab
Structured output
You send

Turn this customer email into JSON with intent, urgency and order_id.

customer-email.txt
It replied

{ "intent": "refund", "urgency": "high", "order_id": "OD-58421" }

Try in Chat Lab

Try your own request — same model, pre-selected.

Open Chat Lab

Call it in code

Swap the base URL and the key. Your OpenAI code runs unchanged.

POST /v1/chat/completions
Base URL
https://opendunes.com/v1
Model ID
perplexity/sonar-pro-search
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://opendunes.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["OPENDUNES_API_KEY"],
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="perplexity/sonar-pro-search",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Two lines to welcome a shop in Oran."}],
)

print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

Runs this request once on your balance.

Parameters you can send

Standard OpenAI fields, grouped by what they control. Anything not listed is accepted and ignored.

Shaping the reply

How long, how varied, where to stop.

max_tokenstemperaturetop_ptop_kfrequency_penaltypresence_penalty

Reasoning

Let it think before answering — and see the thinking.

reasoninginclude_reasoning

Structured output

Get JSON you can parse instead of prose.

structured_outputs

Other

Also accepted by this model.

web_search_options

Questions about Sonar Pro Search

  • How much does Sonar Pro Search cost in dinars?

    About 9,49 DA per message. ↑ 998,51 DA · ↓ 4 992,53 DA per 1M tokens · 5,99 DA per request.

  • Is Sonar Pro Search free? Can I try it?

    No. You pay per use from your balance, with no subscription. Try it in Chat at the same price.

  • What is Sonar Pro Search best for?

    Perplexity's most advanced agentic search, the system behind its Pro Search mode, which adds multi-step reasoning to Sonar Pro so it plans and runs a whole research workflow with tools rather than one query.

  • Sonar Pro Search or Sonar Pro?

    Sonar Pro costs 4,33 DA less for the same message.

  • How do I pay for Sonar Pro Search without an international card?

    Deposit dinars with your Edahabia or CIB card. Every model, Sonar Pro Search included, is paid from that balance. No foreign card, no conversion.

  • Does Sonar Pro Search work in Arabic, French or Darja?

    Perplexity names no languages for Sonar Pro Search. Arabic, French and Darja: not stated.

  • Can it read PDFs, images or a whole book?

    It reads text and images. Up to 200K tokens in one request, about 200 pages. It writes up to 6 000 words at once.

  • Is Sonar Pro Search open source?

    No. Perplexity has not published its weights.

  • Who makes Sonar Pro Search, and when was it released?

    Perplexity. Released 30 October 2025.

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