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Perplexity Released October 30, 2025 Synced Apr 7, 2026

Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search

Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based...

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Why it stands out

200K-token context window handles longer documents and multi-turn conversations without truncation.
Reasoning capability positions it for multi-step analysis and chain-of-thought tasks.
Multimodal input (vision) extends it beyond text-only workflows.

What to watch

No tool-use capability is currently tracked, which limits its fit for agentic or function-calling patterns.
No benchmark score currently tracked — evaluate using task-specific testing alongside pricing and capability data.

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Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search entered the tracked catalog

October 30, 2025

Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based on tokens plus $18 per thousand requests. This model powers the Pro Search mode on the Perplexity platform. Sonar Pro Search adds autonomous, multi-step reasoning to Sonar Pro. So, instead of just one query + synthesis, it plans and executes entire research workflows using tools.

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