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Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro

Note: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing. See [details here](https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/pricing#detailed-pricing-breakdown-for-sonar-reasoning-pro-and-sonar-pro) Sonar Reasoning Pro is a premier reasoning model powered by DeepSeek R1 with Chain of Thought (CoT). Designed for...

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Why it stands out

128K-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 Reasoning Pro entered the tracked catalog

March 6, 2025

Note: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing. See [details here](https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/pricing#detailed-pricing-breakdown-for-sonar-reasoning-pro-and-sonar-pro) Sonar Reasoning Pro is a premier reasoning model powered by DeepSeek R1 with Chain of Thought (CoT). Designed for advanced use cases, it supports in-depth, multi-step queries with a larger context window and can surface more citations per search, enabling more comprehensive and extensible responses.

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LaunchMar 6

Perplexity launched Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro

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