Perplexity Released January 27, 2025 Synced Apr 7, 2026

Perplexity: Sonar

Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use — now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources. It is designed for companies seeking to integrate lightweight question-and-answer features...

Vision

Why it stands out

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.

127K context window is shorter than the longest-context frontier models available today.

No benchmark score currently tracked — evaluate using task-specific testing alongside pricing and capability data.

Release timeline

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Perplexity: Sonar entered the tracked catalog

January 27, 2025

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Recent changes

LaunchJan 27

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