Sonar Reasoning Pro API Pricing & Quick Start

Name: Sonar Reasoning Pro API
Brand: Perplexity

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...

Intelligence#253 / 573

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Speed#166 / 586

0.0

Output tokens per second (median)

Input Price#1 / 586

$2.00NT$ 65

USD / 1M tokens

Output Price#1 / 586

$8.00NT$ 259

USD / 1M tokens

First-token latency#1 / 586

0.00s

Time to first token (AA median)

Provider	Perplexity
Released	March 2025
Model ID	`perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro`

Technical specifications

Context window

128K tokens

Reasoning

Yes

Input

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Output

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Pricing comparison

BazaarLink retail price alongside AA's observed market standard.

BazaarLink price our site

Input$2.00NT$ 65

Output$8.00NT$ 259

Cache read—

Cache write—

3:1 blended (est.)$3.50NT$ 113

All prices per 1M tokens. Supports TWD credit card / official invoice.

Market reference Artificial Analysis

Input$0.00

Output$0.00

Cache readAA not tracked

Cache writeAA not tracked

3:1 blended$0.00

AA has no reference price.
Source: artificialanalysis.ai

Independent benchmarks

Scores below come from Artificial Analysis, an independent third party. BazaarLink does not participate in the testing.

Intelligence 18

Coding

Math

MMLU

GPQA

This modelCategory leader

Overall intelligence

#253out of 573 models

Aggregated across academic benchmarks

Time to first token

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#1out of 586 models

AA 全球 p50：0.00 秒

Intelligence

Mid-tier

This model

Category leader

Median

Top 5 — CodingCoding Index leaderboard

1GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)openai/gpt-5-6-sol-xhigh78$5 / $30

2Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)anthropic/claude-opus-578$5 / $25

3GPT-5.6 Sol (max)openai/gpt-5-6-sol77$5 / $30

4GPT-5.6 Sol (high)openai/gpt-5-6-sol-high77$5 / $30

5Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort)anthropic/claude-opus-5-xhigh77$5 / $25

AASource: Artificial Analysis · Independent third-party evaluation; not influenced by BazaarLinkView full evaluation on AA →

Quick Start

Use Sonar Reasoning Pro via BazaarLink API — just change the base_url:

Python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://bazaarlink.ai/api/v1",
    api_key="sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

TypeScript

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://bazaarlink.ai/api/v1",
  apiKey: "sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

Why use Sonar Reasoning Pro via BazaarLink?

✓USD billing (TWD-quoted) + unified invoices — no foreign credit card needed for Taiwan teams
✓OpenAI-compatible API — zero code changes required
✓Automatic failover — multi-provider redundancy for the same model
✓Chinese-language support — local team, instant help

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Sonar Reasoning Pro?

How much does the Sonar Reasoning Pro API cost?

Sonar Reasoning Pro costs $2.0000 per 1M input tokens and $8.0000 per 1M output tokens when accessed through BazaarLink.

How do I use Sonar Reasoning Pro with the OpenAI SDK?

Set base_url to "https://bazaarlink.ai/api/v1" and use model ID "perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro". All OpenAI SDK methods (chat.completions, embeddings, streaming) work without code changes.

What is the context window for Sonar Reasoning Pro?

Sonar Reasoning Pro supports a context window of 128,000 tokens.

Is Sonar Reasoning Pro available for free?

Sonar Reasoning Pro is a paid model. BazaarLink offers free trial credits on registration so you can test it without a credit card.

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