Perplexity Sonar Reasoning Pro

by Perplexity

Released 7 days after Perplexity Sonar · All Perplexity releases

Sonar Reasoning Pro pairs enhanced chain-of-thought reasoning with Perplexity's search-augmented capabilities for demanding analytical workflows. The model works through complex problems with step-by-step inference, emitting a thinking section before its final structured response. It draws on more sources and applies deeper reasoning than non-reasoning variants, returning longer, more logically organized answers suited to research synthesis and informed decision-making. It excels at complex multi-step analysis and strategic decisions where logical structure matters as much as factual grounding. The 128K context window supports extended sessions where prior context informs later reasoning and searches. It is best reserved for problems demanding precision and rigor rather than raw speed. As a thinking model, it does not support image input combined with structured outputs.

Key info

Input
Output
Features
Context window
128K
Max output
8K
Input price
$2.00 /1M
Output price
$8.00 /1M
Released
  • US residency available
  • Zero data retention on pay-as-you-go
  • No training by default
  • GDPR DPA available

Available routes

Perplexity Sonar Reasoning Pro runs on 1 route through the Opper gateway. Compare residency, ZDR, and training posture at a glance — full data-handling detail per route below.

ProviderRegionZero data retentionTrainingInputOutput
USZero data retentionNo$2.00$8.00

Uptime and availability

Perplexity Sonar Reasoning Pro runs on a single route through the Opper gateway today, so its availability is that provider's availability.

99.63%route uptime, last 30 days
Single route, no failover target within this model.

Name a second model in the same request and the gateway tries it on retriable errors, so a busy hour never has to reach your users. Set up a fallback chain.

Measured over the last 30 days from each provider's official status feed via StatusGator. Refreshed hourly. See uptime for every provider Opper monitors.

Data handling per route

Each route hosting Perplexity Sonar Reasoning Pro has its own privacy posture, residency, and GDPR terms. Postures are maintained by Opper with a last-verification timestamp.

Perplexity United States🇺🇸

Zero data retention is on by default on Pay-as-you-go — no action required. No training on customer data. US; SCCs; DPA available.

Zero data retention
On by default on Pay-as-you-go. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training on customer data.
Logging
None
Moderation
Not established
Caching
Not established
Subprocessor access
Not established
GDPR DPA
DPA available
Transfer mechanism
SCCs

Benchmarks

Independent benchmark scores — composite indices for reasoning, coding, and math, plus individual eval scores where available.

Intelligence Index11.8

Get started

Call Perplexity Sonar Reasoning Pro through the Opper gateway with one API key. Let your coding agent set it up, or call it directly — Opper is drop-in compatible with the OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google AI SDKs.

Set it up with your agent

Copy this and paste it into a coding agent like Claude Code, Cursor or Codex and it'll wire up Opper for you.

Or call it directly

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
apiKey: process.env.OPPER_API_KEY,
baseURL: "https://api.opper.ai/v3/compat",
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

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