Sonar — language models with live web search built in.
Perplexity hosts the Sonar family — language models tightly integrated with a live web search index, designed for queries that need current information rather than long-context reasoning. US-hosted. Pick this route when freshness of factual answers matters more than model depth or strict residency.
Every model we route through Perplexity. Compare residency, zero data retention, training posture and price at a glance, with full data-handling detail per route below.
| Model | Region | Zero data retention | Training | Context | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | No | 1M | $1.40 | $4.40 | ||
| US | No | 1M | $3.00 | $15.00 | ||
| US | No | 1M | $0.15 | $0.50 | ||
| US | No | 1M | $1.32 | $3.96 | ||
| US | No | 1M | $0.13 | $0.26 | ||
| US | No | 1M | $1.40 | $4.40 | ||
| US | No | 262K | $0.95 | $4.00 | ||
| US | No | 128K | $2.00 | $8.00 | ||
| US | No | 128K | $1.00 | $1.00 | ||
| US | No | 200K | $3.00 | $15.00 | ||
| US | No | 128K | $2.00 | $8.00 | ||
| US | No | — | $0.01 | $0.17 | ||
| US | No | 262K | $0.25 | $2.50 |
Perplexity hosts on 1 route. Each route has its own privacy posture, residency, and GDPR terms. Postures are maintained by Opper with a last-verification timestamp.
Zero data retention: nothing is logged, held for abuse monitoring or used for training. No training on customer data. US; SCCs; DPA available.
