Calculate the cost of using sonar-pro-search from OpenRouter for your AI applications
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Mode: Chat
Max: 200,000 tokens
Max: 8,000 tokens
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sonar-pro-search is a chat model from OpenRouter, one of 355 chat models they offer. It is priced at $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens, ranking 2372 out of 2661 chat models by cost and cheaper than 11% of models in this category. sonar-pro-search supports vision, reasoning, structured output — one of only 8 chat models with this combination. Its 200K-token context window is in the top 43% among chat models.
Note: Use the interactive calculator above to estimate costs for your specific usage patterns.
Use the maximum token limits shown above to understand the model's capacity. This model can handle up to 200,000 input tokens. The maximum output length is 8,000 tokens.
At $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens, sonar-pro-search ranks 2372 out of 2661 chat models by input cost. It is more expensive compared to the median of $0.50 for chat models, and is cheaper than 11% of models in this category.
sonar-pro-search is one of 355 OpenRouter chat models, one of only 8 chat models combining reasoning, structured output, vision. its 200K-token context window places it in the top 43% of chat models.
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | vs sonar-pro-search |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropic.claude-3-7-sonnet-20240620-v1:0 | AWS Bedrock | $3.60 | $18.00 | +20% |
| anthropic.claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219-v1:0 | AWS Bedrock | $3.00 | $15.00 | 0% |
| anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6 | AWS Bedrock | $3.00 | $15.00 | 0% |
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Yes. sonar-pro-search costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens compared to anthropic.claude-3-7-sonnet-20240620-v1:0's $3.60 per 1M input tokens, making it 20% more affordable. Both are chat models and share support for vision, function calling, reasoning, prompt caching, structured output.
sonar-pro-search input pricing is $3.00 per 1M tokens, which is 500% above the median of $0.50 for chat models. It ranks 2372 out of 2661 chat models by input cost, making it cheaper than 11% of models in this category. For output, it costs $15.00 per 1M tokens compared to the median of $1.44.
Among OpenRouter's 355 chat models, sonar-pro-search ranks 305 by input cost. Its combination of reasoning, structured output, vision is shared by only 7 other chat models.
The most comparable chat models to sonar-pro-search are: anthropic.claude-3-7-sonnet-20240620-v1:0 from AWS Bedrock ($3.60/1M input tokens); anthropic.claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219-v1:0 from AWS Bedrock ($3.00/1M input tokens); anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6 from AWS Bedrock ($3.00/1M input tokens); global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6 from AWS Bedrock ($3.00/1M input tokens). These alternatives were selected based on similar capabilities, pricing, and provider diversity. You can compare any of these models in detail using the Bifrost Model Library.
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sonar-pro-search is priced based on input and output tokens. Use the interactive calculator at the top of this page to estimate costs for your specific workload. Enter your expected input and output tokens volume and the calculator will show the total cost breakdown. For reference, processing 1M input tokens costs $3.00 and generating 1M output tokens costs $15.00.