Model · Language model
Sonar
Perplexity's lightweight search release for quick grounded answers with real-time web search, with 128K context and no public weights, served as perplexity/sonar on the Agent API after support for the Sonar API ended on September 27, 2026.
- Developer
- Perplexity
- Distribution
- Developer API
- Artifact licensing
- Proprietary access
- License scope
- Reviewed release artifacts and mandatory terms; not an assessment of training code or training data openness.
- Licenses
- Proprietary
- Boundary
- This record represents the sonar search line, served through the Perplexity Sonar API until Perplexity ended Sonar Chat Completions support on September 27, 2026, and through the Agent API as perplexity/sonar, whose model list links the same Sonar model page. The Pro, Reasoning Pro, and Deep Research siblings, retired Llama-based sonar names, the Agent API presets, and the Perplexity platform itself are separate boundaries.
Risk statements
Not yet examined.
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