WhichAI / Models / Perplexity Sonar

Perplexity Sonar

· verified September 8, 2026

public free api in Generator research speed

Provider

Statuspublic

AA Intelligence Indexn/a

Releasedn/a

Context windown/a

Modalitiesn/a

API price $/1M (in / out)n/a

Speedn/a

AccessFREE: unlimited basic cited searches + 5 Pro searches/day

The score shown is a WhichAI estimate from adjacent benchmarks, not an official measurement.

In one line

Search-answer engine rather than a chat model: best-in-class citation accuracy - a smarter, cited replacement for googling.

Alternatives worth a look

Phi-4 (Microsoft) · AA 4.9Open weights · laptop-friendly
Solar Pro 2 (Upstage) · AA 7.8API · Korean ecosystem
LFM2.5 (Liquid AI) · AA 8.3Open weights · edge/on-device

Open Perplexity's official app ↗ Open in the WhichAI app Not sure? Take the 30-second finder

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 2026 rebased scale (top models ~ 55-66). Snapshot: September 4, 2026 (BenchLM mirror), retrieved September 8, 2026. Specs and prices come from the OpenRouter public model list on the same date. Models nobody has measured carry no index score at all and never enter a ranking: where an estimate exists it is shown separately and labelled unmeasured. Context, price, modality and release dates come from the public OpenRouter model list (retrieved September 8, 2026) and vendor pages. Missing values are not published or not yet verified - shown as -. Sources are linked inside the app (Model guide and About > Methodology).