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Perplexity Sonar

· verified October 14, 2026

public free api in Generator research speed

Provider

Statuspublic

AA Intelligence Index7.7 (official, read October 14, 2026)

Released2025-01-27

Context window127K

Modalitiesn/a

API price $/1M (in / out)$1 / $1 (OpenRouter)

Speedn/a

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

In one line

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

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