What Sonar is known for
Sonar models are built for search: they look things up and answer with what they found. Deep Research takes longer and goes wider; Reasoning Pro thinks through what it finds.
Sonar models · Perplexity
Chat with Sonar online, next to every other model.
Perplexity's Sonar models search the web while they answer. Here they sit in the same thread as every other model, so research can turn straight into writing.
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5 Sonar models
Every Perplexity chat model Portail carries today, listed below.
Up to 200K context
The largest context window in the family, for long files and long chats.
One shared thread
Switch from Sonar to GPT, Claude, Gemini or anything else mid-conversation.
How Sonar works on Portail
Pick a Sonar model from the model picker in any chat. It reads the whole conversation, including anything other models said earlier, and your Portail memory. When you want a second opinion, switch models and keep going, or turn on Council to ask several models at once.
Every plan, Free included, can use every Sonar model. Plans change the size of your monthly credit allowance, not which models you can pick. Bigger models use credits faster; the cost band in the table shows roughly how fast.
Sonar models on Portail
Read from Portail's live model catalog. Cost runs from $ (cheapest) to $$$$.
| Model | Context | Images | Reasoning | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar Reasoning Pro | 128K | Yes | Yes | $$$ |
| Sonar Pro Search | 200K | Yes | Yes | $$$ |
| Sonar Pro | 200K | Yes | No | $$$ |
| Sonar Deep Research | 128K | No | Yes | $$$ |
| Sonar | 127K | Yes | No | $$ |
Questions
How many Sonar models can I use on Portail?
5 right now, from Perplexity. The list follows the live catalog, so new Sonar models appear as they're added.
Can Sonar read images?
4 of the 5 Sonar models on Portail accept images. Check the Images column in the table.
Can I use Sonar for free?
Yes. The Free plan includes every model, Sonar too, with a starter credit allowance and no card. Cheaper Sonar models stretch it further.
Is this the Perplexity app?
No. It's Perplexity's Sonar models through an API provider. You get the search-backed answers inside a Portail thread, then hand the result to Claude or GPT to write it up.
Do other models search the web too?
Portail can run web searches for other models as well. Sonar models do their own searching as part of every answer.
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