Chat with Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search

Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reas

No signup required — 10,000 session credits for guests. 50,000 free credits on account creation.

Provider
Perplexity
Model slug
perplexity/sonar-pro-search
Typical cost
Around 9,900–24,750 credits per typical message. 15M Pro credits buy roughly 606…
Availability
On Faceb.ai · chat + API

About Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search

Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based...

What it's good at

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Very large context window — 200,000 tokens (paste entire codebases or long PDFs).

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Hosted by Perplexity — you can access it here alongside GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini and 100+ more on one plan.

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Switch to any other model mid-conversation from the picker.

Pricing on Faceb.ai

Around 9,900–24,750 credits per typical message. 15M Pro credits buy roughly 606–1,515 messages.

Frequently asked — Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search

What is Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search?

Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search is a chat/completion model served by Perplexity and accessed through Faceb.ai. Try it without signing up — guest users get 10,000 session credits to experiment.

Is Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search free on Faceb.ai?

You get 50,000 credits on signup — usually enough for a handful of messages. After that, Pro is $14.99/month for 15M credits, or top-ups from $5.

What's Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search's context window?

200,000 tokens. Paste your source material in, no need to truncate.

Can I call Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search from the API?

Yes. Any API key from /account/api/ works with model slug `perplexity/sonar-pro-search`. The OpenAI SDK works with base_url=https://api.faceb.ai/v1.

How does Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search compare to GPT-4o or Claude?

Depends on the task. Faceb.ai lets you switch models per message — benchmark side-by-side by asking both the same prompt, which is more reliable than abstract comparisons.

How much does Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search cost per message here?

Around 9,900–24,750 credits per typical message. 15M Pro credits buy roughly 606–1,515 messages.

Does Faceb.ai train on my Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search prompts?

No. We contractually request that upstream providers not train on content routed through us. Your chat history lives only on your account.

Is Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search good for coding?

It depends on the model size and training mix. For serious code work the developer favourites are Claude 3.5 Sonnet and DeepSeek V3; for quick edits, most capable models work fine.

Can I use Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search on the API with the OpenAI SDK?

Yes — point your SDK at https://api.faceb.ai/v1 and use this model's slug as the model parameter. Everything else works as normal.

Does Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search support image inputs?

Check the model catalog — multimodal models are marked in the picker. If it accepts images, you can drop screenshots and diagrams straight into the chat.

Can I switch from Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search to another model mid-chat?

Yes — the picker is always at the top of the chat. Previous context carries over.

Will newer versions of Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search show up here automatically?

Yes. Our catalog auto-fetches from the upstream aggregator, so provider updates and new versions appear in the picker as soon as they're available.

Or try a different model

Your Faceb.ai credits work for every model — switch per message, no extra subscriptions.

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