# Reasoning HTTP format (accessed 2026-06-25): # POST https://api.perplexity.ai/v1/sonar # JSON reasoning_effort: "minimal" | "low" | "medium" | "high". # No toggle or reasoning-token budget is documented for this model. # Sources: # https://docs.perplexity.ai/api-reference/sonar-post # https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/sonar/models/sonar-reasoning-pro name = "Sonar Reasoning Pro" description = "Web-grounded Sonar for multi-step research questions that need cited reasoning" family = "sonar-reasoning" release_date = "2024-01-01" last_updated = "2025-09-01" attachment = true reasoning = true reasoning_options = [{ type = "effort", values = ["minimal", "low", "medium", "high"] }] temperature = true tool_call = false knowledge = "2025-09-01" open_weights = false [cost] input = 2.00 output = 8.00 [limit] context = 128_000 output = 4_096 [modalities] input = ["text", "image"] output = ["text"]