Sonar API Benchmarks, Pricing & Provider Data
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Sonar benchmark, API pricing, and provider data cover 3 API providers, with prices starting at $0.010/request. Sonar free API options are available from 2 providers.
Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use — now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources. It is designed for companies seeking to integrate lightweight question-and-ans...
Category Performance
Observed-capability estimates with uncertainty reported separately from independent benchmark families.
- Coverage
- 3 / 8
- Methodology
- V3.0
#1Math50.3Estimated2/4 Measured dimensions
#2Reasoning42.2Estimated2/4 Measured dimensions
#3Coding38.3Provisional1/4 Measured dimensions
Specifications
Input and output token limits for this model, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.
Features
Rankings
Excels at
Detailed scores
Updated: Aug 26, 2026Agents
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No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
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Coding
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Score38.380% interval24.4–52.21/4 Measured dimensionsLiveCodeBench29.5%#90 / 115SciCode22.9%#185 / 204
Coding
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Reasoning
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Score42.280% interval31.0–53.32/4 Measured dimensionsMMLU-Pro68.9%#105 / 129GPQA47.1%#189 / 211
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Knowledge
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Math
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Score50.380% interval38.5–62.12/4 Measured dimensionsAIME48.7%#28 / 68MATH-50081.7%#47 / 73
Math
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Multilingual
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OpenRouter endpoints
1 endpointsThird-party OpenRouter endpoint data, shown separately from LMSpeed measurements. Some 30-minute live performance fields only appear after syncing with an OpenRouter API key.
| Provider endpoint | Input | Output | 1d uptime | 30m latency | 30m throughput | Context / output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perplexity perplexity | $1/M | $1/M | 100.0% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
Pricing Comparison
Sonar API pricing starts at $0.010/request from 素墨API. 2 providers offer free API credits or a free tier.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What benchmark data does Sonar include?
- LMSpeed shows Sonar benchmark context, API price, output speed, first-token latency, and provider data across 3 providers when those signals are available.
- What is the Sonar API price?
- Sonar has pricing from 3 providers, ranging from $0.010/request to $0.010/request. 素墨API has the lowest listed price.
- What does the Sonar API pricing table include?
- The Sonar API pricing table compares 3 providers by input price, output price, free tier status, speed, first-token latency, and recent health data when available.
- Which provider has the cheapest Sonar API pricing?
- 素墨API currently has the lowest listed Sonar price at $0.010/request across 3 providers.
- Is Sonar API free?
- Yes, Sonar free API options are available through 2 providerundefined other undefined} on LMSpeed, including 兔子API, 兔子API. These providers offer free API credits or a free tier with no per-token charges.
- Where can I get Sonar free API access?
- LMSpeed currently lists 2 free API providerundefined other undefined} for Sonar: 兔子API, 兔子API. Check each provider row before using it because free tier limits can change.