Sonar pricing
Source: litellm · updated 2026-10-28
Short answer: Sonar costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens. That is a 3:1 blended rate of $1.00 per million tokens, ranking it #483 of 713 tracked models by input price.
Price breakdown
| Metric | USD |
|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $1.00 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $1.00 |
| Output รท input multiple | 1.00× |
| 3:1 blended, per 1M tokens | $1.00 |
| Context window | 127,000 tokens |
What a typical workload costs
| Monthly volume | Input cost | Output cost | Total | 1M in / 250K out | $1.00 | $0.250 | $1.25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $10.00 | $2.50 | $12.50 | ||||
| 100M in / 25M out | $100 | $25.00 | $125 |
Other vercel_ai_gateway models
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Ministral 3 B | $0.040 | $0.040 |
| Llama 3.8 B | $0.050 | $0.080 |
| Devstral Small | $0.070 | $0.280 |
| Qwen 3 14 B | $0.080 | $0.240 |
| Qwen 3 30 B | $0.100 | $0.300 |
Cheaper alternatives
Next cheaper option: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 at $0.660 per 1M input tokens. Next step up: Kimi K2 at $0.570 per 1M input tokens.