Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Perplexity Sonar Pro Search
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 accepts longer prompts: 1M vs 200K tokens.
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the newer model (released 2026-02-17).
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Sonar Pro Search | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Anthropic | Perplexity |
| Released | 2026-02-17 | 2025-10-30 |
| Input / 1M | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| Output / 1M | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.30 | — |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $6.00 | $6.00 |
| Context | 1M | 200K |
| Max output | 128K | 8K |
| Accepts | text, image, file | text, image |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 9 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | Operational |
Cost calculator
Claude Sonnet 4.6
$405 per month$13.50 per day
Sonar Pro Search
$405 per month$13.50 per day
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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