Input Price
$1.00
/1M tokens
Output Price
$1.00
/1M tokens
About Sonar
Sonar is lightweight, affordable, fast, and simple to use โ now featuring citations and the ability to customize sources. It is designed for companies seeking to integrate lightweight question-and-answer features optimized for speed.
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Price Ranking
#926 lowest price among 1240 Chat models
Model Specifications
Context Length
127k
Max Output
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Release Date
2025-01-27
Capabilities
chat vision
Input Modalities
textimage
Output Modalities
text
Best For
- Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
- Conversations, content writing, general assistance
๐ฐ Real-World Cost Examples
Estimated monthly costs for common use cases
Personal AI Assistant
$0.75
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$24.00
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
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