How much does Sonar Deep Research cost?

Billing is usage-based: $2 per million input tokens and $8 per million output tokens. There is no fixed monthly fee. You pay only for what you use.

How do I access Sonar Deep Research from inside Iran?

Create a Hormouz account and generate an API key. Hormouz provides a stable path to the model from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.

Is Sonar Deep Research compatible with OpenAI code?

Yes. Hormouz exposes an OpenAI-compatible API. Change the base URL to Hormouz and swap in your Hormouz key. Your existing SDKs and code run without a rewrite.

What context window and capabilities does Sonar Deep Research have?

Sonar Deep Research works with a context window of about 128K tokens. It also can produce explicit reasoning. That makes it suitable for deep research reports, market and literature analysis, and briefing generation.

Which provider serves Sonar Deep Research on Hormouz?

Hormouz is the provider you connect to and bill through. It routes your request to the model and handles access, billing and stable connectivity from inside Iran on your behalf.

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research: AI model

Sonar Deep Research is an autonomous research model for exhaustive, multi-source reports from Perplexity. Reachable from inside Iran through Hormouz.

Context window:: 128,000 tokens
Input:: $2/1M tokens
Output:: $8/1M tokens
Type:: text

Streaming
Long context

Thinking levels:

Sonar Deep Research runs many searches on your behalf, reads and evaluates the sources, and reasons across the material before writing a structured report. It is built for exhaustive investigations in areas like finance, technology, health and current events, where a single query can trigger dozens of underlying searches.

Sonar Deep Research is a good fit for deep research reports, market and literature analysis, and briefing generation. It supports explicit reasoning. The model works with a context window of about 128K tokens, so it comfortably handles long inputs. It is served through Hormouz behind an OpenAI-compatible API. Just point your base URL at Hormouz and drop in a Hormouz key, and existing OpenAI SDK code runs unchanged.

Pricing is usage-based: $2 per million input tokens and $8 per million output tokens, billed only for what you use. Hormouz provides stable access to the model from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.

Sonar Deep Research is a research-focused model designed for multi-step retrieval, synthesis, and reasoning across complex topics. It autonomously searches, reads, and evaluates sources, refining its approach as it gathers...

Quickstart

curl https://api.hormouz.net/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "perplexity/sonar-deep-research",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Specs

Vendor	Perplexity
Type	Text
Context window	128,000 tokens
Pricing	$2.00/M in · $8.00/M out
API	Chat Completions
Capabilities	Streaming

Code example

cURL

curl https://api.hormouz.net/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "perplexity/sonar-deep-research",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Python

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(api_key="ng-YOUR_API_KEY", base_url="https://api.hormouz.net/v1")
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="perplexity/sonar-deep-research",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

JavaScript

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ apiKey: "ng-YOUR_API_KEY", baseURL: "https://api.hormouz.net/v1" });
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "perplexity/sonar-deep-research",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

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FAQ

How much does Sonar Deep Research cost?: Billing is usage-based: $2 per million input tokens and $8 per million output tokens. There is no fixed monthly fee. You pay only for what you use.
How do I access Sonar Deep Research from inside Iran?: Create a Hormouz account and generate an API key. Hormouz provides a stable path to the model from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.
Is Sonar Deep Research compatible with OpenAI code?: Yes. Hormouz exposes an OpenAI-compatible API. Change the base URL to Hormouz and swap in your Hormouz key. Your existing SDKs and code run without a rewrite.
What context window and capabilities does Sonar Deep Research have?: Sonar Deep Research works with a context window of about 128K tokens. It also can produce explicit reasoning. That makes it suitable for deep research reports, market and literature analysis, and briefing generation.
What is Sonar Deep Research good for?: It is best suited to deep research reports, market and literature analysis, and briefing generation.
Which provider serves Sonar Deep Research on Hormouz?: Hormouz is the provider you connect to and bill through. It routes your request to the model and handles access, billing and stable connectivity from inside Iran on your behalf.

Updated 2026-10-13