Is Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research or DeepSeek: R1 cheaper?

DeepSeek: R1 is cheaper on output tokens ($2.50 vs $8.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research or DeepSeek: R1?

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research has the larger context window (128K tokens).

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research vs DeepSeek: R1

DeepSeek: R1 is cheaper on output tokens, while Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research offers a larger context window. Choose Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research or DeepSeek: R1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research	DeepSeek: R1
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$2.00	$0.70
Output / 1M tokens	$8.00	$2.50
Context window	128K	64K
Parameters	—	671B
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Jan 2025	Jan 2025

Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research details →DeepSeek: R1 details →

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