Compare Perplexity: Sonar Pro (OpenRouter) and Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest (OpenRouter) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.
Side by side
Compare price, provider, context, capabilities, latency, and source basis.
| Model | Provider | Input | Output | Context | Capabilities | Best for | Latency | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity: Sonar Properplexity/sonar-pro | OpenRouter | $0.564 / 1M tokens | $2.82 / 1M tokens | 200k | StreamingVisionLong context | image understanding, multimodal chat | 1000-3000ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest~anthropic/claude-opus-latest | OpenRouter | $0.94 / 1M tokens | $4.70 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 1000-3000ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
FAQ
Perplexity: Sonar Pro is cheaper ($0.564 / 1M tokens input / $2.82 / 1M tokens output) vs Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest ($0.94 / 1M tokens input / $4.70 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.
Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest is larger (1M tokens) vs 200k tokens.
Both target Vision. Pick Perplexity: Sonar Pro to optimize cost, or Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.