# Source: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/grounded-llm/responses/models.md

# Source: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/models.md

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.perplexity.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

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export const ModelOverviewCards = () => <div className="mt-8 mb-12">
    <hr className="border-t border-border mb-16" />
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          <h2 className="text-xl font-semibold text-foreground mb-4">Search</h2>
          <p className="text-muted-foreground text-m leading-relaxed">
            Models designed to retrieve and synthesize information efficiently.
          </p>
        </div>
        
        <div className="space-y-4">
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            <div className="w-2 h-2 rounded-full bg-primary mt-2 flex-shrink-0"></div>
            <div className="text-muted-foreground text-xs leading-relaxed">
              Best suited for quick factual queries, topic summaries, product comparisons, and current events where simple information retrieval and synthesis is needed without complex reasoning.
            </div>
          </div>
          <div className="flex items-start gap-3">
            <div className="w-2 h-2 rounded-full bg-red-400 mt-2 flex-shrink-0"></div>
            <div className="text-muted-foreground text-xs leading-relaxed">
              Not ideal for multi-step analyses, exhaustive research on broad topics, or projects requiring detailed instructions or comprehensive reports across multiple sources.
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>

      <div className="space-y-6 mt-10">
        <a href="/docs/getting-started/models/models/sonar" className="bg-card border border-border rounded-lg p-4 flex items-center gap-4 transition-all duration-300 hover:border-primary hover:bg-card hover:scale-[1.02] cursor-pointer">
          <div className="w-28 h-28 bg-card border border-border rounded-lg flex items-center justify-center flex-shrink-0" style={{
  backgroundImage: `var(--sonar-sq)`,
  backgroundColor: '#22808C'
}}>
            <span className="text-foreground text-xs font-medium">sonar</span>
          </div>
          <div className="flex flex-col">
            <div className="font-semibold text-foreground text-m mb-2">Sonar</div>
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              Lightweight, cost-effective search model with grounding.
            </div>
          </div>
        </a>

        <a href="/docs/getting-started/models/models/sonar-pro" className="bg-card border border-border rounded-lg p-4 flex items-center gap-4 transition-all duration-300 hover:border-primary hover:bg-card hover:scale-[1.02] cursor-pointer">
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  backgroundImage: `var(--sonar-pro-sq)`,
  backgroundColor: '#22808C'
}}>
            <span className="text-foreground text-xs font-medium">sonar pro</span>
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          <div className="flex-grow">
            <div className="font-semibold text-foreground text-m mb-2">Sonar Pro</div>
            <div className="text-xs text-[#B8C4B0] leading-relaxed">
              Advanced search offering with grounding, supporting complex queries and follow-ups.
            </div>
          </div>
        </a>
      </div>
    </div>

    <hr className="border-t border-border my-16" />

    <div className="grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-2 gap-8">
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        <div>
          <h2 className="text-xl font-semibold text-foreground mb-4">Reasoning</h2>
          <p className="text-muted-foreground text-m leading-relaxed">
            Models that excel at complex, multi-step tasks.
          </p>
        </div>
        
        <div className="space-y-4">
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            <div className="w-2 h-2 rounded-full bg-primary mt-2 flex-shrink-0"></div>
            <div className="text-muted-foreground text-xs leading-relaxed">
              Excellent for complex analyses requiring step-by-step thinking, tasks needing strict adherence to instructions, information synthesis across sources, and logical problem-solving that demands informed recommendations.
            </div>
          </div>
          <div className="flex items-start gap-3">
            <div className="w-2 h-2 rounded-full bg-red-400 mt-2 flex-shrink-0"></div>
            <div className="text-muted-foreground text-xs leading-relaxed">
              Not recommended for simple factual queries, basic information retrieval, exhaustive research projects (use Research models instead), or when speed takes priority over reasoning quality.
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>

      <div className="space-y-6 mt-10">
        <a href="/docs/getting-started/models/models/sonar-reasoning-pro" className="bg-card border border-border rounded-lg p-4 flex items-center gap-4 transition-all duration-300 hover:border-primary hover:bg-card hover:scale-[1.02] cursor-pointer">
          <div className="w-28 h-28 bg-card border border-border rounded-lg flex items-center justify-center flex-shrink-0" style={{
  backgroundImage: `var(--reasoning-pro-sq)`,
  backgroundColor: '#21808D'
}}>
            <span className="text-foreground text-xs font-medium text-center">sonar reasoning pro</span>
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          <div className="flex-grow">
            <div className="font-semibold text-foreground text-m mb-2">Sonar Reasoning Pro</div>
            <div className="text-xs text-[#B8C4B0] leading-relaxed">
              Precise reasoning offering with Chain of Thought (CoT).
            </div>
          </div>
        </a>
      </div>
    </div>

    <hr className="border-t border-border my-16" />

    <div className="grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-2 gap-8">
      <div className="space-y-6">
        <div>
          <h2 className="text-xl font-semibold text-foreground mb-4">Research</h2>
          <p className="text-muted-foreground text-m leading-relaxed">
            Models that conduct in-depth analysis and generate detailed reports.
          </p>
        </div>
        
        <div className="space-y-4">
          <div className="flex items-start gap-3">
            <div className="w-2 h-2 rounded-full bg-primary mt-2 flex-shrink-0"></div>
            <div className="text-muted-foreground text-xs leading-relaxed">
              Ideal for comprehensive topic reports, in-depth analysis with exhaustive web research, and projects requiring synthesis of multiple information sources into cohesive reports like market analyses or literature reviews.
            </div>
          </div>
          
        </div>
      </div>

      <div className="space-y-6 mt-10">
        <a href="/docs/getting-started/models/models/sonar-deep-research" className="bg-card border border-border rounded-lg p-4 flex items-center gap-4 transition-all duration-300 hover:border-primary hover:bg-card hover:scale-[1.02] cursor-pointer">
          <div className="w-28 h-28 bg-card border border-border rounded-lg flex items-center justify-center flex-shrink-0" style={{
  backgroundImage: `var(--deep-sq)`,
  backgroundColor: '#9C452B'
}}>
            <span className="text-foreground text-xs font-medium text-center">sonar deep research</span>
          </div>
          <div className="flex flex-col">
            <div className="font-semibold text-foreground text-m mb-2">Sonar Deep Research</div>
            <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground leading-relaxed">
              Expert-level research model conducting exhaustive searches and generating comprehensive reports.
            </div>
          </div>
        </a>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>;

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      <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold text-foreground"><span className="font-thin">Models</span></h1>
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