Best Perplexity Vision Models

Quick answer · Updated June 2026

Sonar Pro Search is the best vision-capable Perplexity model, pairing — intelligence with image and document understanding. Sonar Reasoning Pro (—) and Sonar Pro (—) round out the top three.

—Intelligence

55 t/sSpeed

$3.00Input /M

200KContext

Multimodal large language models that accept image input, ranked by intelligence. The best vision-capable AI models for understanding images, documents and charts.

Frequently asked

What is the best Perplexity model for vision?

Sonar Pro Search is the best vision-capable Perplexity model, pairing — intelligence with image and document understanding. Sonar Reasoning Pro (—) and Sonar Pro (—) round out the top three.

What's a good alternative to Sonar Pro Search?

Sonar Reasoning Pro (—) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Sonar Pro (—). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.

How many Perplexity models are there?

modelgrep tracks 5 Perplexity models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing. 4 of them qualify for this ranking.

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