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Sonar Reasoning Pro vs Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Preview

Pricing per million tokens, context window, capabilities — pulled from each provider's public docs. All 2 are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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Sonar Reasoning Pro
perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Preview
xai/grok-imagine-video-1.5-preview
Provider
Perplexity
xAI
Family
Modality
text
video
Context window
127,000 tok
Max output
8,192 tok
Released
2025-03-07
2026-06-03
License
Proprietary
Proprietary
Input price
$2.00 /1M
Output price
$8.00 /1M
Per output second
$0.080 /sec
Tools
Streaming
yes
Vision
JSON mode
Reasoning
yes
Prompt caching
Batch API
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Sonar Reasoning Pro
perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro
Full spec →

Perplexity Sonar Reasoning Pro — search-augmented reasoning.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Preview
xai/grok-imagine-video-1.5-preview
Full spec →

xAI's next-generation video generation model. Generates, edits, and extends videos from text and image inputs. Supports multiple aspect ratios and resolutions with improved quality over the previous generation.

Strengths
  • Text-to-video generation
Use cases
PromosDemosStoryboards

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SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, all 2, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Sonar Reasoning Pro
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Preview
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="xai/grok-imagine-video-1.5-preview",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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