# Ambiguity on Sonar API Rate Limits docs table **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [July 10, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/ambiguity-on-sonar-api-rate-limits-docs-table/5546 "2026-07-10T01:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.perplexity.ai/dev/32/2490_2.png) [@dev](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/dev)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/ambiguity-on-sonar-api-rate-limits-docs-table/5546/1 "2026-07-10T01:10:25Z")
## Pre-flight checklist - This is about the Perplexity API, not the Perplexity app, Comet, or web UI. - I have removed API keys, secrets, and private data. - I have included enough information for someone else to reproduce the issue. ## Bug type - Other API bug - API docs issue ## Affected API area - Sonar API ## Summary The [Sonar API Rate Limits table](https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/admin/rate-limits-usage-tiers#sonar-api-rate-limits) has 3 rows for the Models `sonar`, `sonar-pro` and `sonar-reasoning-pro`, all of them with `4,000` Requests per minute (RPM) for Tier 4 (production); is this a separate 4,000 RPM quota **for each model independent from each other** or a **total shared quota between all of them**? The same question applies to any tier. ## Actual behavior Table with ambiguous interpretation – see current version at [Rate Limits & Usage Tiers - Perplexity](https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/admin/rate-limits-usage-tiers#sonar-api-rate-limits) ## Expected behavior Unambiguous docs table with clear expectations set, something like a \*foot note should do it: #### Option 1) Separate quotas If Each model has an independent rate limit, a foot note like this could be added: > Each model has an independent RPM quota. For example, requests to `sonar` do not count against the RPM limit for `sonar-pro` or `sonar-reasoning-pro` Visual sample (sugestional, not the actual page): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/sonar1/original/2X/1/10218b6f518003cb4046f9036abcabb21ac048db.png) #### Option 2) Shared quotas Different wording, such as > `sonar`, `sonar-pro`, and `sonar-reasoning-pro` all consume the same shared 4,000 RPM quota. ---
**Author:** ![albert\_pplx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@albert\_pplx](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/albert_pplx)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/ambiguity-on-sonar-api-rate-limits-docs-table/5546/2 "2026-07-10T23:40:14Z")
> [@dev](#): > > Each model has an independent RPM quota. Hi! This is correct. Thanks for flagging this. We will specify this in the docs shortly. ---
**Author:** ![dev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.perplexity.ai/dev/32/2490_2.png) [@dev](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/dev)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/ambiguity-on-sonar-api-rate-limits-docs-table/5546/3 "2026-07-11T02:45:08Z")
Hey @albert_pplx thanks for replying to my question! 😃 Are you a Perplexity employee? I submitted the same question to support@perplexity.ai right after posting it here and, so far, no confirmation. Can you please reply to my email or tag a colleague to do it? I’m a Tier 4 paying customer. Best regards and wish you a great weekend! ---
**Author:** ![dev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.perplexity.ai/dev/32/2490_2.png) [@dev](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/dev)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/ambiguity-on-sonar-api-rate-limits-docs-table/5546/4 "2026-07-17T21:41:30Z")
> [@dev](#): > > Are you a Perplexity employee? Got confirmation by Albert (API team) from email. ---
**Author:** ![albert\_pplx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@albert\_pplx](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/albert_pplx)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/ambiguity-on-sonar-api-rate-limits-docs-table/5546/5 "2026-07-18T01:21:18Z")
Thanks, if anything else comes up, please don’t hesitate to reach out again!