# Is sonar-reasoning the same as deepseek-reasoner?

**URL:** <https://community.perplexity.ai/t/is-sonar-reasoning-the-same-as-deepseek-reasoner/117>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [May 15, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/is-sonar-reasoning-the-same-as-deepseek-reasoner/117 "2025-05-15T00:22:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![vikvang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/67e7ee/32.png) [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/is-sonar-reasoning-the-same-as-deepseek-reasoner/117/1 "2025-05-15T00:22:49Z")

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I would like more information about your model offerings in your API. Is sonar-reasoning based on deepseek-reasoner? If it isn’t a verbatim instance, what has been changed?