Jamba Large 1.7 vs Sonar Deep Research

Jamba Large 1.7 at $2.30 in and $9.20 out and Sonar Deep Research at $2.30 in and $9.20 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Jamba Large 1.7

AI21 Labs

1.9¢

for a client proposal

$2.30 in · $9.20 out / 1M

256K context · released August 2025

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Sonar Deep Research

Perplexity

1.9¢

for a client proposal

$2.30 in · $9.20 out / 1M

128K context · released March 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 3.8¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

All 2 cost the same on input.
Largest context: Jamba Large 1.7 at 256K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Jamba Large 1.7

0.92¢

Sonar Deep Research

0.92¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Jamba Large 1.7

1.9¢

Sonar Deep Research

1.9¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Jamba Large 1.7

$0.39

Sonar Deep Research

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Jamba Large 1.7

$0.09

Sonar Deep Research

$0.09

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Jamba Large 1.7

$0.60

Sonar Deep Research

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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80% Input20% Output

Jamba Large 1.7

Sonar Deep Research

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Pricing

Jamba Large 1.7

Sonar Deep Research

Input / 1M tokens

$2.30

Output / 1M tokens

$9.20

Web search

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0.57¢ / search

Specs

Jamba Large 1.7

Sonar Deep Research

Provider

AI21 Labs

Perplexity

Released

August 2025

March 2025

Context window

256K

128K

Max output

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Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

2024-08-31

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Jamba Large 1.7

AI21 Labs

0.92¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

Sonar Deep Research

Perplexity

0.92¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 1.8¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 271 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Jamba Large 1.7 has the largest context window here — 256K tokens.

On price they are identical: about 1.9¢ for a typical task each.

If you want to watch the model think, Sonar Deep Research shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

Jamba Large 1.7 pricing →Sonar Deep Research pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Jamba Large 1.7 or Sonar Deep Research?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out) they cost the same — about 1.9¢ each. Compare them on context and capabilities instead.

Which has the largest context window?

Jamba Large 1.7 — 256K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Jamba Large 1.7 and Sonar Deep Research side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 3.8¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 3.8¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.