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Claude Sonnet 5 API pricing & cost

Current token rates, context limits, workload examples and unit-economics shortcuts for Claude Sonnet 5.

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Input / 1M tokens$2
Output / 1M tokens$10
Cached input / 1M$0.2
Context window1M tokens

Pricing page fallback verified September 3, 2026; client checks TokenCOGS live registry on load.

Quick cost examples

What the token rates mean in dollars

Example workload: 2,000 input tokens + 500 output tokens per request, standard text-token pricing.

VolumeEstimated API costApprox. / request
1,000 requests$9.00$0.0090
100,000 requests$900.00$0.0090
1,000,000 requests$9,000.00$0.0090
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Positioning

Where Claude Sonnet 5 sits on price

Claude Sonnet 5 sits toward the lower-cost end of this provider’s current model lineup. Price alone is not a quality ranking, but this position is useful when you are screening models for unit-economics fit before benchmarking latency and quality.

Cost comparison is not a quality, latency or reliability ranking. Benchmark the task you actually need to run.

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Cost considerations

What can move the invoice

  • Cached input is tracked at $0.2 per 1M tokens, which can materially change repeated-system-prompt or repeated-context workloads.
  • Anthropic made the $2/$10 introductory rate the standard price on August 10, 2026.
Current deals & credits

Ways this provider may reduce spend

Credits program

API credits + priority limits

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Compare

Nearby Anthropic options

ModelInput / 1MOutput / 1MContext
Claude Haiku 4.5$1$5200K tokensView
Claude Sonnet 4.6$3$15Not listed in registryCalculate
Claude Sonnet 4.5$3$15Not listed in registryCalculate
Claude Opus 5$5$251M tokensView
Claude Opus 4.8$5$25Not listed in registryCalculate
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FAQ

Claude Sonnet 5 pricing questions

How much does Claude Sonnet 5 cost per 1M tokens?

The current TokenCOGS snapshot lists Claude Sonnet 5 at $2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens. Live registry data can update these values when the provider changes pricing.

What would 1,000 Claude Sonnet 5 requests cost?

At 2,000 input tokens and 500 output tokens per request, 1,000 requests are approximately $9.00 before provider-specific extras. Change the workload in the linked calculator for your own usage pattern.

Is Claude Sonnet 5 the cheapest Anthropic model?

Claude Sonnet 5 sits toward the lower-cost end of this provider’s current model lineup. Price alone is not a quality ranking, but this position is useful when you are screening models for unit-economics fit before benchmarking latency and quality.