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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 API Pricing

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 is an API model from anthropic. It costs $2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.2. Its context window is 1,000,000 tokens with up to 128,000 output tokens. A workload of 10M input + 2M output tokens costs about $40 per month. The official anthropic list price is $2 input / $10 output per 1M tokens, which matches the catalog price tracked here.
Input
$2
per 1M tokens
Output
$10
per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.2
per 1M tokens
Context window
1M
1,000,000 tokens
Blended (80/20)
$3.6
per 1M tokens

Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's most capable Sonnet-class model, with frontier performance across coding, agents, and professional work. It supports adaptive thinking with selectable reasoning effort levels (low, medium, high, max,...

How much does Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 cost for a real workload?

At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 costs about $40 ($20 input + $20 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.

What is the official Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 price?

Official (anthropic)Catalog (OpenRouter)
Input /1M$2$2
Output /1M$10$10
Cached input /1M$0.2$0.2

✓ Matches the official list price. Source: anthropic official pricing page, checked 2026-10-21.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 cost?

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 costs $2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 21, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $40.

What is the context window of Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5?

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens and can return up to 128,000 output tokens per response.

What are cheaper alternatives to Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5?

Cheaper models include Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Prime ($2.8 in / $8.8 out), OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Max ($1.25 in / $10 out), OpenAI: GPT-5.1 ($1.25 in / $10 out). See the full list on this page.

Is Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 free to use?

No. Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 is a paid model at $2 input / $10 output per 1M tokens. 20 free models are listed on the free models page.

What is the official price of Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5?

On anthropic's official pricing page (checked 2026-10-21), Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 is listed at $2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens. The catalog price tracked on this page matches it exactly.

Provider: anthropic · Model ID: anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 · Modality: text+image+file->text · Price snapshot October 21, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices