Claude Sonnet 5.5 pricing
Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens as of October 2026. Tracked daily since 29 September 2026 across 27 snapshots.
Current rates
- Input: $2.00 per 1M tokens
- Output: $10.00 per 1M tokens
- Cached input: $0.10 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 1,000,000 tokens
Recorded changes
| Date | Field | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2026 | cached input | $0.20 | $0.10 |
Cheaper alternatives to Claude Sonnet 5.5
Ranked by blended cost assuming a 3:1 input-to-output ratio, which is typical of chat and agent workloads. Only currently callable models with a comparable context window are listed.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cheaper by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | $1.25 | $10.00 | 14% |
| Grok 4.7 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 25% |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 25% |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | $1.25 | $4.25 | 50% |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $1.00 | $5.00 | 50% |
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Text
YemHub (2026). Claude Sonnet 5.5 API pricing history. YemHub AI Pricing Index. Retrieved 26 October 2026, from https://yemhub.com/price-history/claude-sonnet-5-5/
BibTeX
@misc{yemhub2026claudesonnet55apipricinghistor,
author = {{YemHub}},
title = {Claude Sonnet 5.5 API pricing history},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://yemhub.com/price-history/claude-sonnet-5-5/}},
note = {YemHub AI Pricing Index, accessed 2026-10-26}
}