Claude Sonnet 5 pricing
Claude Sonnet 5 costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens as of September 2026. Tracked daily since 26 July 2026 across 47 snapshots.
Current rates
- Input: $2.00 per 1M tokens
- Output: $10.00 per 1M tokens
- Cached input: $0.20 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 1,000,000 tokens
No price movement recorded for Claude Sonnet 5 over the tracked period — the rate has held steady.
Cheaper alternatives to Claude Sonnet 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 4.6 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 25% |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $1.00 | $5.00 | 50% |