Ways to buy 10
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API · cached $0.2 | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10List price | $0.2 | List price |
global · cached $0.2 | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10Same as list | $0.2 | Same as list |
global · cached $0.2 | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10Same as list | $0.2 | Same as list |
Default region · cached $0.2 | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10Same as list | $0.2 | Same as list |
global · cached $0.2 | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10Same as list | $0.2 | Same as list |
eu-west-1 · cached $0.22 | $2.2 | $11 | $2.2 / $11+10% vs list | $0.22 | +10% vs list |
us-east-1 · cached $0.22 | $2.2 | $11 | $2.2 / $11+10% vs list | $0.22 | +10% vs list |
us · cached $0.22 | $2.2 | $11 | $2.2 / $11+10% vs list | $0.22 | +10% vs list |
europe · cached $0.22 | $2.2 | $11 | $2.2 / $11+10% vs list | $0.22 | +10% vs list |
us · cached $0.22 | $2.2 | $11 | $2.2 / $11+10% vs list | $0.22 | +10% vs list |
USD per 1M tokens; batch $1 in, $5 out on the lab's API. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $400.00 direct.
Helicone$400.00+0%
Kong AI Gateway$400.00+0%
LiteLLM$400.00+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$400.00+0%
Cloudflare AI Gateway$420.00+5%
Requesty$420.00+5%
Eden AI$422.00+5.5%
OpenRouter$422.00+5.5%
No published token fee: Martian Gateway, Portkey, TrueFoundry AI Gateway.
Related models
| In / out per 1M | Cheapest route | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anthropic · 1M | $4 | $20 | $4 / $20 | $8 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
Anthropic · 1M | $10 | $50 | $10 / $50 | $20 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
Anthropic · 1M | $5 | $25 | $5 / $25 | $10 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
Anthropic · 1M | $10 | $50 | $10 / $50 | $20 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
OpenAI · 1.05MCheapest: $2 on OpenAI (flex) | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10 | $4 | 1.05M | $2 on OpenAI (flex) | · |
Meta · 1M | $1.25 | $4.25 | $1.25 / $4.25 | $2 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
Google · 1MCheapest: $2.25 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) | $2 | $12 | $2 / $12 | $4.5 | 1M | $2.25 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) | · |
Meta · 1M | $1.25 | $4.25 | $1.25 / $4.25 | $2 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
About Claude Sonnet 5
Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's most capable Sonnet-class model, with frontier performance across coding, agents, and professional work.
Takes text, image, files in and returns text. First listed Jul 17, 2026. Up to 128K output tokens. Blended price $4 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Overall score 5 on leadersboard.fru.dev (rank 28). Model id claude-sonnet-5.
Price history
List price since Jul 17, 2026, from Internet Archive snapshots of the OpenRouter catalog, then daily reads.
Questions
How much does Claude Sonnet 5 cost?
$2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.2, or $1 and $5 through the Batch API.
What is the context window of Claude Sonnet 5?
1M tokens, with up to 128K tokens of output.
Where is Claude Sonnet 5 cheapest?
Of 10 routes tracked, AWS Bedrock is cheapest at $2 input and $10 output per million tokens.
Sources: OpenRouter's public model catalog and each provider's own pricing page, read every morning at 05:00 UTC; gateway fees re-read every Monday. List prices: your contract may differ. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.