Claude 3.5 Sonnet Pricing — $3.00/M input, $15.00/M output
Anthropic / April 2026
Input $3.00/M tokens
Output $15.00/M tokens
Context Window 200K tokens
Best balance of intelligence and speed
Typical use cases
General-purpose inference, chat, extraction, structured output
Estimated monthly cost at scale
Assumes 50/50 input/output token split at stated daily volume.
| Daily Volume | Monthly Tokens | Estimated Monthly Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens/day | 30M tokens | $270.00 |
| 5M tokens/day | 150M tokens | $1,350.00 |
| 10M tokens/day | 300M tokens | $2,700.00 |
vs. other Anthropic models
| Model | Input ($/M) | Output ($/M) | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude 3.5 Haiku | $0.80 | $4.00 | 200K |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $0.80 | $4.00 | 200K |
| Claude Opus 4 | $15.00 | $75.00 | 200K |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 200K |
| Claude 3 Opus | $15.00 | $75.00 | 200K |
| Claude 3 Haiku | $0.25 | $1.25 | 200K |
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