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Claude Sonnet 4 Pricing Calculator
Anthropic's 2025 balanced model. One typical prompt costs $0.0090 (0.9¢) on Claude Sonnet 4. Paste your own prompt below to compare it with other models.
Claude Sonnet 4 was retired from the Anthropic API on June 15, 2026. Prices shown are the last published rates. Anthropic names Claude Sonnet 4.6 as the replacement.
Source: Anthropic official pricing · verified October 2026. Last published rate; retired June 15, 2026.
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Showing a typical prompt (500 input + 500 output tokens) across 27 models. Paste your own prompt above for an exact count.
| Model | Per Prompt | Prompts / $1 | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
Claude Sonnet 4Retired Anthropic | $0.00900.9¢ | 111 | $27.00 |
GPT-6 LunaCheapest OpenAI | $0.0003000.03¢ | 3,333 | $0.9000 |
| Mistral | $0.0003750.037¢ | 2,666 | $1.13 |
| OpenAI (via Together) | $0.0003750.037¢ | 2,666 | $1.13 |
| OpenAI | $0.0007000.07¢ | 1,428 | $2.10 |
| DeepSeek | $0.0007500.075¢ | 1,333 | $2.25 |
| Meta (via Together) | $0.0009250.092¢ | 1,081 | $2.77 |
| Mistral | $0.00100.1¢ | 1,000 | $3.00 |
| $0.00140.14¢ | 714 | $4.20 | |
| xAI | $0.00190.19¢ | 533 | $5.63 |
| $0.00220.22¢ | 444 | $6.75 | |
| DeepSeek | $0.00260.26¢ | 378 | $7.92 |
| Meta | $0.00270.27¢ | 363 | $8.25 |
| Anthropic | $0.00300.3¢ | 333 | $9.00 |
| xAI | $0.00400.4¢ | 250 | $12.00 |
| Alibaba (Qwen) | $0.00400.4¢ | 250 | $12.00 |
| Mistral | $0.00450.45¢ | 222 | $13.50 |
| OpenAI | $0.00600.6¢ | 166 | $18.00 |
| OpenAI | $0.00600.6¢ | 166 | $18.00 |
| Anthropic | $0.00600.6¢ | 166 | $18.00 |
| OpenAI | $0.00700.7¢ | 142 | $21.00 |
| $0.00700.7¢ | 142 | $21.00 | |
| Moonshot AI | $0.00900.9¢ | 111 | $27.00 |
| OpenAI | $0.0120 | 83 | $36.00 |
| Anthropic | $0.0120 | 83 | $36.00 |
| OpenAI | $0.0300 | 33 | $90.00 |
| Anthropic | $0.0300 | 33 | $90.00 |
Prices from official provider pricing pages, verified October 2026.
How Much Does Claude Sonnet 4 Cost?
| Prompts | Cost (500 in + 500 out tokens each) |
|---|---|
| 1 prompt | $0.0090 |
| 100 prompts | $0.9000 |
| 1,000 prompts | $9.00 |
| 10,000 prompts | $90.00 |
| 100,000 prompts | $900.00 |
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| Input price | $3.00 / 1M |
|---|---|
| Output price | $15.00 / 1M |
| Cached input | $0.30 / 1M |
| Typical prompt | $0.0090 |
| Batch discount | None |
| Context window | 200K tokens |
| Max output | Not published |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not published |
| Input types | Text, Images |
| Reasoning mode | Optional |
| Open weights | No |
| Released | May 22, 2025 |
| Status | Retired |
Claude Sonnet 4 — Frequently Asked Questions
Claude Sonnet 4 was retired from the Anthropic API on June 15, 2026. Prices shown are the last published rates. Anthropic names Claude Sonnet 4.6 as the replacement.
A typical prompt of 500 input tokens with a 500-token answer costs $0.0090 (0.9¢) on Claude Sonnet 4. That means $1 buys about 111 prompts. Longer prompts and answers cost proportionally more.
With 500 input and 500 output tokens per request, Claude Sonnet 4 costs $9.00 per 1,000 requests. Input tokens are $3.00 per million and output tokens $15.00 per million.
Claude Sonnet 4 costs the same per prompt as Kimi K3. Claude Sonnet 4 costs $3.00/$15.00 per million tokens (input/output) vs Kimi K3's $3.00/$15.00.
Claude Sonnet 4 accepts text and images and has an optional reasoning (thinking) mode. Its context window is 200K tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4 supports 200K tokens (200,000) — the maximum combined length of your prompt and the model's answer in one request.
At 10,000 requests per day with 500 input + 500 output tokens each, Claude Sonnet 4 costs about $2,700.00/month. Use the calculator above with your real prompt and volume.