Claude Sonnet 4
AnthropicAnthropic's balanced model for coding and general tasks. Best price-performance ratio in the Claude family.
Claude Sonnet 4 Pricing
| Token Type | Price per Million |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $3.00 |
| Output tokens | $15.00 |
| Cache read tokens | $0.300 |
| Cache creation tokens | $3.75 |
Estimated Cost by Project Size
Realistic cost estimates for common coding scenarios. Assumes 30% cache hit rate where caching is available.
| Scenario | Token Usage | Estimated Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Small Script (1K lines) | 50K input / 30K output | $0.62 |
| Medium Feature (10K lines) | 500K input / 200K output | $4.66 |
| Large Project (50K lines) | 2,500K input / 1,000K output | $23.29 |
| Code Review (5K lines) | 250K input / 25K output | $1.20 |
How Does Claude Sonnet 4 Compare?
| Model | Input ($/M) | Medium Feature Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 4 | $3.00 | $4.66 | selected |
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | $3.00 | $4.66 | Compare |
| Claude 3 Sonnet | $3.00 | $4.05 | Compare |
| Qwen 3.6 Plus | $3.00 | $4.66 | Compare |
| Qwen Max | $3.00 | $4.05 | Compare |
| GPT-4o | $2.50 | $3.06 | Compare |
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