Claude Sonnet 4 Lite
AnthropicLighter version of Claude Sonnet 4. Good balance of quality and cost for day-to-day coding.
Claude Sonnet 4 Lite Pricing
| Token Type | Price per Million |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $1.00 |
| Output tokens | $5.00 |
| Cache read tokens | $0.100 |
| Cache creation tokens | $1.25 |
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 | $0.21 |
| Medium Feature (10K lines) | 500K input / 200K output | $1.55 |
| Large Project (50K lines) | 2,500K input / 1,000K output | $7.76 |
| Code Review (5K lines) | 250K input / 25K output | $0.40 |
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| Model | Input ($/M) | Medium Feature Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 4 Lite | $1.00 | $1.55 | selected |
| OpenAI o1-mini | $1.10 | $1.27 | Compare |
| OpenAI o3-mini | $1.10 | $1.27 | Compare |
| OpenAI o4-mini | $1.10 | $1.27 | Compare |
| Claude 3.5 Haiku | $0.800 | $1.24 | Compare |
| Qwen Coder Plus | $0.800 | $1.08 | Compare |
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