Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest
by ~anthropic · ~anthropic/claude-sonnet-latest · #264 cheapest of 325 paid models
Prices updated Jul 22, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC · refreshed hourly
This model always redirects to the latest model in the Anthropic Claude Sonnet family.
Compare vs:Claude Sonnet 5Claude Opus 4.6Claude Haiku 4.5GPT-5.6 Sol
Pricing
Input
$2.00
per 1M tokens
Output
$10.00
per 1M tokens
Blended (3:1)
$4.00
3 input : 1 output
Cache read
$0.20
per 1M cached tokens
Cache write
$2.50
per 1M tokens
Cache & batch economics
Effective prices for Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest with prompt caching.
| Cache hit rate | Effective blended $/1M | Example request* | vs no cache |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | $4.00 | $0.214 | — |
| 50% | $3.33 | $0.124 | −42% |
| 90% | $2.79 | $0.052 | −76% |
*Example: 100K sticky context + 2K new input + 1K output. Batch discount is an approximate 50% off list rates (available for OpenAI / Anthropic / Google — not flagged for this creator). Confirm on the vendor’s pricing page.
What a request costs
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / request | Cost / 1K requests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat message | 500 | 300 | $0.004 | $4.00 |
| Document summary | 8,000 | 1,000 | $0.026 | $26.00 |
| Codebase question (RAG) | 30,000 | 2,000 | $0.08 | $80.00 |
| Long-context analysis | 150,000 | 5,000 | $0.35 | $350.00 |
Specs
Context window
1M
tokens
Max output
128K
tokens
Input modalities
text, image, file
Tokenizer
Router