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Claude Sonnet 4

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 β€” pricing, 1000k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.

By Anthropic

πŸ‘ Vision Accepts images alongside text. Quality varies β€” text recognition (OCR) is largely solved; nuanced visual reasoning is not. Glossary β†’ πŸ”§ Tools Function calling β€” the model can structure responses as tool calls with typed arguments. Reliability differs between providers. Glossary β†’
Context window Maximum tokens (input + output) the model can process in a single request. Glossary β†’
1,000,000
tokens
Input price What the model charges for tokens you send (prompt + context). Glossary β†’
$3.0000
per 1M tokens
Output price What the model charges for tokens it generates. Usually 3–5Γ— pricier than input. Glossary β†’
$15.0000
per 1M tokens

Specs

Provider
Anthropic
Slug
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
Capabilities
vision, tools

Pricing freshness

Tier
standard
Currency
USD
As of
2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
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Pricing history

Tracking Claude Sonnet 4 pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.

Quickstart β€” call Claude Sonnet 4 from your app

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
  -d '{
    "model": "claude-sonnet-4",
    "max_tokens": 1024,
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Official docs: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/messages

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Frequently asked questions

What is Claude Sonnet 4?

Claude Sonnet 4 is a large language model API from Anthropic with a 1M-token context window. It costs $3 per 1M input tokens and $15 per 1M output tokens.

How much does Claude Sonnet 4 cost?

Claude Sonnet 4 is priced at $3 per 1M input tokens and $15 per 1M output tokens via the Anthropic API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $9.

What is the context window of Claude Sonnet 4?

Claude Sonnet 4 supports up to 1M tokens of context per request β€” roughly 2000 pages of English text or 125000 lines of code at a typical density.

Does Claude Sonnet 4 support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?

Claude Sonnet 4 supports image input (vision) and tool/function calling. It does not support structured JSON mode.

Who makes Claude Sonnet 4?

Claude Sonnet 4 is built and operated by Anthropic. Pricing, context window, and capabilities on this page are refreshed nightly from Anthropic's public catalog.

Can I self-host Claude Sonnet 4?

Claude Sonnet 4 is API-only β€” its weights are not publicly distributed by Anthropic, so it cannot be self-hosted today.

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