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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 pricing

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is Anthropic’s most advanced Sonnet model to date, optimized for real-world agents and coding workflows. Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 from OpenRouter costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.300 per 1M. Context window 1,000,000 tokens.

API id anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5 · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose

$3.00
Input / 1M tokens
$15.00
Output / 1M tokens
$0.300
Cached input / 1M
1M
Context window

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 specifications

Provider
OpenRouter
API id
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
Model type
general-purpose
Context window
1M tokens
Max output
64K tokens
Currency
USD
Price source
Provider API
Last checked
2026-09-25

Tags

  • vision

Claude Sonnet 4.5 across providers

The same model, priced by every seller we track. Ranked by the cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens, standard tier; savings measured against buying from the vendor directly.

ProviderInput /1MCached /1MOutput /1M1M in + 1M outvs vendor
AnthropicVendorCheapest
$3.00$0.300$15.00$18.00—
OpenRouterHostviewing
$3.00$0.300$15.00$18.00—

What Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.01
Document summary50,0002,000$0.18
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$6.00

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 cost per 1M tokens?
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier. Cached input is $0.300 per 1M.
What is Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5's context window?
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 64,000 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5?
Yes. OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo is $0.500 per 1M input tokens versus $3.00 for Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5, with a 16,385 token context window.
Where does this Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 price come from?
From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

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