API PRICES
Anthropic · claude-sonnet-5
Provider prices, cheapest first
Price comparison
- Official (cash)
- Input 2 / output 10 USD/million tokensAnthropic ·
- Lowest inference provider (cash)
- Input 2 / output 10 USD/million tokensOpenRouter · Aggregator · same as official ·
- Lowest relay (credit)
- 1.4 USD credit/million total tokenskelaiapi.cc "nixiang" ·
Official and inference-provider prices are cash; relay prices are site credit (USD credit or CNY credit), a different unit, compared separately. Relay prices are per million total tokens at 75% input and 25% output.
Anthropic · claude-sonnet-5 official price: input 2, output 10 USD per million tokens (Anthropic, observed 2026-10-17). Cheapest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 2, output 10 USD per million tokens. Cheapest relay: kelaiapi.cc, group "nixiang" 1.4 USD_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 536 sites have comparable prices; 910 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.
Price ranges per million tokens
Official cash prices · Lowest 4 · median 4 · highest 4 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 4 · median 4 · highest 4 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Relay USD credit prices · Lowest 1.4 · median 8 · highest 15.2 · 16 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Official price
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | 2 | 10 | 0.2 | 2.5 | USD / 1M tokens | Official source |
Official prices are the vendor's cash prices. Inference providers also list cash prices and can be compared directly. Relays list prices in site credit; what you actually pay depends on each site's top-up rate, so they cannot be compared with official prices directly.
Inference providers
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source | vs official |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter · Aggregator | 2 | 10 | 0.2 | 2.5 | USD / 1M tokens | Official source | Input 0% · Output 0% |
Inference provider prices at least 10% above official (1)
Inference providers
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source | vs official |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra | 3 | 15 | — | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source | Input 50% higher · Output 50% higher |
Unit: USD credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.
Price range: lowest 1.4 · median 8 · highest 15.2 (16 quotes, USD credits per million total tokens)
Relays
Prices below are in site credit, not cash.
| # | Provider | Plan / conditions | Input ↑USD credits / 1M | Output USD credits / 1M | Cache readUSD credits / 1M | BlendedUSD credits / 1M | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 01 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | nixiang 站点写明为限时价格 Kiro reverse-engineered Claude (limited-time special price, 90 cache, very low consumption) [machine translation]Original: Kiro逆向Claude（限时特惠，90缓存，消耗极低） Operator pending verification | 0.7 | 3.5 | 0.07 | 1.4Median price ÷ this price: 5.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 02 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | svip_cheap ClaudeMax account pool (full-strength, external use allowed) [machine translation]Original: ClaudeMax号池（满血，可外接） Operator pending verification | 2.6 | 13 | 0.26 | 5.2Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | svip_low Max account pool, only for use inside claude [machine translation]Original: Max号池，仅支持claude内部使用 Operator pending verification | 3.3 | 16.5 | 0.33 | 6.6Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 04 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_1_pure Claude external-use group, no injection, enterprise custom [machine translation]Original: Claude外接分组，无注入，企业定制 Operator pending verification | 3.5 | 17.5 | 0.35 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 04 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_1_pure (backup) [machine translation]Group on site: vip_1_pure(备) Claude external-use group, no injection, enterprise custom [machine translation]Original: Claude外接分组，无注入，企业定制 Operator pending verification | 3.5 | 17.5 | 0.35 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 04 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_1_pure_1 Claude backup external-use group, no injection, enterprise custom [machine translation]Original: Claude备用外接分组，无注入，企业定制 Operator pending verification | 3.5 | 17.5 | 0.35 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 04 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_max_ext ClaudeMAX account pool (Max account pool, for external use only) [machine translation]Original: ClaudeMAX号池（Max号池，外接专用） Operator pending verification | 3.5 | 17.5 | 0.35 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 08 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_1_pure_zl Claude external-use group, no-injection distillation group [machine translation]Original: Claude外接分组，无注入蒸馏分组 Operator pending verification | 4 | 20 | 0.4 | 8Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 08 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_1_pure_zl (backup) [machine translation]Group on site: vip_1_pure_zl(备) Claude external-use group, no-injection distillation backup group [machine translation]Original: Claude外接分组，无注入蒸馏备用分组 Operator pending verification | 4 | 20 | 0.4 | 8Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_1_aws AWS Claude BedRock API Operator pending verification | 6 | 30 | 0.6 | 12Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 11 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_1_OR Openrouter, all models [machine translation]Original: Openrouter，全模型 Operator pending verification | 7 | 35 | 0.7 | 14Median price ÷ this price: 0.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 11 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_1_aws_o5 AWSB，o5 Operator pending verification | 7 | 35 | 0.7 | 14Median price ÷ this price: 0.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 11 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_1_official_su Claude official API fast-cycling official [machine translation]Original: Claude官方API速刷官 Operator pending verification | 7 | 35 | 0.7 | 14Median price ÷ this price: 0.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 14 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_1_vetex Claude Vertex API Operator pending verification | 7.4 | 37 | 0.74 | 14.8Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 15 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_1_aws_f5 AWSB with f5, all models all day, unlimited rpm [machine translation]Original: AWSB带f5，全天全模型，不限制rpm Operator pending verification | 7.6 | 38 | 0.76 | 15.2Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 15 | kelaiapi.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 16 plans | vip_1_official Anthropic official relay [machine translation]Original: Anthropic官转 Operator pending verification | 7.6 | 38 | 0.76 | 15.2Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
Special groups · 26 rows · not ranked
These plans are marked as test, internal, disabled, gated by top-up or membership, or have a near-zero ratio. They may not be purchasable or stable, so they are listed separately and left out of the ranking and statistics.
- near-zero-ratio group: 12 rows
- top-up or membership gated: 7 rows
- test or debug group: 4 rows
- ratio looks like a placeholder: 2 rows
- unrecognized flag STATED_ACTUAL_RATIO_DIFFERS: 1 rows
- ainzy.net · kiro-claude · claude-sonnet-5 · Input 0.04 / Output 0.2 USD credits / 1M
- newtonrouter.com · Claude Kiro · claude-sonnet-5 · Input 0.044 / Output 0.22 USD credits / 1M
- bmodels.top · default · claude-sonnet-5 · Input 0.0704 / Output 0.4 USD credits / 1M
- bmodels.top · claude95% high cache [machine translation]Group on site: claude95%高缓存 · claude-sonnet-5 · Input 0.0726 / Output 0.4125 USD credits / 1M
- 77code.cn · Perk claude [machine translation]Group on site: 福利claude · claude-sonnet-5 · Input 0.08 / Output 0.4 USD credits / 1M
- 77code.fun · Perk claude [machine translation]Group on site: 福利claude · claude-sonnet-5 · Input 0.08 / Output 0.4 USD credits / 1M
- code.77code.fun · Perk claude [machine translation]Group on site: 福利claude · claude-sonnet-5 · Input 0.08 / Output 0.4 USD credits / 1M
- doce.77code.fun · Perk claude [machine translation]Group on site: 福利claude · claude-sonnet-5 · Input 0.08 / Output 0.4 USD credits / 1M
- realmrouter.cn · Claude-kiro special price [machine translation]Group on site: Claude-kiro特惠 · claude-sonnet-5 · Input 0.09 / Output 0.45 USD credits / 1M
- llmhub.ltd · Claude-Kiro-Pro · claude-sonnet-5 · Input 0.12 / Output 0.6 USD credits / 1M
Related variants · 127 rows · not ranked
These are special editions of the model (thinking, max, search, batch, long context, free, etc.). They are priced differently from the base model, so they are listed separately and not ranked. Names that only add an effort level such as low, high or nothinking are compared with the base model.
- claude-sonnet-5-thinking (-thinking · thinking edition): 121 rows
- [低价ccmax]claude-sonnet-5 ([低价ccmax] · max edition): 1 rows
- claude-sonnet-5-high-thinking (-high-thinking · thinking edition): 1 rows
- claude-sonnet-5-low-thinking (-low-thinking · thinking edition): 1 rows
- claude-sonnet-5-max (-max · max edition): 1 rows
- claude-sonnet-5-max-thinking (-max-thinking · max edition, thinking edition): 1 rows
- claude-sonnet-5-medium-thinking (-medium-thinking · thinking edition): 1 rows
- api.aabao.top · Claude reverse-engineered [machine translation]Group on site: Claude逆向 · claude-sonnet-5-thinking · Input 0.6 / Output 3 USD credits / 1M
- api.aabao.top · Claude reverse-engineered-1 [machine translation]Group on site: Claude逆向-1 · claude-sonnet-5-thinking · Input 0.6 / Output 3 USD credits / 1M
- api.aabao.vip · Claude reverse-engineered-1 [machine translation]Group on site: Claude逆向-1 · claude-sonnet-5-thinking · Input 0.6 / Output 3 USD credits / 1M
- api.aabao.vip · Claude reverse-engineered [machine translation]Group on site: Claude逆向 · claude-sonnet-5-thinking · Input 0.6 / Output 3 USD credits / 1M
- deepkey.top · claude-kiro-pro · claude-sonnet-5-thinking · Input 0.6 / Output 3 USD credits / 1M
- deepkey.top · claude · claude-sonnet-5-thinking · Input 0.8 / Output 4 USD credits / 1M
- pipio.io · claude-inferior · claude-sonnet-5-thinking · Input 0.8 / Output 4 USD credits / 1M
- dragon3api.com · claude-kiro full price [machine translation]Group on site: claude-kiro正价 · claude-sonnet-5-thinking · Input 0.9 / Output 4.5 USD credits / 1M
- deepkey.top · claude-kiro-enterprise · claude-sonnet-5-thinking · Input 1 / Output 5 USD credits / 1M
- api.99ai.uk · claude official stable special-price group - credit only [machine translation]Group on site: claude官稳特惠组-余额专用 · claude-sonnet-5-thinking · Input 1.2 / Output 6 USD credits / 1M
How this ranking works
All per-token prices: 97,455 prices from 871 sites (about 765 companies). 89,631 are ranked, from 861 sites (about 755 companies); 7,824 more are listed separately and not ranked. Prices collected up to 2026-10-17.
This model has 4220 recorded prices; 1904 can be compared directly (1723 ranked, 181 listed separately). Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 926, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 840, billed per request or another unit 139, display unit not confirmed 122, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 48, ratio looks unset 47, new price under review; showing the previous one 2
16 recent · 0 stale (older than 10 days, or not updated by this refresh) · 0 unverified timestamps. Minimum and median only count recent paid prices; older prices stay in the table. 0 zero-valued pairs are separately unverified, without proof of free eligibility. Timing does not verify payment, upstream identity or quality.
Prices are converted to site credits using each site’s published ratio. What you actually pay depends on its top-up rate. Input, output and cache prices in each row come from the same plan. Several sites run by the same company take one place in the ranking: its cheapest plan, with the other sites listed under it. We judge “same company” by identical prices, status pages or homepage code; this is not a legal finding. To see every site’s prices, choose “All plans” or filter by provider.
“Self-declared unofficial channel” means the plan name itself says “reverse-engineered” or similar. We have not verified their source or quality. Minimum and median only count regular plans.
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FAQ
Which API is cheapest for Anthropic · claude-sonnet-5?
kelaiapi.cc, group "nixiang", 1.4 USD credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 536 sites have comparable prices.
What is the official price for Anthropic · claude-sonnet-5?
Input 2, output 10 USD per million tokens, checked 2026-10-17. Lowest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 2, output 10 USD per million tokens. Input 0% higher than official.
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