Claude 3.5 Sonnet pricing
Source: litellm · updated 2026-10-27
Short answer: Claude 3.5 Sonnet costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens. That is a 3:1 blended rate of $6.00 per million tokens, ranking it #633 of 704 tracked models by input price.
Price breakdown
| Metric | USD |
|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $3.00 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $15.00 |
| Output รท input multiple | 5.00× |
| 3:1 blended, per 1M tokens | $6.00 |
| Context window | 200,000 tokens |
What a typical workload costs
| Monthly volume | Input cost | Output cost | Total | 1M in / 250K out | $3.00 | $3.75 | $6.75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $30.00 | $37.50 | $67.50 | ||||
| 100M in / 25M out | $300 | $375 | $675 |
Other snowflake models
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Openai GPT-5 Nano | $0.150 | $0.600 |
| Llama 3.1.8 B | $0.240 | $0.240 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | $0.240 | $0.970 |
| Openai GPT-5 Mini | $0.300 | $1.20 |
| Llama 3.1 70 B | $0.720 | $0.720 |
Cheaper alternatives
Next cheaper option: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview Tts at $1.00 per 1M input tokens. Next step up: Au Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3.30 per 1M input tokens.