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Exact model · claude-sonnet-5

Claude Sonnet 5 API pricing and monthly cost by provider

Two exact Claude Sonnet 5 channels are visible, but APIDir does not announce a cheapest provider until a third fully comparable route passes review.

Exact model · claude-sonnet-5

Claude Sonnet 5 monthly cost comparison

Two exact Claude Sonnet 5 channels are visible, but APIDir does not announce a cheapest provider until a third fully comparable route passes review.

Sample insufficient — no #1
Versioned service or route ID; family-only names are excluded.
A route without a reviewed cache meter is excluded only when this value is above zero.
Sample insufficient — no #1. Two providers have complete comparable evidence. Costs are shown alphabetically; the sample is too small to announce a winner.
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USD-normalized monthly cost for the entered workload; every meter is per 1 million tokens.
Rank statusProviderInput priceCache-read priceOutput priceMonthly costExact configurationSources and freshness
—Not rankedAnthropic APIofficial$2 / 1M input tokens$0.2 / 1M cached input tokens$10 / 1M output tokens$400.00Includedclaude-sonnet-5 · Anthropic Messages API · standard
  • Input · checked · fresh through First-party source
  • Cached input · checked · fresh through First-party source
  • Output · checked · fresh through First-party source
fresh
—Not rankedOpenRouterrouter$2 / 1M input tokens$0.2 / 1M cached input tokens$10 / 1M output tokens$400.00Includedanthropic/claude-sonnet-5 · router standard
  • Input · checked · fresh through First-party source
  • Cached input · checked · fresh through First-party source
  • Output · checked · fresh through First-party source
fresh
Missing and excluded providers (4)
  • Together AI: No accepted exact Claude Sonnet 5 route and price observation was found in this review.
  • Fireworks AI: No accepted exact Claude Sonnet 5 route and price observation was found in this review.
  • DeepInfra: No accepted exact Claude Sonnet 5 route and price observation was found in this review.
  • Novita AI: No accepted exact Claude Sonnet 5 route and price observation was found in this review.

Strict boundary: Standard rates and cache reads are included. Cache writes, batch discounts, long-context premiums, tools, latency, rate limits, support, taxes, and service quality are outside this comparison.

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What the monthly comparison proves

Standard rates and cache reads are included. Cache writes, batch discounts, long-context premiums, tools, latency, rate limits, support, taxes, and service quality are outside this comparison.

A row qualifies only when the exact model route, channel, region, mode, tier, and input/output meters match the reviewed definition. Cached input becomes mandatory when your cached-input volume is above zero.

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Which exact Claude Sonnet 5 route is compared?

This page is locked to claude-sonnet-5. Family-only names, near matches, different model versions, and unreviewed aliases are excluded.

When is a lowest-cost label shown?

Only when at least three unique providers have complete fresh evidence for every token meter used by the submitted workload. Equal monthly costs share a rank.

What is excluded from monthly cost?

Retries, failed requests, networking, storage, taxes, support, dedicated capacity, latency, rate limits, and provider-specific service quality are outside this token-meter estimate.