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Claude Sonnet 5 API — how to connect and pay

A high-performance model tuned for a broad range of tasks.

Input ($/1M)
0.3334
Output ($/1M)
1.6667
Cache: read / write ($/1M)
0.03334 / 0.41675
Context
1M

Prices in $, updated October 25, 2026.

Performance

Last 7 days: responses / client requests that reached a supplier. Retries of one request count once; input checks, disabled routes, and client cancellations do not lower model quality.

Availability

99.05%

client requests over 7 days

Average latency

13.33 s

to full response

TTFT

11.69 s

to first token

Speed

156 tok/s

generation speed, tok/s (median)

Strengths

  • OpenAI-compatible access
  • Single key for all models

Good for

  • Chat assistants
  • Automation
  • Text processing
  • Product integration

Capabilities

Context
1M tokens
Max output
64K tokens
Input
text, image
Tool calling
supported
JSON mode
supported
Vision
yes
Reasoning
extended thinking — Reasoning tokens are billed at the output rate

Strong English, 1M long context, careful code and reasoning.

Providers

Comparison of public providers for this model: price, availability, TTFT, speed and cache. No measured metrics for these providers yet — showing «—», no invented numbers.

Provider
Defaultdefault
claude-sonnet-5
Input $/1M
0.3334
Output $/1M
1.6667
Context
1M / 64K
Availability
—
TTFT
—
Speed
—
Cache hit
—
Caching
yes

Offers

One line per price level: our input / output price per 1M tokens, the discount off the official list price, and how many connected merchant subscription accounts are offering there.

:kiro-pool
kiro-pool
$1.14 / $5.743% off· 2 accounts
$1.43 / $7.1428.6% off· 3 accounts
official $2 / $10
market only
claude-code
$0.0534 / $0.266797.3% off· 1 account
$0.1734 / $0.866791.3% off· 1 account
$0.272 / $1.3686.4% off· 10 accounts
$0.528 / $2.6473.6% off· 9 accounts
$0.64 / $3.268% off· 1 account
$0.68 / $3.466% off· 1 account
official $2 / $10
market only
clinepass

No offers right now

Key facts

The live catalog contains 74 text models.

Claude Sonnet 5: 0.3334 $ input and 1.6667 $ output per 1M tokens.

FAQ about the Claude Sonnet 5 API

How much does Claude Sonnet 5 cost?

The price of Claude Sonnet 5: $0.3334 per 1M input · $1.6667 per 1M output tokens. Pay only for the tokens you use — no subscriptions or flat fees.

Is it compatible with the OpenAI SDK?

Yes, the API is fully OpenAI-compatible. Just change base_url to https://getvibeapi.com/v1 and set your key — the rest of the code stays the same.

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