Claude Sonnet 5
Claude Sonnet 5Alternatives?
CheaperDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813maxOpen+11%-87%$0.67No image input+5Lower effortSame modelxhighsame-44%$2.87
CheaperGrok 4.6high+8%-71%$1.48Context: 1M → 500K
CheaperQwen3.8 2.4T A95BthinkingOpen+6%-58%$2.16Context: 1M → 262K+6
CheaperMuse Spark 1.2xhigh+6%-81%$0.97Only auto tool_choice is supported+1DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813maxOpen+11%-87%$0.67No image input+5Grok 4.6high+8%-71%$1.48Context: 1M → 500KQwen3.8 2.4T A95BthinkingOpen+6%-58%$2.16Context: 1M → 262K+6Muse Spark 1.2xhigh+6%-81%$0.97Only auto tool_choice is supported+1
Step 5 PreviewthinkingOpen+6%-80%$1.03web_search not available · Chat Completions+2DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813maxOpen+11%-87%$0.67No image input+5Muse Spark 1.2xhigh+6%-81%$0.97Only auto tool_choice is supported+1Step 5 PreviewthinkingOpen+6%-80%$1.03web_search not available · Chat Completions+2Grok 4.6high+8%-71%$1.48Context: 1M → 500KQwen3.8 2.4T A95BthinkingOpen+6%-58%$2.16Context: 1M → 262K+6DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813maxOpen+11%-87%$0.67No image input+5Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BthinkingOpen+6%-58%$2.16Context: 1M → 262K+6Step 5 PreviewthinkingOpen+6%-80%$1.03web_search not available · Chat Completions+2
Kimi K3maxOpensame-61%$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3Qwen3.8 27BxhighOpensame-80%$1.01Context: 1M → 262K+5Claude Fable 5max+14%+72%$8.75Claude Opus 5max+6%+15%$5.86Claude Opus 4.8maxsame-20%$4.08Claude Haiku 4.5thinking-34%-95%$0.28Context: 1M → 200KClaude Haiku 5.5mediumn/a—$0.047Remove sampling parameters+5Claude Sonnet 5.5highn/a—$0.88No forced tool use+5Claude Opus 5.5mediumn/a—$1.34No forced tool use+5Claude Fable 5.1mediumn/a—$2.98Replace forced tool_choice+5All Anthropic models →Benchmarks
in Agents & Tool UseFAQ
How much does Claude Sonnet 5 cost?›
$2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens; cached input $0.20 per 1M. A typical benchmark task costs about $5.09 at max effort.
Is Claude Sonnet 5 free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $2 per 1M input tokens.
How good is Claude Sonnet 5, and what is it best at?›
#38 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #32 of 132 in Coding, #45 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #40 of 195 in Writing & Language, #36 of 124 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Coding, Agents & work tasks, Reasoning, Science, Long context, Knowledge.
Is Claude Sonnet 5 better than Qwen3.7 Max?›
On EnterpriseOps-Gym-AA, Claude Sonnet 5 scores 44.7 vs 45 — about the same. It is 344% more expensive per task.
How can I use Claude Sonnet 5?›
Through the API of Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Azure, Claude Platform on AWS, DeepInfra and 1 more.
What is the context window of Claude Sonnet 5?›
1M tokens, with up to 128K output tokens.
When was Claude Sonnet 5 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-06-29. It has been superseded by Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Is Claude Sonnet 5 open source?›
No, Claude Sonnet 5 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813.
Can Claude Sonnet 5 read images?›
It accepts text and images, PDF files as input.
What is Claude Sonnet 5?›
Claude Sonnet 5 is a closed language model from Anthropic, released Jun 2026, the successor to Claude Sonnet 4.6.
What are the best alternatives to Claude Sonnet 5?›
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (cheaper).