As a dev here's the calculus: Pay for Claude Pro, $20. Pay for Claude Sonnet 3.5 API through their console, and pay-as-you-go. I recommend a tool like: https://get.big-agi.com/ - you just paste your Claude API key and go. Now, use the API key for 5 days. Check your usage. Multiply that by 4. What is cheaper: $20 pro, or API usage for the month? That's the math you have to do really. Personally I paid for the $20 pro because I like the Artifact and claude UI. It's worth it to me. Answer from saintxpsaint on reddit.com
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Anthropic
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Introducing Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is now available for free on Claude.ai and the Claude iOS app, while Claude Pro and Team plan subscribers can access it with significantly higher rate limits. It is also available via the Anthropic API, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI.
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Reddit
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r/ClaudeAI on Reddit: Cheapest option right now for programmers using Sonnet 3.5?
July 10, 2024 -

There are so many options and I dont know which to choose. There is Cursor, Poe, Perplexity Pro, Anthropic API, Claude Webchat etc etc.

The Webchat is great but the usage limits are too annoying. I would like to more often use a bigger context size because then Sonnet seems to compare much better.

Right now I am thinking about using Poe with the Sonnet 3.5 200k Bot. 1k credits for one message and you'll get 1million credits per month for 20$. so I guess that would be quite cheap compared to the API.

Cursor also looks interesting though with their unlimited slow usage, but not sure if you also can get Sonnet 3.5 slow usage or not.

What do you guys use for programming?

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Api
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Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet Price: $3.00/1M In, $15.00/1M Out
Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Claude 3.5 Sonnet by Anthropic is a reasoning‑focused AI model built for analysis, planning, and high‑accuracy answers.
Price   US$3.00
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Prompthub
prompthub.us › models › claude-3-5-sonnet
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Model Card
For Claude 3.5 Sonnet, the price is $0.003 per 1,000 input tokens and $0.015 per 1,000 output tokens.
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Artificial Analysis
artificialanalysis.ai › models › claude-35-sonnet
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct) - Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct '24) and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more.
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Claude AI Hub
claudeaihub.com › claude-3-sonnet-pricing-and-features
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Pricing & Features | Claude AI Hub
March 4, 2025 - Claude 3.5 Sonnet’s pricing model ... AI without incurring exorbitant costs. For every million input tokens, the cost is set at $3, while every million output tokens are priced at $15....
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Arsturn
arsturn.com › blog › how-much-does-claude-3-5-sonnet-cost
Understanding the Cost of Claude 3.5 Sonnet: A Comprehensive Guide
Dive into the details of the pricing strategy behind the Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI model and explore various plans available for different usage levels.
Find elsewhere
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CodingScape
codingscape.com › blog › claude-3.5-sonnet-faster-cheaper-easier-to-use
Claude 3.5 Sonnet - faster, cheaper, easier to use
August 19, 2024 - Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms all of Anthropic’s other models (including Claude 3 Opus) with the speed and cost of their mid-tier Sonnet.
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AWS Marketplace
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AWS Marketplace: Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Amazon Bedrock Edition)
Claude is our most powerful model and excels at complex reasoning tasks such as sophisticated dialogue or detailed content creation.
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Segmind
segmind.com › models › claude-3.5-sonnet › pricing
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Pricing
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a state-of-the-art large language model (LLM) developed by Anthropic. It is part of the Claude 3.5 series, which builds upon the strengths of previous Claude models while introducing new capabilities.
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OpenRouter
openrouter.ai › anthropic › claude-3.5-sonnet
Claude 3.5 Sonnet - API, Providers, Stats | OpenRouter
New Claude 3.5 Sonnet delivers better-than-Opus capabilities, faster-than-Sonnet speeds, at the same Sonnet prices. Run Claude 3.5 Sonnet with API
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Simon Willison
simonwillison.net › 2024 › Jun › 20 › claude-35-sonnet
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
June 20, 2024 - Claude 3.5 Sonnet: $3/million input, $15/million output
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Google Cloud Platform
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet – Vertex AI
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AWS re:Post
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Which Claude Sonnet Model is Better: 3.5 v1 or 3.5 v2? (Features & Cost Comparison) | AWS re:Post
November 13, 2024 - Sources Upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet from Anthropic (available now), computer use (public beta), and Claude 3.5 Haiku (coming soon) in Amazon Bedrock | AWS News Blog Anthropic’s upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet model and computer use now in Amazon Bedrock - AWS ... According to leaderboards v2 is better. But since the price for both of them is the same, the only objective source about who is better is you as a developer/user.
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Anthropic
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Claude Sonnet 4.5
Sonnet 3.7 is the first hybrid reasoning model and our most intelligent model to date. It’s state-of-the art for coding and delivers significant improvements in content generation, data analysis, and planning. ... Anyone can chat with Claude using Sonnet 4.5 on Claude.ai, available on web, ...
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Helicone
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Anthropic claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022 Pricing Calculator | API Cost Estimation
Explore AI costs with our comprehensive Anthropic claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022 Pricing Calculator. Compare prices for 300+ models across 10+ providers, get accurate API pricing, token costs, and budget estimations.
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Google Cloud
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet – Marketplace
Spend smart, procure faster and retire committed Google Cloud spend with Google Cloud Marketplace. Browse the catalog of over 2000 SaaS, VMs, development stacks, and Kubernetes apps optimized to run on Google Cloud.
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Apidog
apidog.com › blog › claude-3-5-sonnet
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: New Features, Pricing, Advantages & Comparisons
July 31, 2025 - This latest iteration in the Claude series introduces groundbreaking features, enhanced safety measures, and flexible pricing models that promise to make advanced AI more accessible and effective for businesses and developers alike. Here’s a comprehensive look at what's new in Claude 3.5 Sonnet, its pricing structure, and the advantages it offers.
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LLM Stats
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet: Pricing, Context Window, Benchmarks, and More
June 21, 2024 - Compare Claude 3.5 Sonnet to other models by quality (GPQA score) vs cost.