I use GitHub copilot... No daily usage limits. And it seems like I get more usage for $10 month than with $20 directly to Claude. Answer from That_____ on reddit.com
Anthropic
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Claude Sonnet 4.5
Pricing for Sonnet 4.5 starts at $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens, with up to 90% cost savings with prompt caching and 50% cost savings with batch processing. To learn more, check out our pricing page. To get started, simply use claude-sonnet-4-5 via the Claude API.
Anthropic
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Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5
We recommend upgrading to Claude Sonnet 4.5 for all uses. Whether you’re using Claude through our apps, our API, or Claude Code, Sonnet 4.5 is a drop-in replacement that provides much improved performance for the same price. Claude Code updates are available to all users.
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What is Claude Sonnet 4.5 used for?
Claude Sonnet 4.5 handles software development, agent workflows, and computer-use tasks. It's used for pull request generation, bug fixing, multi-step feature building, browser automation, security audits, financial analysis, legal document review, and research with long context. It integrates with tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot.
leanware.co
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Claude Sonnet 4.5: Features, Benchmarks & Pricing Guide (2025)
How much does Claude Sonnet 4.5 cost?
For prompts ≤200K tokens: $3/M input, $15/M output. For prompts >200K tokens: $6/M input, $22.5/M output. Prompt caching offers additional savings (write: $3.75-7.50/M, read: $0.30-0.60/M). Same pricing as Sonnet 4.
leanware.co
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Claude Sonnet 4.5: Features, Benchmarks & Pricing Guide (2025)
What is Claude Sonnet 4.5's context window?
Standard 200K tokens, with 1M tokens available through special access. Supports up to 64K output tokens. Context editing reduces token consumption by 84% in long workflows. Long-context pricing applies above 200K tokens.
leanware.co
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Claude Sonnet 4.5: Features, Benchmarks & Pricing Guide (2025)
Crackedaiengineering
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Claude Sonnet 4.5 - AI Model Specifications & Pricing | GitHub Copilot | Cracked AI Engineering
The Claude Sonnet 4.5 AI model by GitHub Copilot offers developers a powerful tool for text input, vision tasks, function calling, and advanced reasoning. With a context window of 128,000 tokens and an output limit of 16,000 tokens, this model excels in handling complex tasks efficiently.
GitHub
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AI coding tools that give free Claude Opus/Sonnet, GPT-5, Gemini Pro, and other pro-grade models - inmve/free-ai-coding
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Leanware
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Claude Sonnet 4.5: Features, Benchmarks & Pricing Guide (2025)
We enjoy working with Leanware’s team.
TLDR: Claude Sonnet 4.5 scores 77.2% on SWE-bench Verified (82.0% with parallel compute), 50.0% on Terminal-Bench, and 61.4% on OSWorld. It reaches 100% on AIME with Python and 83.4% on GPQA Diamond. Pricing is $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens; you can use it on ... Leanware has a good working process and iterates on the product quickly, adapting to the client’s methodologies. The team is accommodating with the timeline and communicates effectively through thrice-weekly phone calls, Slack, and reports. Their flexibility has made them an excellent partner. Comprehen
GitHub
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GitHub Copilot · Plans & pricing
$10USDper month or $100 per year · Try for 30 days free · Coding agent · Unlimited agent mode and chats with GPT-5 mini · Unlimited code completions · Access to code review, Claude Sonnet 4/4.5, GPT-5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and more ·
Reddit
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r/ClaudeCode on Reddit: Is switching from Claude Code to GitHub Copilot (Sonnet 4.5) worth it?
November 16, 2025 -
Currently using Claude Code but considering the switch to GitHub Copilot now that it supports Sonnet 4.5.
Cost comparison:
Claude Code: ~$1200/year (already spent $600 in 6 months)
GitHub Copilot: $468/year
For those who've made the switch, is it worth it for the GitHub ecosystem integration? Any major feature differences I should know about?
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I use GitHub copilot... No daily usage limits. And it seems like I get more usage for $10 month than with $20 directly to Claude.
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Context window is much smaller in Copilot. Don’t expect it to understand or solve “as” complex problems as it normally would in Claude code. Copilot is a good deal, and allows you to switch between models. One day sonnet is the best, but the next day it might be Gpt. You can switch easily in copilot. But it is a middle man. And they don’t want to lose money. So you will always get an inferior product.
GitHub
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claude-4-sonnet · GitHub Topics · GitHub
Access GPT-5, o4, Claude 4.5 & Gemini 3 via one API. The best OpenRouter alternative. 国内直连/无需梯子/支持支付宝/Crypto. Get Free Key: free gemini-api gpt4 chatgpt dall-e-3 gpt-4-vision-preview gpt4-vision-preview claudecode claude-4-sonnet
Simon Willison
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Claude Sonnet 4.5 is probably the “best coding model in the world” (at least for now)
September 29, 2025 - The pricing is the same as the previous Sonnet: $3/million input tokens and $15/million output tokens. This remains significantly cheaper than Claude Opus—$15/$75—but still quite a bit more than GPT-5 and GPT-5-Codex, both at $1.25/$10.
GitHub
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Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 is now generally available in GitHub Copilot - GitHub Changelog
October 13, 2025 - Claude Sonnet 4.5 is generally available to Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Business, Copilot Pro, and Copilot Pro+ customers. You’ll now be able to access the model in GitHub Copilot Chat on…
Reddit
reddit.com › r/githubcopilot › make claude sonnet 4 as base model on github pro plan (free of charge usage with 0 multiplier or with lower multipliers)?
r/GithubCopilot on Reddit: Make Claude Sonnet 4 as Base Model on GitHub Pro plan (Free of charge usage with 0 multiplier or with lower multipliers)?
June 4, 2025 - Or hope that both Anthropic and Micrsoft reduce their benefits margines for Sonnet and Opus models. Continue this thread ... Absolutely free. Or 3k premium req/mo ... Lossless Scaling.
Anthropic
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Introducing Claude Opus 4.5
They said that tasks that were near-impossible for Sonnet 4.5 just a few weeks ago are now within reach. Overall, our testers told us that Opus 4.5 just “gets it.” · Many of our customers with early access have had similar experiences. Here are some examples of what they told us: Opus models have always been “the real SOTA” but have been cost prohibitive in the past. Claude Opus 4.5 is now at a price point where it can be your go-to model for most tasks.
Zoxide
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How to Use Claude Sonnet 4.5, Opus 4.5, GPT-5, Gemini 3 for FREE
3 weeks ago - GitHub Copilot offers a 30-day free trial of their Pro plan, plus an ongoing free tier. This gives you access to GPT-5 mini (unlimited), Claude Sonnet 4.5, Claude Opus 4.5, and other premium models through a polished, production-ready platform.
Reddit
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r/GithubCopilot on Reddit: Cost comparison cline (sonnet 4) vs copilot (sonnet 4)
May 25, 2025 -
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Probably claude sonnet 4 is one the the best option today for cost/quality agent.
I'm using copilot pro now with 300 premium requests (almost any request that has contact with your files or project will be considered premium), which is actually not that much. I would say that less that i wish. I also tried using the cline agent with the claude sonnet api via cline (in that case you also should pay for cline a little). It seemed to me that using claude sonnet 4 via copilot is a little cheaper. Has anyone made any similar comparisons for themselves?
Skywork
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Claude 4.5 vs Claude 3.5 (2025): Upgrade Decision & Comparison
September 30, 2025 - Anthropic API and app: 4.5 is accessible in the Claude API and app surfaces in 2025. Cloud platforms: Sonnet 4.5 is available in Amazon Bedrock and Google Vertex AI; always confirm region availability and quotas, as these vary by account and geography. GitHub Copilot: GitHub confirmed a public preview for Sonnet 4.5 in 2025 across eligible Copilot plans, which can simplify adoption for teams already living in IDEs.
Reddit
reddit.com › r/githubcopilot › claude sonnet 4.5 (preview) in github copilot is addicted to “comprehensive summary documents”
r/GithubCopilot on Reddit: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (preview) in GitHub Copilot is addicted to “comprehensive summary documents”
October 3, 2025 -
Been trying out the new Claude Sonnet 4.5 coding agent in GitHub Copilot. Honestly? It’s incredibly good fast at coding, nails fixes, feels like cheating sometimes.
But it has this one hilarious quirk: every tiny request, even a one-line bug fix, and it’s like, “Sure, here’s your code... oh, and also a comprehensive summary document in Markdown.” and this happens several times in one session so the .md files keep piling up quick.
So you end up with perfect code and a project report you never asked for. Not a dealbreaker, just funny that "best coding model in the world" also moonlights as your unsolicited technical writer.
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I am using this feature HEAVILY to my advantage and it literally transforms Sonnet into the best three senior developers that I've ever had working for me. I promise that if you try this approach, you will never look back: Get Sonnet to create a PHASED "feature planning" document for a single WELL-DEFINED ticket (I've got it to talk to Jira via powershell. If you're using git issues, it has native access to those), to include a section on progress and another on questions for clarification. The resultant file goes into a .gitignored folder and is named in line with the ticket number. I've updated the .github/copilot-instructions.md to understand all this. Next, open N x Visual Studios (for me N is 3, maybe start with 1!) and each on a different worktree. If you're not familiar with worktrees, they let you use one local repo, but with different folders on different branches. Now rotate amongst them. This is HIGHLY efficient. Yes it churns tokens. Yes it's worth it! When each planning document has no more clarifying questions, let it set about each phase with copilot-instructions. I get it to use me to validate completeness of the phase before proceeding to the next. I use regular staging / commits to carefully manage its progress and have no qualms about ditching changes in git, resetting the conversation and just say "we're working on XY-12345. . Update the plans and continue". Because the plan/progress document is being kept up to date, you can interrupt progress, suffer IDE crashes without impact etc. Finally, once the feature is complete, have it: Attach the .md to the ticket Write a test plan Pass the ticket to Q/A Clean up after itself. Side note. Use Windows H to work at the speed of thought, but also to permit you to stop and think without having a ChatGPT-like experience of the AI hating silence and talking to fill the gaps. Suggestion: Create a ticket in your ticketing system with a hyperlink to this comment and ask it to PLAN how you and they can work together better in future. Tl;Dr: Documentation is good, and embracing that will make you a better software engineer.
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After the "You are absolutely right!" fiasco looks like we now have "Perfect! Let me create a document...".
GitHub
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claude-sonnet-4 · GitHub Topics · GitHub
A controlled evaluation of two state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) GPT‑5 and Claude 4 Sonnet across 200 diverse prompts
Reddit
reddit.com › r/githubcopilot › is switching from claude code to github copilot (sonnet 4.5) worth it?
r/GithubCopilot on Reddit: Is switching from Claude Code to GitHub Copilot (Sonnet 4.5) worth it?
November 17, 2025 -
Currently using Claude Code but considering the switch to GitHub Copilot now that it supports Sonnet 4.5.
Cost comparison:
Claude Code: ~$1200/year (already spent $600 in 6 months)
GitHub Copilot: $468/year
For those who've made the switch, is it worth it for the GitHub ecosystem integration? Any major feature differences I should know about?
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I got to use both concurrently in my companies poc trials. Copilot mid summer was hot garbage with an 8k context window. It’s gotten a lot better context window for sonnet 4.5 is up to 120k tokens and they have made a lot of good improvements. I think it depends on your chats, vibe coding style and repo size. If you are routinely hitting 200k before summarizing and going with one long chat they extra for Claude might be worth for you. However value for dollar is better in copilot because you don’t pay for tokens you pay for enter presses. I think for most people copilot is a good substitute however if you are price insensitive. I still think Claude code is best in class.
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If you're optimizing for dollars, co-pilot gives you the most premium usage for your spend than any other IDE. I think it's because they know the other ones are slightly better though, I still think cursor and Claude code have an edge on co-pilot but they've caught up pretty quickly so they're going to take a loss on llm expense to gain market share for a while. So I would expect it to end, for what it's worth. Microsoft has deep pockets so they can accept a loss on tokens to gain market share for quite a while, but then they will always up the price as soon as they get it.
GitHub
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Claude Sonnet 3.5 deprecated, Claude Haiku 4.5 available in Copilot Free - GitHub Changelog
November 10, 2025 - We have deprecated Claude Sonnet ... with enhanced coding capabilities—will be available to all Copilot users, including Copilot Free....
CometAPI
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GitHub Copilot CLI vs Claude code: Which is more suitable for you? - CometAPI - All AI Models in One API
October 5, 2025 - Using Claude Code via CometAPI will save more costs. The API provided by CometAPI is 20% off the official price and is updated with the latest model by the official. The latest model is Claude Sonnet 4.5.