claude-sonnet-5 API — compare providers

The same model (claude-sonnet-5) is served by 3 providers at the same blended price — $12.0/1M whichever endpoint you pick.

LicenseAPI onlyproprietary (Proprietary) · terms
Knowledge cutoffJanuary 2026source · ranked
Intelligence55.3Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · source · ranked

Quality and intelligence scores are attached to the model itself — identical whichever provider serves it.

RankProviderInput /1MOutput /1MBlended /1M
1Anthropic$2$10$12
2Amazon Bedrock$2$10$12
3Google$2$10$12

Prices are per 1M tokens (USD). "Blended" = input + output, for coarse ranking. Same underlying model, 3 serving providers, identically priced across all of them. Context window: 200,000 tokens (64,000 max output) — see how it ranks in biggest context windows. See how this compares across the catalogue in same model, different price.

Cost per 1,000 requests by workload

What each provider actually bills for a representative job, not just the sticker price.

ProviderChatbot
1000 in / 500 out
RAG / long context
8000 in / 500 out
Batch summarize
4000 in / 1000 out
Anthropic$7.00$21.00$18.00
Amazon Bedrock$7.00$21.00$18.00
Google$7.00$21.00$18.00

Estimate your own workload

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ProviderEstimated cost (USD)