Sonnet 5.5: evaluating efficiency in everyday agent workflows
The release and a subsequent cache-price change affect different parts of the cost equation. Compare complete workflows before migrating.
Read the analysis →Targets everyday development, document work and well-scoped agent workflows. Compare quality and cost across complete tasks.
claude-sonnet-5-5Rates include the selected group multiplier. All token rates below are USD per million tokens; request rates are separate. A pricing boundary is not the model’s maximum context window.
| Prompt tier (tokens) | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥ 0 | $0.4 | $2 | $0.04 | $0.5 |
Reference identifier: claude-sonnet-5-5 · Checked Oct 15, 2026
| Prompt tier (tokens) | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥ 0 | $2 | $10 | $0.1 | $2.5 |
Bounded bug fixes, templated documents and tool-assisted workflows. Keep test environments and acceptance criteria consistent.
Caching, effort, tools and retries affect task costs. Vendor results do not establish outcomes for your workflow.
Vendor capability announcement ↗Published price snapshot, USD per million tokens. Account availability and the actual bill must be checked separately. Route names retain their configured labels.
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| Model | Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Per-request rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude-sonnet-5-5 | Anthropic | $0.4 | $2 | — |
POSIX shell template for a channel offering Chat Completions. Set the account-provided base URL (normally including /v1) and API key in your terminal. Confirm this exact identifier is enabled. Running it makes a billable request; this page does not send it.
curl "$YOUJIE_BASE_URL/chat/completions" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $YOUJIE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Return a JSON object with the sum of 17 and 25 under the key total. No other text."}],"stream":false}'Acceptance target: parse the final message as JSON and verify total equals 42. This is a known mathematical target, not a recorded model response. Also inspect HTTP status, response structure and actual usage. No tool calling or strict-schema feature is assumed.
Designed for high-volume summarization, classification and bounded subagent tasks, with adjustable effort.
Pricing & details →Targets complex coding and sustained tasks requiring judgment. Evaluate accepted outcomes and unintended changes.
Pricing & details →