How much does Claude Sonnet 5.5 cost?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is billed pay-as-you-go at $0.37 per 1M input tokens and $1.85 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.

What is the context window of Claude Sonnet 5.5?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 supports a context window of up to 1M tokens. It can return up to 128K tokens in a single response.

What can Claude Sonnet 5.5 do?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 supports Vision, Tool calling, Reasoning, Documents, Prompt caching.

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 free to use?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.

How do I use Claude Sonnet 5.5 via the API?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID claude-sonnet-5.5 with your Api.Airforce API key.

Who makes Claude Sonnet 5.5?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is Anthropic's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.

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Claude Sonnet 5.5

API model name: claude-sonnet-5.5

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is Anthropic's chat model, served on the Api.Airforce unified API. It has a 1M-token context window. Beyond text, it accepts image, file as input. Capabilities include Vision, Tool calling, Reasoning, Documents, Prompt caching. It is priced at $0.37 per million input tokens and $1.85 per million output tokens. That is below the provider's $2.00 official input rate. Knowledge cutoff: 2026-06. Access it through the OpenAI-compatible API with one key, alongside 100+ other models on Api.Airforce.

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Pricing

Input / 1M tokens

$0.37

Output / 1M tokens

$1.85

Cache read / 1M tokens

$0.04

Cache write / 1M tokens

$0.46

Official input rate

$2.00

Official output rate

$10.00

Api.Airforce price vs. the provider's official rate.-82%

Specifications

Provider: Anthropic
Type: chat model
Context window: 1M tokens
Max output: 128K tokens
Knowledge cutoff: 2026-06
Input: text, image, file
Output: text
Prompt caching: Supported

Capabilities

VisionTool callingReasoningDocumentsPrompt cachingStreaming

What is Claude Sonnet 5.5 used for?

Chatbots & assistants — conversational AI, drafting, summarizing and Q&A.
Image understanding — analyze photos, screenshots, charts and scanned documents.
Agents & automation — function calling and tool use for multi-step workflows.
Complex reasoning — math, coding and step-by-step problem solving.
Document analysis — summarize and answer questions across long files.
Long-context tasks — process entire documents or codebases in a single prompt.
Real-time experiences — stream tokens for responsive chat and apps.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs. similar models

Model	Intelligence	Context	Input / 1M	Output / 1M
Claude Sonnet 5.5	—	1M	$0.37	$1.85
Chat Latest	—	—	$5.25	$31.50
Claude 3.5 Sonnet	—	200K	$3.15	$15.75
Claude 3.5 Sonnet	—	200K	$3.15	$15.75

Prices are Api.Airforce pay-as-you-go rates per 1M tokens. Context is the maximum input length.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 — frequently asked questions

How much does Claude Sonnet 5.5 cost?: Claude Sonnet 5.5 is billed pay-as-you-go at $0.37 per 1M input tokens and $1.85 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.
What is the context window of Claude Sonnet 5.5?: Claude Sonnet 5.5 supports a context window of up to 1M tokens. It can return up to 128K tokens in a single response.
What can Claude Sonnet 5.5 do?: Claude Sonnet 5.5 supports Vision, Tool calling, Reasoning, Documents, Prompt caching.
Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 free to use?: Claude Sonnet 5.5 is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.
How do I use Claude Sonnet 5.5 via the API?: Claude Sonnet 5.5 is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID claude-sonnet-5.5 with your Api.Airforce API key.
Who makes Claude Sonnet 5.5?: Claude Sonnet 5.5 is Anthropic's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.

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Use Claude Sonnet 5.5 via the API

OpenAI-compatible — point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass claude-sonnet-5.5 as the model.

cURL

curl https://api.airforce/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIRFORCE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "claude-sonnet-5.5",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
  }'

Python

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.airforce/v1", api_key="$AIRFORCE_API_KEY")
r = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="claude-sonnet-5.5",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(r.choices[0].message.content)

JavaScript

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.airforce/v1", apiKey: process.env.AIRFORCE_API_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "claude-sonnet-5.5",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);