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Using Claude Sonnet 5 on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · Claude 5 · Anthropic

Serverless

Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $2.00/1M input, $10.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

About OpenRouter

OpenRouter provides a unified interface for Large Language Models with better pricing, improved uptime, and no subscription requirements. Route across providers for cost optimization and reliability.

OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.

Pricing on OpenRouter

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$2.00
Output tokens$10.00
Query$10.00

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoningFunction CallingTool UseStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt CachingBatch API

About Claude Sonnet 5

Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's next-generation Sonnet model for agentic coding, tool use, computer use, and professional work. It is a proprietary decoder-only model with a 1M-token context window, 128K max output, multimodal vision, adaptive thinking, function calling, structured outputs, prompt caching, and Batch API support. It is available through the Claude API, AWS Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI, Microsoft Foundry preview, and OpenRouter. Anthropic lists durable standard pricing at $3/1M input and $15/1M output tokens, with introductory $2/$10 pricing through 2026-08-31.

Model Specs

Released2026-06-30
Context1m
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2026-01

Provider

OpenRouter
OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA