Claude 4 Sonnet
Anthropic · Released Mar 2026
Recommended
The best balance of speed, quality, and cost for most production workloads including code generation and document analysis.
Is it right for you?
Good for
- Code generation and review
- Long document analysis
- Structured data extraction
- Multi-step reasoning
Not good for
- Quick factual lookups where cost matters
- Image generation
- Real-time conversational agents on a tight budget
How it performs by task
Code generation
Excellent
Top-tier code generation with strong understanding of complex codebases and architectural patterns.
Document analysis
Excellent
Excellent at processing long documents with accurate extraction and summarization across 200K context.
Data extraction
Very Good
Reliable structured output from unstructured text, with strong schema adherence.
Creative writing
Very Good
Produces high-quality prose with natural tone, though less stylistically varied than Opus.
Workflow automation
Very Good
Strong tool use capabilities for agentic workflows and multi-step task execution.
Pricing
Input
$3 / 1M tokens
Output
$15 / 1M tokens
Context
200K tokens
Verified 2026-05-28View full pricing
Benchmarks
Verdict history
Jun 12, 2026Pricing
Google cuts Gemini 2.5 Pro pricing 40% — our budget long-context verdict flips
Full reasoningSources
- Anthropic Claude ModelsMay 2026
- Anthropic PricingMay 2026