Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) API
- Input
- $3per 1M tokens
- Output
- $15per 1M tokens
- Cached input
- $0.3per 1M tokens
- Context
- 200K
Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) for OpenAI-style Chat Completions, Anthropic-style Messages, OpenAI-style Responses.
Explore Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) for OpenAI-style Chat Completions, Anthropic-style Messages, OpenAI-style Responses through the unified API. Supported interfaces and current availability are shown below.
- OpenAI-style Chat Completions
- Anthropic-style Messages
- OpenAI-style Responses
Model details
- Context window
- 200K tokens
- Max output
- 64K tokens
- Input
- Text, images
- Output
- Text
- Capabilities
- Reasoning, Vision, Tool calling, Streaming
- Interfaces
- OpenAI-style Chat Completions, Anthropic-style Messages, OpenAI-style Responses
Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) API pricing
Prices use the units shown below. No gateway fees. Usage, size and model options may affect the total.
| Metric | Price |
|---|---|
| / 1M input tokens | $3 |
| / 1M output tokens | $15 |
| / 1M cached input tokens | $0.3 |
| / 1M cache write tokens (5 min) | $3.75 |
| / 1M cache write tokens (1 hour) | $6 |
| / web search | $0.01 |
What Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) costs for real work
Typical workloads at list price, worked out from the rates above. Nothing is added on top.
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 chat replies | 1,500 tokens in, 400 out, each | $10.50 |
| Summarise a 100-page document | 60K tokens in, 2K out | $0.210 |
| 10M tokens of coding-agent work | 10M tokens: 85% cached input, 12% fresh input, 3% output | $10.65 |
| 1M output tokens | Generated text only | $15.00 |
Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) is pay-as-you-go only
Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) is not included in Token Plans. Call it from a pay-as-you-go balance at the list price above, with no gateway fee.
Why teams pick it
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) for OpenAI-style Chat Completions, Anthropic-style Messages, OpenAI-style Responses.
Call Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29)
Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) answers on any of the APIs below — pick the one your code already speaks and just swap in your Inferray key.
curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Hello"
}
]
}'curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/messages \
-H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929",
"max_tokens": 1024,
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Hello"
}
]
}'curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/responses \
-H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929",
"input": "Hello"
}'Conversation compaction is also available at POST /v1/responses/compact.
Use Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) in your tools
Every coding agent below has a setup guide. Set the model to claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Questions about this model
- How much does the Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) API cost?
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) costs $3 per 1M input tokens and $15 per 1M output tokens on Inferray, and cached input is $0.3 per 1M. That is the list price, with no gateway fee on top.
- Is there a free tier for Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29)?
- No. You add credit and pay Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29)'s list rate for each request — seats, projects, and API keys are free, and pay-as-you-go credit never expires.
- Am I charged for failed requests?
- No. A request that fails without returning a result is not billed. If a response fails part-way, the tokens already processed before the failure are charged.
- Is Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) included in Token Plans?
- No. Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) is pay-as-you-go only; Token Plans cover the other text models in the catalog.
- Can I use Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) in Claude Code?
- Yes. Set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL to https://api.inferray.com, ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN to your Inferray key, and ANTHROPIC_MODEL to claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929. The same key works in Codex, opencode, Cline, and other agents.
- Does Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) support tool calling and vision?
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) supports tool calling, image input, reasoning and streaming on Inferray.
- Is it the real Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29)?
- Yes. A request for claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 is answered by Claude Sonnet 4.5 (2025-09-29) from Anthropic, billed at its published list price. Inferray never substitutes a different or smaller model.
Prices from the catalog as of November 12, 2026.