Plans and real price
Cheapest measured$0.0027per million tokens, measuredClaude Max 5x (9/14+) · low confidence · 2026-09-29~2026-10-03
API list price$2.00 / $10input / output per million tokens
| Plan | Monthly price | Usable tokens / month | Real price / MTok | Confidence | Data date |
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| Claude Max 5x (9/14+) | $100 | 36.7B | $0.0027 | low | 2026-09-29~2026-10-03 |
| Claude Max 20x (9/14+) | $200 | 63.1B | $0.0032 | low | 2026-09-22~2026-09-27 |
| Claude Pro | $20 | 6.1B | $0.0033 | low | 2026-09-22~2026-09-27 |
| Droid Max | $200 | 5.1B | $0.040 | medium | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 API | — | — | $0.209 | high | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Command Code GOAT | $10 | 34M | $0.294 | medium | Sep 30, 2026 |
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API price
| Input / 1M | $2.00 |
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| Cached / 1M | $0.100 |
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| Output / 1M | $10 |
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At 1,000 requests a day (2,000 input and 500 output tokens each), about $270 a month.
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Benchmarks
| Configuration | Harness | Score | Cost per task |
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| Claude Sonnet 5.5 (max with fallback) | — | 56.0 | — |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh with fallback) | — | 51.9 | — |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 (high with fallback) | — | 46.7 | — |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium with fallback) | — | 40.7 | — |
| Configuration | Harness | Score | Cost per task |
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| Artificial Analysis - Claude Sonnet 5.5 (max with fallback) | Artificial Analysis | 63.6 | — |
| Artificial Analysis - Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh with fallback) | Artificial Analysis | 57.1 | — |
| Artificial Analysis - Claude Sonnet 5.5 (high with fallback) | Artificial Analysis | 43.9 | — |
| Artificial Analysis - Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium with fallback) | Artificial Analysis | 29.8 | — |
| Artificial Analysis - Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low with fallback) | Artificial Analysis | 20.7 | — |
| Configuration | Harness | Score | Cost per task |
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| claude-sonnet-5.5-high | — | 1709.0 (1693.4–1724.6) | — |
| Configuration | Harness | Score | Cost per task |
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| Claude Code - Sonnet 5.5 (max) | Claude Code | 68.4 | $14 |
| Claude Code - Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh) | Claude Code | 62.9 | $3.33 |
| Claude Code - Sonnet 5.5 (high) | Claude Code | 55.0 | $1.24 |
| Claude Code - Sonnet 5.5 (medium) | Claude Code | 45.9 | $0.619 |
| Claude Code - Sonnet 5.5 (low) | Claude Code | 42.1 | $0.483 |
| Configuration | Harness | Score | Cost per task |
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| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | OpenDesign | 86.8 | $0.574 |
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