Claude Sonnet 5 API - Low-Cost Access Guide

Claude Sonnet 5 is a Claude-series LLM by Anthropic. Access it via TokenDos with pay-per-token billing, input from 0.000012 USD/1K tokens — no VPN required, typically well below official pricing.

Official input (per 1M tokens)$2
Rate (vs official)0.0739x
Provider nodes8

Rate = site price in CNY / official catalog price = (site price in USD * FX) / catalog price; single value, 1.0x = at official price.

Claude Sonnet 5 Live Node Pricing

Provider nodeInput / 1K tokensOutput / 1K tokens
Node #1090.000012 USD0.00006 USD
Node #2150.00046 USD0.0023 USD
Node #2440.00046 USD0.0023 USD
Node #2690.002 USD0.01 USD
Node #2980.00036 USD0.0018 USD
Node #2770.00005 USD0.00027 USD
Node #3040.00008 USD0.0004 USD
Node #3060.0001 USD0.0005 USD

Claude Sonnet 5 Use Cases

Three steps to access Claude Sonnet 5

  1. Register a TokenDos account and get your API key (free trial credits for new users)
  2. Set environment variables: OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.tokendos.com/v1, OPENAI_API_KEY=your-token-dos-key
  3. Call Claude Sonnet 5 from Codex CLI or any compatible SDK

View Claude Sonnet 5 live pricing