claude-3.7-sonnet:thinking vs sonar-reasoning
Input price
$3.00
$1.00
Output price
$15.00
$5.00
Context window
200K
128K
Throughput
161 tok/s
122 tok/s
Availability
98.0%
97.2%
Cost / task
$0.014
$0.005
Efficiency score
83
87
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
CLAUDE-3.7-SON
SONAR-REASONIN
Chat assistant
$2,700
$900.00
RAG / long context
$4,950
$1,650
Agent / tool use
$7,560
$2,520
Efficiency score: sonar-reasoning
Across price, speed and reliability, sonar-reasoning offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is claude-3.7-sonnet:thinking or sonar-reasoning cheaper?+
sonar-reasoning has the lower input price — $1.00 vs $3.00 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, claude-3.7-sonnet:thinking or sonar-reasoning?+
Across price, speed and reliability, sonar-reasoning offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.