Claude Opus 4.8 vs Sonar Pro

Sonar Pro is about 1.7× cheaper than Claude Opus 4.8 on blended token cost ($6 vs $10 per 1M).

SpecClaude Opus 4.8Sonar Pro
ProviderAnthropicPerplexity
StatusGAGA
Input $/1M$5$3
Output $/1M$25$15
Blended $/1M$10$6
Context1M200K
Max output128K
Cutoff2026-01