here is some analytics I ran;
All under Claude 4 Sonnet (thinking)-
June 29 tokens included in pro 10,653,547
July 3rd tokens included in pro 3,014,042
Cost usage based per token - 19,907,955 tokens = $13.68 cost/M tokens $0.6871625
Anthropic Claude 4 Sonnet: api costs Input $3 / MTok, Output $15 / MTok (all I can infer is tokens are measured differently)
Lack of transparency = start looking and trying alternatives (I don’t mind paying for value but I don’t like sneaky changes)
Update for today 2.6M tokens about 10 prompts and now I am paying…
| Jul 4, 12:35 PM | You | Usage-based | No | claude-4-sonnet | 180,012 | $0.37 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 11:37 AM | You | Usage-based | No | claude-4-sonnet | 941,211 | $0.35 |
| Jul 4, 11:36 AM | You | Usage-based | No | claude-4-sonnet | 238,062 | $0.36 |
| Jul 4, 11:31 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet | 77,419 | Included |
| Jul 4, 11:15 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet | 66,203 | Included |
| Jul 4, 11:13 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet | 143,305 | Included |
| Jul 4, 11:05 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet | 57,943 | Included |
| Jul 4, 11:05 AM | You | Errored, Not Charged | No | claude-4-sonnet | 0 | Included |
| Jul 4, 11:04 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet | 114,735 | Included |
| Jul 4, 10:56 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet | 109,110 | Included |
| Jul 4, 10:16 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet-thinking | 53,737 | Included |
| Jul 4, 10:14 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet-thinking | 264,480 | Included |
| Jul 4, 10:14 AM | You | Errored, Not Charged | No | claude-4-sonnet-thinking | 0 | Included |
| Jul 4, 10:12 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet-thinking | 52,043 | Included |
| Jul 4, 10:11 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet-thinking | 100,290 | Included |
| Jul 4, 10:10 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet-thinking | 49,814 | Included |
| Jul 4, 10:04 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet-thinking | 145,623 | Included |
| Jul 4, 9:56 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet-thinking | 975,446 | Included |
| Jul 4, 9:55 AM | You | Errored, Not Charged | No | claude-4-sonnet-thinking | 0 | Included |
| Jul 4, 9:53 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet-thinking | 92,316 | Included |
| Jul 4, 9:51 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet-thinking | 182,968 | Included |
| Jul 4, 9:46 AM | You | Included in Pro | No | claude-4-sonnet-thinking | 181,739 | Included |