Claude Sonnet 4.5
claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929Aliases: claude-sonnet-4-5
Retirement
Nov 30, 2026
35d 17h remaining (as of October 25)
Announced Sep 30, 2026
Recommended replacement
Claude Sonnet 5.5claude-sonnet-5-5Anthropic recommends migrating to Claude Sonnet 5.5 before November 30, 2026; the Sonnet 5.5 migration guide has a section for moving from Sonnet 4.5.
- Context
- 200K
- Max output
- 64K
- Input / output
- $3 / $15
Capabilities
Input: text, image, pdf
Output: text
Caveat: Deprecated September 30, 2026. The November 30, 2026 retirement applies to Anthropic-operated platforms (Claude API, Claude Platform on AWS, Microsoft Foundry); Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud set their own dates.
Read the AI Wiki articleOfficial sources (7)
- Claude models overview · checked Jul 23, 2026
- Claude API pricing · checked Oct 25, 2026
- Claude model deprecations · checked Oct 8, 2026
- Claude Platform release notes · checked Jul 23, 2026
- Claude sonnet 4 5 model page · checked Oct 8, 2026
- Claude structured outputs · checked Oct 25, 2026
- Claude streaming messages · checked Oct 25, 2026
Lifecycle dates above are transcribed from the provider's official notice. Follow the source for last-minute changes.