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Claude Sonnet 5 vs Grok 4.7: pricing comparison

Grok 4.7 costs 29% less than Claude Sonnet 5 for a typical 1,000-input, 500-output request. Here is how the two compare on price, context and discounts.

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Side-by-side prices

Claude Sonnet 5Grok 4.7
ProviderAnthropicxAI
Input per 1M tokens$2.00$2.00
Output per 1M tokens$10.00$6.00
Context window1M500K
Batch discount50% offNot offered
Typical request (1,000 in / 500 out)$0.007$0.005
Monthly at 1,000 requests/day$210.00$150.00

Grok 4.7: Price shown is for inputs below 200K tokens.

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Claude Sonnet 5 per request
$0.007
Per month
$210.00
Grok 4.7 per request
$0.005
Per month
$150.00

Cost by task

Cost per 1,000 requests at standard prices.
TaskTokens (in / out)Claude Sonnet 5Grok 4.7
Short chat reply500 / 300$4.00$2.80
RAG answer6,000 / 600$18.00$15.60
Summarize a long document12,000 / 1,000$34.00$30.00
Output-heavy generation1,000 / 4,000$42.00$26.00

Output tokens usually dominate the bill — see input vs output token cost.

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5 or Grok 4.7 cheaper?
Grok 4.7 is cheaper for a typical request of 1,000 input and 500 output tokens: $0.005 versus $0.007 for Claude Sonnet 5, about 29% less.
What are the per-token prices of Claude Sonnet 5 and Grok 4.7?
Claude Sonnet 5 costs $2.00 input and $10.00 output per million tokens. Grok 4.7 costs $2.00 input and $6.00 output per million tokens.
Which has the larger context window, Claude Sonnet 5 or Grok 4.7?
Claude Sonnet 5 has the larger context window: 1M tokens versus 500K for Grok 4.7.

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