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claude-sonnet-5: direct API or gateway?
Items to Verify: Direct Official Access vs. Proxy Integration
| Comparison item | Direct official access | Through a proxy |
|---|---|---|
| Model identifier | Follow the official documentation and the models available to the account | claude-sonnet-5 is listed in the dashboard pricing data |
| Account and credentials | Follow the official account setup and key management process | Follow the proxy platform's account setup, key, and permission processes |
| Baseline input price | To be verified in testing | $2 / 1 million tokens, with final billing calculated according to the user's group multiplier |
| Baseline output price | To be verified in testing | $10 / 1 million tokens, with final billing calculated according to the user's group multiplier |
| Baseline cache-hit price | To be verified in testing | $0.2 / 1 million tokens, with final billing calculated according to the user's group multiplier |
| API parameters and features | Follow the official documentation and account capabilities | Follow the platform documentation and actual support availability |
| Troubleshooting path | Troubleshoot using the official documentation, console, and support channels | Check the application request, proxy platform configuration, and upstream response together |
Proxy integration adds an extra network hop. Latency, error diagnosis, and request behavior must be verified in the actual environment. New official models, parameters, or features may experience integration delays on the proxy side and may have a different support scope from the official API.
- How do you call the claude-sonnet-5 API?Setup steps and copy-pasteable code
- claude-sonnet-5 API — frequently asked questionsWhat people actually ask when integrating
Get started
First confirm the claude-sonnet-5 group and credentials in the dashboard, then complete integration validation with a minimal request
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Last updated 2026-08-05 | Written and maintained by OpenLux.
Latency and pricing figures come from our own measurements. Where they differ from the vendor's site, the vendor's live page wins.