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Migrate off Claude Sonnet 3.7

Retired

Claude Sonnet 3.7 has been retired and shut down on 19 Feb 2026. Anthropic's official replacement is Claude Sonnet 4.6. The cheapest comparable model we track is Ministral 3 3B (Mistral) at $0.1 per 1M tokens blended.

Last verified: 13 Aug 2026 · sourced from official provider documentation

What changes

Claude Sonnet 3.7 → Claude Sonnet 4.6

SpecClaude Sonnet 3.7Claude Sonnet 4.6
StatusRetiredGA
Blended price /1M$6
Input / output /1M$3 / $15
Context window1M
Max output128.000
Modalitytext, image, visiontext, image, vision
Knowledge cutoffAug 2025

API string was claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219 → switch to claude-sonnet-4-6. See Claude Sonnet 4.6's full spec sheet →

Cheapest alternatives

Budget-friendly replacements for Claude Sonnet 3.7

Generally-available models that match Claude Sonnet 3.7's capabilities, ranked by blended price. Every number is computed from official catalog prices.

ModelBlended /1MInput / outputContext
Ministral 3 3B
Mistral
$0.1$0.1 / $0.1
Amazon Nova Lite
Amazon
$0.105$0.06 / $0.24300K
Llama 4 Scout (17B-16E Instruct)
Meta
$0.15$0.1 / $0.310M
FAQ

Migrating off Claude Sonnet 3.7

What replaces Claude Sonnet 3.7?

Anthropic's recommended migration for Claude Sonnet 3.7 is Claude Sonnet 4.6. The cheapest comparable model in our catalog is Ministral 3 3B (Mistral) at $0.1/1M blended.

Is Claude Sonnet 3.7 still available?

No — Claude Sonnet 3.7 has been retired (shut down 19 Feb 2026) and is no longer available via Anthropic's API.

What is the cheapest alternative to Claude Sonnet 3.7?

Ministral 3 3B (Mistral) is the cheapest generally-available alternative we track that matches Claude Sonnet 3.7's capabilities, at $0.1 per 1M input and $0.1 per 1M output tokens ($0.1/1M blended).

Browse the full deprecation watch → or see Claude Sonnet 3.7's full spec sheet →