Concerns Over Cost Increase Switching to Sonnet 3.7 or 4 API

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Hi Team, I'm trying to switch from Sonnet 3.5 (which we use quite heavily) to 3.7 or 4 - but it seems to be costing much more (sometimes 2.5x) more when using the API. Any idea why this could be, as they are all priced the same on the Anthropic website. Curious what's causing the increase, and if there's a way to mitigate it with better prompting etc? Thanks in advance,

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Joey Walsh
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hmm this didn't really help
Joey Walsh
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Hi Smit (Clay), thanks for your reply. Another question on sonnet 3.5 API - I've noticed that when trying to run prompts via API the results are very patchy , often completely ignoring strict output requirements and often returning row errors. However, when trying to run the same row with Clay credits (instead of API), it performs as expected. Any idea why this could be? It's quite frustrating to have to use Clay credits each time I want to use Sonnet (I'm Tier 4)
Joey Walsh
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I mean using my own API key

Joey Walsh
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hmm this didn't really help
Joey Walsh
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Hi Smit (Clay), thanks for your reply. Another question on sonnet 3.5 API - I've noticed that when trying to run prompts via API the results are very patchy , often completely ignoring strict output requirements and often returning row errors. However, when trying to run the same row with Clay credits (instead of API), it performs as expected. Any idea why this could be? It's quite frustrating to have to use Clay credits each time I want to use Sonnet (I'm Tier 4)
Joey Walsh
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I mean using my own API key