Claude Sonnet 5 vs Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo

A side-by-side comparison of Claude Sonnet 5 and Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo: input/output pricing, capabilities and available endpoints, served live from OpenCrow. Both are reachable with the same API key.

Pricing comparison

ItemClaude Sonnet 5Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.4$0.5
Output (per 1M tokens)$7$2.5
Cache read explicit (per 1M tokens)$0.14$0.1
Cache write 5m (per 1M tokens)$1.75

Specifications

ItemClaude Sonnet 5Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo
Context window1,000,000262,144

Capability comparison

ItemClaude Sonnet 5Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo
function_callingYesYes
prompt_cachingYesYes
visionYesYes

Which should you pick

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5 or Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo?

On input, Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo is cheaper ($1.4 vs $0.5 per 1M tokens). On output, Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo is cheaper ($7 vs $2.5 per 1M tokens). All prices are per million tokens in USD.

Which has the larger context window, Claude Sonnet 5 or Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo?

Claude Sonnet 5 does — Claude Sonnet 5 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens and Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo accepts 262,144.

What can Claude Sonnet 5 do that Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo cannot?

both support function_calling, prompt_caching, vision.

Can I switch between Claude Sonnet 5 and Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo without changing my code?

Yes. Both are available on OpenCrow through one API key and the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint — switching means changing the model field from "claude-sonnet-5" to "dola-seed-2-1-turbo", nothing else.

Both are available on OpenCrow under one API key — switching between them means changing the model field and nothing else, so you can use each where it fits rather than picking one.

Claude Sonnet 5 · Dola Seed 2.1 Turbo · All models