# Anthropic pricing (Claude API)
Status: DOCUMENTED (prices are not verifiable by API; the 5 minimal live calls of this run are consistent with the documented usage shape). All prices USD.
Sources: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing · models/overview · models/*/overview · build-with-claude/fast-mode · build-with-claude/prompt-caching · manage-claude/data-residency · agents-and-tools/tool-use/{web-search-tool,web-fetch-tool,code-execution-tool} · api/service-tiers · release-notes/overview (retrieved 2026-09-18).
Last verified: 2026-09-18 · Machine-readable: generated/fragments/pricing/anthropic-pricing.json.
# 1. Model token prices (per MTok)
| Model |
Base input |
5m cache write (1.25x) |
1h cache write (2x) |
Cache read |
Output |
Batch in / out (50%) |
| Claude Fable 5.1 |
10 |
12.50 |
20 |
0.25 (0.025x) |
50 |
5 / 25 |
| Claude Mythos 5.1 (invite only) |
10 |
12.50 |
20 |
0.25 (0.025x) |
50 |
5 / 25 |
| Claude Fable 5 |
10 |
12.50 |
20 |
1.00 |
50 |
5 / 25 |
| Claude Mythos 5 (invite only) |
10 |
12.50 |
20 |
1.00 |
50 |
5 / 25 |
| Claude Opus 5 |
5 |
6.25 |
10 |
0.50 |
25 |
2.50 / 12.50 |
| Claude Opus 4.8 |
5 |
6.25 |
10 |
0.50 |
25 |
2.50 / 12.50 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 |
5 |
6.25 |
10 |
0.50 |
25 |
2.50 / 12.50 |
| Claude Opus 4.6 |
5 |
6.25 |
10 |
0.50 |
25 |
2.50 / 12.50 |
| Claude Opus 4.5 |
5 |
6.25 |
10 |
0.50 |
25 |
2.50 / 12.50 |
| Claude Opus 4.1 (retired; Bedrock/Google Cloud only) |
15 |
18.75 |
30 |
1.50 |
75 |
7.50 / 37.50 |
| Claude Opus 4 (retired; Google Cloud only) |
15 |
18.75 |
30 |
1.50 |
75 |
7.50 / 37.50 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 |
2 |
2.50 |
4 |
0.20 |
10 |
1 / 5 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
3 |
3.75 |
6 |
0.30 |
15 |
1.50 / 7.50 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 |
3 |
3.75 |
6 |
0.30 |
15 |
1.50 / 7.50 |
| Claude Sonnet 4 (retired; Bedrock/Google Cloud) |
3 |
3.75 |
6 |
0.30 |
15 |
1.50 / 7.50 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 |
1 |
1.25 |
2 |
0.10 |
5 |
0.50 / 2.50 |
| Claude Haiku 3.5 (retired; Bedrock/Google Cloud) |
0.80 |
1.00 |
1.60 |
0.08 |
4 |
0.40 / 2 |
Notes
- Sonnet 5's introductory $2/$10 became the standard price on 2026-08-10 (the planned $3/$15 increase on 2026-09-01 was cancelled).
- Cache reads: 0.1x base input on every model except Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1 (0.025x since 2026-09-01). Caching pays off after 1 read (5m) or 2 reads (1h).
- Claude Mythos Preview and Claude 3.x models are not on the current pricing page (no price recorded).
- Tokenizer: Claude 4.7+ and Mythos Preview produce ~30% more tokens for the same text than Sonnet 4.6 and earlier — same per-token price, higher token count.
# 2. Long context, data residency, clouds
| Item |
Price |
Notes |
| 1M context (>200k input) |
standard per-token price |
Claude 4.6+ and Mythos Preview; no long-context premium; caching and batch discounts apply across the window. Pre-4.6 models are 200k. |
inference_geo: "us" |
×1.1 on all token dimensions |
Claude 4.6+ only (400 on earlier models); "global" = ×1.0. Also Foundry "US Data Zone Standard". |
| Bedrock / Vertex regional & multi-region endpoints |
+10% over global endpoints |
Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5, Opus 4.5 and later; provider invoices. |
| Claude Platform on AWS / Microsoft Foundry |
CCU at $0.01 (100 CCU = $1 of list price after discounts) |
hourly metering to the marketplace; postpaid; same per-model rates. |
# 3. Fast mode (research preview, Claude API only)
| Model |
Input |
Output |
Notes |
| Claude Opus 5, Claude Opus 4.8 |
10 |
50 |
speed: "fast" + anthropic-beta: fast-mode-2026-02-01; applies across the full context window; caching (1.25x/2x/0.1x) and inference_geo (1.1x) multipliers stack on top; not available on Batch or on any cloud. |
| Claude Opus 4.7 |
— |
— |
removed 2026-07-24: speed: "fast" → error |
| Claude Opus 4.6 |
— |
— |
removed 2026-06-29: runs at standard speed and standard price; usage.speed = "standard" |
# 4. Service tiers
| Tier |
Price effect |
Notes |
| standard |
list price |
default |
| batch |
50% off input and output |
Message Batches API; 24h window; stacks with caching |
| priority |
same token price; capacity commitment |
no longer sold; burndown of committed TPM: cache read 0.1, 5m write 1.25, 1h write 2.0, inference_geo: us 1.1 |
| fast |
premium table above |
Opus 5 / Opus 4.8 |
| Item |
Price |
Unit |
Notes |
| Web search |
10 |
per 1,000 searches |
+ tokens for results (counted as input in the turn and later turns); errors not billed; 1 search = 1 use regardless of results |
| Web fetch |
0 |
— |
only tokens of fetched content (~2,500 tok per 10 kB page, ~25k per 100 kB, ~125k per 500 kB PDF); cap with max_content_tokens |
Code execution with web_search_20260209+ / web_fetch_20260209+ in the request |
0 |
— |
free (tokens only), since 2026-02-17 |
| Code execution standalone |
0.05 |
per hour per container |
after 1,550 free hours / org / month; 5-minute minimum; billed even if the tool isn't called when files are preloaded; usage.server_tool_use.code_execution_requests |
| Managed Agents session runtime |
0.08 |
per session-hour |
metered per ms while running; replaces container-hour billing; tokens at model rates; no batch discount; fast mode premium if model.speed: fast; ×1.1 if model.inference_geo: us |
| Token counting |
0 |
— |
own RPM limits |
| Files API |
no storage price documented |
— |
~500 RPM; optional expires_in_seconds |
| Claude Code |
not on the platform pricing page |
— |
|
| Overhead |
Tokens |
Applies to |
Tool-use system prompt, tool_choice auto/none → any/tool |
Opus 5 286→406 · Opus 4.8 290→410 · Opus 4.7 675→804 · Opus 4.6 497→589 · Opus 4.5 496→588 · Opus 4.1/Opus 4/Sonnet 4 313→315 · Sonnet 5 354→474 · Sonnet 4.6 497→589 · Sonnet 4.5 496→588 · Haiku 4.5 496→588 · Haiku 3.5 264→355 |
any request with ≥1 tool (none with no tools = 0) |
bash_20250124 definition |
325 (Opus 5/4.8/4.7) · 244 (Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6 and earlier) |
+ command output tokens |
text_editor_20250429 (Claude 4.x) |
700 |
|
computer_toolset_20260801 (default members) |
~4,500 (~4,520 Fable 5/Mythos 5/Opus 5/Opus 4.8; ~4,590 Sonnet 5); −~410 if zoom disabled |
screenshots/zoom images billed as image input |
computer_20251124 / computer_20250124 |
~735 per definition + 466–499 system prompt |
|
browser_toolset_20260801 |
~6,600 (~6,610 / ~6,670 Sonnet 5); +~880 with all 4 optional members |
|
# 6. Billing facts
- Billing on actual monthly usage, USD, credit card or invoicing; small free credits for new users; volume/enterprise discounts negotiated.
- Spend caps per usage tier: Start $500, Build $1,000, Scale $200,000, Custom none (see rate-limits doc).
- Refusals: since 2026-06-02 a request that returns
stop_reason: "refusal" before any output is not billed; fallbacks re-runs are billed at the fallback model's rate.
- Discounts stack: batch × caching × (fast) × data residency.