How much does the Claude API cost?

Claude API pricing varies by model: Claude Opus 4.8 costs $5/$25 per 1M tokens (input/output), Claude Opus 4.7 costs $5/$25, Claude Sonnet 4.6 costs $3/$15, Claude Sonnet 4 costs $3/$15, and Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1/$5. The cheapest Claude model is Haiku 4.5 at $1 per 1M input tokens.

Which Claude model is cheapest?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is the cheapest Claude model at $1/$5 per 1M tokens (input/output). It's 5x cheaper than Opus 4.7 and handles most chatbot and content tasks well.

How much does Claude API cost per request?

A typical Claude API request (1,500 input tokens, 400 output tokens) costs: Opus 4.8 ~$0.0175, Opus 4.7 ~$0.0175, Sonnet 4.6 ~$0.0105, Haiku 4.5 ~$0.0035. Use the calculator above to estimate costs for your specific usage patterns.

Is Claude API cheaper than GPT?

Claude Sonnet 4 ($3/$15) is comparable to GPT-4o ($2.50/$10) but more expensive. Claude Haiku 4.5 ($1/$5) is more expensive than GPT-4o mini ($0.15/$0.60). For budget workloads, GPT-4o mini and Gemini Flash are significantly cheaper. Claude excels at reasoning and code quality, so the value equation depends on your use case.

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How Claude API Pricing Works

Anthropic prices Claude models based on input tokens (your prompts) and output tokens (model responses). Pricing is per 1 million tokens. There are no monthly fees — you pay only for what you use.

Claude models are priced in tiers: Premium (Opus 4.7, 4 Opus) for complex reasoning, Mid-tier (Sonnet 4.6, Sonnet 4) for balanced performance, and Budget (Haiku 4.5) for high-volume simple tasks.

Claude API Pricing (2026)

Claude Opus 4.7: $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens — 1M context, best for complex reasoning
Claude 4 Opus: $15.00 input / $75.00 output per 1M tokens — 200K context, legacy premium
Claude Sonnet 4.6: $3.00 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens — 1M context, best value for most tasks
Claude Sonnet 4: $3.00 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens — 200K context, previous gen
Claude Haiku 4.5: $1.00 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens — 200K context, cheapest Claude

When to Use Each Claude Model

Claude Opus 4.7 — Use for complex multi-step reasoning, nuanced analysis, and tasks where quality is paramount. Worth the premium for legal, medical, or research applications.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 — The sweet spot for most developers. Excellent at code generation, content writing, RAG, and chatbots. 3x cheaper than Opus with 90% of the capability.

Claude Haiku 4.5 — Best for high-volume, simpler tasks: classification, routing, summarization, and chatbot responses. 5x cheaper than Opus.

How to Reduce Claude API Costs

Use Haiku for simple tasks: Route classification, routing, and simple chat to Haiku at $1/$5 — 5x cheaper than Opus
Optimize prompts: Shorter, more specific prompts reduce input tokens
Set max_tokens: Don't let Claude generate 4000 tokens when 200 will do
Use streaming: Streaming responses let users see results faster, reducing perceived latency

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