Anthropic API Pricing (July 2026): Claude Opus 4.8 $5.00/M · Claude Sonnet 5 $2.00/M
Anthropic API pricing (July 2026): Claude Haiku 4.5 $1/M input, $5/M output. Compare cache, context, source, and verified date.
Verified pricing data
Anthropic API prices as of July 2026
Source: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/about-claude/pricing
- As of
- Update cadence
- Checked daily; published only after source verification.
- Source policy
- Official provider pricing pages or APIs only.
- Machine-readable data
- /api/pricing.json
- Tracked sources
- https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/about-claude/pricing
Quick pricing answers
Cheapest input
Claude Haiku 4.5
$1/M input · $5/M output
Cheapest output
Claude Haiku 4.5
$5/M output
Best cached-input price
Claude Haiku 4.5
$0.10/M cached input
Widest context
Claude Opus 4.8
1,000,000 tokens context
These answers are generated from 4 verified Anthropic models as of July 2026. Use the calculator for workload-specific totals because output tokens and cache hit rate can change the cheapest choice.
| Model | Input / 1M | Cached input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.8 | $5.00 | $0.50 | $25.00 | 1,000,000 | 128,000 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | $2.00 | $0.20 | $10.00 | 1,000,000 | 128,000 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $3.00 | $0.30 | $15.00 | n/a | n/a |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $1.00 | $0.10 | $5.00 | 200,000 | 64,000 |
Official Anthropic first-party Claude API base input, cache hit, and output pricing.
Official introductory Claude Sonnet 5 pricing through 2026-08-31; Anthropic lists standard pricing starting 2026-09-01.
Official Anthropic first-party Claude API base input, cache hit, and output pricing.
Official Anthropic first-party Claude API base input, cache hit, and output pricing.
Pricing questions
What is the cheapest Anthropic API model in July 2026?
Claude Haiku 4.5 has the lowest verified Anthropic input-token price at $1/M input tokens.
Which Anthropic model is cheapest for generated output?
Claude Haiku 4.5 has the lowest verified Anthropic output-token price at $5/M output tokens.
Where does TLDL get Anthropic pricing data?
TLDL uses official Anthropic pricing sources and records source URLs plus verification dates in the shared pricing dataset.
Anthropic pricing changelog
2026-07-04
Verified current Claude first-party API pricing from the official Anthropic pricing page.
https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/about-claude/pricingTLDL tracks Anthropic Claude API pricing in the shared pricing dataset used by the public pricing API, the LLM cost calculator, and the main LLM API pricing comparison.
The table above is generated from the same JSON file as the calculator and public API. Prices are included only after the official Anthropic source URL and verification date are recorded in the dataset.
How to use this page
Use the quick answers above for the current cheapest Claude input, output, cached-input, and context-window choices. Use the table when you need per-model input price, cached input price, output price, context window, max output, source URL, and verification date in one place.
For production billing decisions, also check the linked official Anthropic pricing page. TLDL is designed to catch drift and make source status visible, not to replace a provider's billing terms.
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