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Anthropic API Pricing (Updated 2026)

Compare pricing for all 15 Anthropic models. Prices shown per 1M tokens with historical trends.

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Overview

15
Total Models
$0.25
Cheapest Input (per 1M)
1000K
Max Context Length

Model Release Timeline

15 releases
May 2025
$3.00 / $15.00
May 2025
$3.00 / $15.00
May 2025
$15.00 / $75.00
May 2025
$15.00 / $75.00
Aug 2025
$15.00 / $75.00
Aug 2025
$15.00 / $75.00
Sep 2025
$3.00 / $15.00
Sep 2025
$3.00 / $15.00
Oct 2025
$1.00 / $5.00
Oct 2025
$1.00 / $5.00
Nov 2025
$5.00 / $25.00
Nov 2025
$5.00 / $25.00
Feb 2026
$5.00 / $25.00
Feb 2026
$5.00 / $25.00
Feb 2026
$3.00 / $15.00
Spacing represents time between releases
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All Anthropic Models

Compare pricing for all 15 Anthropic models.

Model
Context
Input
Output
Coding
MMLU
GPQA
Cache Read
Cache Write
Actions
200K
$0.250
$1.250
15.4
37.4
$0.03
$0.3
Try
200K
$0.800
$4.000
-
-
Try
200K
$0.800
$4.000
31.4
63.4
40.8
$0.08
$1
Try
200K
$1.000
$5.000
51.1
80.0
64.6
$0.1
$1.25
Try
200K
$1.000
$5.000
61.5
76.0
67.2
$0.1
$1.25
Try
1.0M
$3.000
$15.000
79.7
$0.3
$3.75
Try
1.0M
$3.000
$15.000
59.0
86.0
72.7
$0.3
$3.75
Try
1.0M
$3.000
$15.000
71.4
87.5
83.4
$0.3
$3.75
Try
200K
$3.000
$15.000
44.9
83.7
68.3
$0.3
$3.75
Try
200K
$3.000
$15.000
65.5
84.2
77.7
$0.3
$3.75
Try
200K
$3.000
$15.000
39.4
80.3
65.6
$0.3
$3.75
Try
200K
$3.000
$15.000
47.3
83.7
77.2
$0.3
$3.75
Try
200K
$3.000
$15.000
38.1
77.2
59.9
$0.6
$7.5
Try
1.0M
$5.000
$25.000
84.0
$0.5
$6.25
Try
1.0M
$5.000
$25.000
89.6
$0.5
$6.25
Try
200K
$5.000
$25.000
73.8
88.9
81.0
$0.5
$6.25
Try
200K
$5.000
$25.000
87.1
89.5
86.6
$0.5
$6.25
Try
100K
$8.000
$24.000
17.1
48.6
34.4
-
-
Try
200K
$15.000
$75.000
$1.5
$18.75
Try
200K
$15.000
$75.000
65.4
88.0
80.9
$1.5
$18.75
Try
200K
$15.000
$75.000
54.2
86.0
70.1
$1.5
$18.75
Try
Claude Opus 4 Thinking
200K
$15.000
$75.000
63.6
87.3
79.6
$1.5
$18.75
Try
200K
$15.000
$75.000
27.9
69.6
48.9
-
-
Try

* Some models use tiered pricing based on prompt length. Displayed prices are for prompts under 200k tokens.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Currently, Claude 3 Haiku is the most affordable at $0.25 per 1M input tokens.
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Anthropic pricing varies by model. Input costs range from $0.25 to $15.00 per 1M tokens. See the table above for specific model pricing.