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Claude Opus 4.8 API Pricing

Recommended default for complex agentic coding and enterprise work. Reliable knowledge cutoff Jan 2026. Cache write shown is 5m-TTL rate ($6.25); 1h-TTL cache write is $10.00/MTok. Batch: $2.50/$12.50 per MTok. Message Batches API supports up to 300k output tokens via the output-300k-2026-03-24 beta header.

Verified against Anthropic’s pricing page on 2026-07-02.

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Facts

Specs

  • FamilyClaude Opus
  • API IDclaude-opus-4-8
  • ModalityMultimodal
  • Context window1M tokens
  • Max output128K tokens
  • Release dateNot published

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

  • Input$5.00 / 1M tokens
  • Output$25.00 / 1M tokens
  • Cached input$0.50 / 1M tokens
  • Cache write$6.25 / 1M tokens
  • Batch discount50%

Capabilities

vision, tool-use, adaptive-thinking, multilingual

Notes

Recommended default for complex agentic coding and enterprise work. Reliable knowledge cutoff Jan 2026. Cache write shown is 5m-TTL rate ($6.25); 1h-TTL cache write is $10.00/MTok. Batch: $2.50/$12.50 per MTok. Message Batches API supports up to 300k output tokens via the output-300k-2026-03-24 beta header.

Worked cost examples

Estimated monthly cost on three common usage shapes

WorkloadEst. monthly cost

Chatbot

800 input / 200 output tokens per request, 100,000 requests/month

$900.00

RAG pipeline

6,000 input / 700 output tokens per request, 30,000 requests/month

$1,425

Batch summarization

20,000 input / 1,500 output tokens per request, 5,000 requests/month

$687.50

Price history

Changes we have documented since we began tracking

No price changes recorded since we began tracking.

Claude Opus 4.8 pricing FAQ

How much does Claude Opus 4.8 cost per 1M tokens?
Claude Opus 4.8 costs $5.00 per 1M input tokens and $25.00 per 1M output tokens.
How much does Claude Opus 4.8 cost per request?
A typical request of 800 input and 200 output tokens costs about $0.009 on Claude Opus 4.8.
Is Claude Opus 4.8 cheaper than Claude Opus 4?
Claude Opus 4.8 is cheaper than Claude Opus 4 on input tokens, by about 67%.
Does Claude Opus 4.8 have cache pricing?
Yes — cached input reads cost $0.50 per 1M tokens, and cache writes cost $6.25 per 1M tokens.

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