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2026-06Price Data Last Verified: June 22, 2026
Claude Opus 4.8 API Pricing & Cost Calculator
Anthropic's premium Claude tier for frontier reasoning and high-value analytical tasks.
Pricing Details
- Provider
- Anthropic
- Input Price
- $5.00 / 1M tokens
- Output Price
- $25.00 / 1M tokens
- Context Window
- 1M
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Cost Scenarios
Small Request$0.03
Medium Request$0.30
Large Request$1.75
High Volume$17.50
Detailed Cost Breakdown
| Scenario | Input Tokens | Output Tokens | Input Cost | Output Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Request | 1,000 | 1,000 | $0.005 | $0.025 | $0.03 |
| Medium Request | 10,000 | 10,000 | $0.05 | $0.25 | $0.30 |
| Large Request | 100,000 | 50,000 | $0.50 | $1.25 | $1.75 |
| High Volume | 1,000,000 | 500,000 | $5.00 | $12.50 | $17.50 |
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