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Claude Opus 5 API pricing & cost

Current token rates, context limits, workload examples and unit-economics shortcuts for Claude Opus 5.

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Input / 1M tokens$5
Output / 1M tokens$25
Cached input / 1M$0.5
Context window1M tokens

Pricing page fallback verified September 3, 2026; client checks TokenCOGS live registry on load.

Quick cost examples

What the token rates mean in dollars

Example workload: 2,000 input tokens + 500 output tokens per request, standard text-token pricing.

VolumeEstimated API costApprox. / request
1,000 requests$22.50$0.022
100,000 requests$2,250.00$0.022
1,000,000 requests$22,500.00$0.022
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Positioning

Where Claude Opus 5 sits on price

Claude Opus 5 sits toward the premium end of this provider’s current model lineup. Price alone is not a quality ranking, but this position is useful when you are screening models for unit-economics fit before benchmarking latency and quality.

Cost comparison is not a quality, latency or reliability ranking. Benchmark the task you actually need to run.

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Cost considerations

What can move the invoice

  • Cached input is tracked at $0.5 per 1M tokens, which can materially change repeated-system-prompt or repeated-context workloads.
Current deals & credits

Ways this provider may reduce spend

Credits program

API credits + priority limits

Anthropic Startup Program

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Compare

Nearby Anthropic options

ModelInput / 1MOutput / 1MContext
Claude Haiku 4.5$1$5200K tokensView
Claude Sonnet 5$2$101M tokensView
Claude Sonnet 4.6$3$15Not listed in registryCalculate
Claude Sonnet 4.5$3$15Not listed in registryCalculate
Claude Opus 4.8$5$25Not listed in registryCalculate
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FAQ

Claude Opus 5 pricing questions

How much does Claude Opus 5 cost per 1M tokens?

The current TokenCOGS snapshot lists Claude Opus 5 at $5 per 1M input tokens and $25 per 1M output tokens. Live registry data can update these values when the provider changes pricing.

What would 1,000 Claude Opus 5 requests cost?

At 2,000 input tokens and 500 output tokens per request, 1,000 requests are approximately $22.50 before provider-specific extras. Change the workload in the linked calculator for your own usage pattern.

Is Claude Opus 5 the cheapest Anthropic model?

Claude Opus 5 sits toward the premium end of this provider’s current model lineup. Price alone is not a quality ranking, but this position is useful when you are screening models for unit-economics fit before benchmarking latency and quality.