Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5Alternatives?
CheaperClaude Sonnet 5.5max+50%-38%$5.46No forced tool use+5
BetterGPT-6.1 Solmedium+13%-98%$0.21Remove unsupported parameters+5
OpenGLM 5.3maxsame-77%$2.01No image input+4CheaperGPT-6 Astraxhigh+40%-74%$2.31Monitoring can return HTTP 403+2CheaperClaude Opus 5.5xhigh+40%-60%$3.46No forced tool use+5Claude Sonnet 5.5max+50%-38%$5.46No forced tool use+5GPT-6 Astraxhigh+40%-74%$2.31Monitoring can return HTTP 403+2Claude Opus 5.5xhigh+40%-60%$3.46No forced tool use+5
Gemini 4 Argonhigh+35%-77%*$1.99Synchronous output stops at 65,536+2GPT-6.1 Solmax+32%-92%$0.72Remove unsupported parameters+5GPT-6.1 Solmedium+13%-98%$0.21Remove unsupported parameters+5Claude Opus 5.5medium+24%-85%$1.34No forced tool use+5GPT-6 Astramedium+17%-82%$1.54Monitoring can return HTTP 403+2Gemini 4 Argonhigh+35%-77%*$1.99Synchronous output stops at 65,536+2Claude Sonnet 5.5xhigh+35%-77%$2.01No forced tool use+5GLM 5.3maxOpensame-77%$2.01No image input+4
MiMo v2.6 ProthinkingOpen-18%-98%$0.13Pass back reasoning_content+3
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017maxOpen-20%-97%$0.26Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4
Ling 3.1 FlashOpen-21%-89%$1.00No image input
Step 5 PreviewthinkingOpen-21%-88%$1.03web_search not available · Chat Completions+2Claude Sonnet 5.5max+50%-38%$5.46No forced tool use+5Claude Opus 5.5max+40%-32%$5.98No forced tool use+5Claude Fable 5.1max+23%-13%$7.63Replace forced tool_choice+5Claude Opus 5max+15%-33%$5.86Claude Haiku 5.5max-23%-98%$0.21Remove sampling parameters+5Claude Opus 4.8max-49%-53%$4.08Claude Sonnet 5max-67%-42%$5.09Claude Sonnet 4.6max-93%-72%$2.49All Anthropic models →History
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How much does Claude Fable 5 cost?›
$10 per 1M input tokens and $50 per 1M output tokens; cached input $1 per 1M. A typical benchmark task costs about $8.75 at max effort.
Is Claude Fable 5 free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $10 per 1M input tokens.
How good is Claude Fable 5, and what is it best at?›
#4 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #11 of 132 in Coding, #31 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #3 of 195 in Writing & Language, #8 of 37 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Coding, Agents & work tasks, Tool calling, Reasoning, Science, Long context, Knowledge.
Is Claude Fable 5 better than GPT-6 Sol?›
On Terminal-Bench 4.0, Claude Fable 5 scores 42.4 vs 43.9 — lower. It is 737% more expensive per task.
How can I use Claude Fable 5?›
Through the API of Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Azure, Claude Platform on AWS, DeepInfra and 1 more.
What is the context window of Claude Fable 5?›
1M tokens, with up to 128K output tokens.
When was Claude Fable 5 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-06-07. It has been superseded by Claude Fable 5.1.
Is Claude Fable 5 open source?›
No, Claude Fable 5 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is GLM 5.3.
Can Claude Fable 5 read images?›
It accepts text and images, PDF files as input.
What is Claude Fable 5?›
Claude Fable 5 is a closed language model from Anthropic, released Jun 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Claude Fable 5?›
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (cheaper), GPT-6.1 Sol (better), GLM 5.3 (open weights).