Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5Alternatives?
CheaperClaude Opus 5xhighsame-50%$4.88
OpenGLM 5.3maxsame-89%$2.01No image input+4CheaperClaude Opus 5.5highsame-60%$1.82No forced tool use+5
CheaperGPT-5.6 Solxhighsame-60%$1.18CheaperGPT-5.5xhighsame-44%$2.63Prompts with >272K input tokensClaude Opus 5xhighsame-50%$4.88Claude Opus 5.5highsame-60%$1.82No forced tool use+5GLM 5.3maxOpensame-89%$2.01No image input+4GPT-5.6 Solxhighsame-60%$1.18GPT-5.5xhighsame-44%$2.63Prompts with >272K input tokensGLM 5.3maxOpensame-89%$2.01No image input+4
Kimi K3unstatedOpensame-70%$3 / $15Sampling parameters are fixed+3
MiMo v2.6 ProthinkingOpen-44%-97%$0.13Pass back reasoning_content+3
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813highOpen-82%-90%$1.32 / $3.96No image input+5GLM 5.2maxOpen-84%-89%$1.47No image inputClaude Fable 5.1highsame—$3.91Replace forced tool_choice+5Claude Opus 5.5highsame—$1.82No forced tool use+5Claude Opus 5highsame—$3.61Claude Opus 4.7high-38%—$5 / $25Claude Opus 4.8high-91%—$5 / $25Claude Haiku 5.5mediumn/a—$0.047Remove sampling parameters+5Claude Sonnet 5.5highn/a—$0.88No forced tool use+5Claude Sonnet 5mediumn/a—$1.00All Anthropic models →History
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in Writing & LanguageFAQ
How much does Claude Fable 5 cost?›
$10 per 1M input tokens and $50 per 1M output tokens; cached input $1 per 1M.
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 GLM 5.3?›
On Lech Mazur Short-Story, Claude Fable 5 scores 2.9 vs 3 — about the same.
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 It has been superseded by Claude Fable 5.1.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 Opus 5 (cheaper), GLM 5.3 (open weights).