Claude Opus 4.8
Claude Opus 4.8Alternatives?
CheaperGemini 3.8 Flashhigh+36%-85%*$1.24Sampling parameters are ignored+1
BetterGPT-5.6 Lunaxhigh+5%-96%$0.085
OpenGLM 5.3max+27%-79%$2.01No image input+4CheaperGPT-5.6 Solmax+34%-20%$1.99CheaperGPT-6.1 Solmax+33%-60%$2 / $10Remove unsupported parameters+5Gemini 3.8 Flashhigh+36%-85%*$1.24Sampling parameters are ignored+1GPT-5.6 Solmax+34%-20%$1.99GPT-6.1 Solmax+33%-60%$2 / $10Remove unsupported parameters+5Claude Opus 5.5max+33%-20%$4 / $20No forced tool use+5Claude Sonnet 5.5max+30%-60%$2 / $10No forced tool use+5GPT-5.6 Lunaxhigh+5%-96%$0.085GLM 5.3 FlashmaxOpen+17%-98%$0.28Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4GPT-5.6 Solmedium+12%-20%$0.50GPT-5.6 Terraxhigh+11%-55%$0.63Prompts with >272K input tokensGPT-6 Astralow+23%+100%$0.82Monitoring can return HTTP 403+2GLM 5.3maxOpen+27%-79%$2.01No image input+4
Kimi K3maxOpen+26%-40%$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3GLM 5.3 FlashmaxOpen+17%-98%$0.28Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813maxOpen+16%-80%$1.32 / $3.96No image input+5DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017maxOpen-2%-95%$0.30 / $1.20Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4Claude Opus 5xhigh+35%—$4.88Claude Opus 5.5max+33%—$4 / $20No forced tool use+5Claude Sonnet 5.5max+30%—$2 / $10No forced tool use+5Claude Fable 5xhigh+29%—$10 / $50Claude Sonnet 5xhigh-9%—$2.87Claude Opus 4.7max-9%—$5 / $25Claude Opus 4.6max-41%—$5 / $25Claude Sonnet 4.6high-45%—$3 / $15All Anthropic models →History
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How much does Claude Opus 4.8 cost?›
$5 per 1M input tokens and $25 per 1M output tokens; cached input $0.50 per 1M.
Is Claude Opus 4.8 free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $5 per 1M input tokens.
How good is Claude Opus 4.8, and what is it best at?›
#14 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #28 of 132 in Coding, #41 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #12 of 195 in Writing & Language, #28 of 37 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Coding, Agents & work tasks, Tool calling, Reasoning, Science, Knowledge.
Is Claude Opus 4.8 better than DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813?›
On DeepSWE 1.1, Claude Opus 4.8 scores 59 vs 62.8 — lower.
How can I use Claude Opus 4.8?›
Through the API of Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Azure, Claude Platform on AWS, DeepInfra and 1 more.
What is the context window of Claude Opus 4.8?›
1M tokens, with up to 128K output tokens.
When was Claude Opus 4.8 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-05-28. It has been superseded by Claude Opus 5.
Is Claude Opus 4.8 open source?›
No, Claude Opus 4.8 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is GLM 5.3.
Can Claude Opus 4.8 read images?›
It accepts text and images, PDF files as input.
What is Claude Opus 4.8?›
Claude Opus 4.8 is a closed language model from Anthropic, released May 2026, the successor to Claude Opus 4.1.
What are the best alternatives to Claude Opus 4.8?›
Gemini 3.8 Flash (cheaper), GPT-5.6 Luna (better), GLM 5.3 (open weights).