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Claude Opus 5 pricing
API list price by Anthropic · same on Amazon Bedrock, Azure, Claude Platform on AWS · checked Oct 23, 2026
$5 / $25per 1M tokens in / out
$0.50cache read · −90%
$2.50 / $12.50batch · −50%
$2.19per task at medium?
#33on OpenRouter by tokens · 830.7B / week
Price sheetper 1M tokens
| Input | $5 | list |
| Output | $25 | |
| Cache read | $0.50 | −90% vs input |
| Cache write · 5 min | $6.25 | +25% vs input |
| Cache write · 1 h | $10 | +100% vs input |
| Batch input | $2.50 | −50% |
| Batch output | $12.50 | −50% |
| Context · max output | 1M · 128K | tokens |
Cost per task by effort?
low$1.1043.4
mediumAPI default$2.1951.3
high$3.6152.8
xhigh$4.8854.4
max$5.8654.9
per taskHumanity's Last Exam
Same price per token at every effort; the bill grows with reasoning tokens. max costs 2.7× medium for +3.6 points.
Where to buy6 providers · per 1M tokens
| Provider | Input | Output | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Bedrock | $5 | $25 | 1M |
| Anthropiclab | $5 | $25 | 1M |
| Azure | $5 | $25 | 1M |
| Claude Platform on AWS | $5 | $25 | 1M |
| DeepInfra | $5 | $25 | — |
| $5 | $25 | 1M |
In Anthropic's line-upper 1M in / out
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | $0.10 / $0.50 | −98% |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $2 / $10 | −60% |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $4 / $20 | −20% |
| Claude Opus 5 | $5 / $25 | this model |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | $10 / $50 | 2× |
| Claude Mythos 5 | $10 / $50 | 2× |
| Claude Mythos 5.1 | $10 / $50 | 2× |
Cheaper for the same workvs Opus 5 at medium
| Claude Opus 5.5 high | -17% | score +20% | $1.82 |
| Gemini 4 Argon high | -9% | score +17% | $1.99 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 xhigh | -8% | score +16% | $2.01 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol max | -67% | score +16% | $0.72 |
| GPT-6 Astra high | -21% | score +14% | $1.73 |
Pricing questions
How much does Claude Opus 5 cost?›
$5 per 1M input tokens and $25 per 1M output tokens on Anthropic's API and Amazon Bedrock, Azure, Claude Platform on AWS. Cached input is $0.50. Batch requests cost $2.50 / $12.50. One Intelligence Index task costs about $2.19 at the default effort.
Is Claude Opus 5 free to use?›
There is no free API tier.
How much does prompt caching save?›
Cache reads cost $0.50 per 1M, 90% below the input price. Writing to the cache costs $6.25 per 1M (5m TTL).
Is Claude Opus 5 cheaper than Claude Opus 4.8?›
It costs the same per token: $5 / $25.
How does effort change the price?›
The price per token is the same at every effort. Higher effort spends more reasoning tokens: a task costs $1.10 at low, $2.19 at medium, $3.61 at high, $4.88 at xhigh, $5.86 at max.
What is a cheaper alternative to Claude Opus 5?›
Claude Opus 5.5 at high effort costs -17% per task with a score +20% on Humanity's Last Exam.