Anthropic · Flagship

Claude Opus 5 API pricing

$5.00 / 1M input tokens   ·   $25.00 / 1M output tokens

📊Cheaper than 2 of the other 24 models we track, pricier than 22 — rank 23 of 25 by input price.

Pricing note: Optional "fast mode" (research preview) available at $10 / $50, first-party API only.

Within the flagship tier (5 models we track), the average input rate is $5.80/1M — Claude Opus 5 runs about 14% below that average.

Output tokens cost 5.0x the input rate for Claude Opus 5 — above the 4.6x average across all tracked models.

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Provider
Anthropic
Tier
Flagship
Input /1M tokens
$5.00
Output /1M tokens
$25.00
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1M tokens
Verified
September 10, 2026