Claude API pricing
Part of Claude
The Claude API is how developers pay for Anthropic's models: per million tokens, with input and output priced separately and every model tier a fixed step apart. Since Opus 4.5 in late 2025 the top tier has dropped from $15 to $5 per million input tokens while a new tier above it, Fable 5.1, took the $10 slot.
- Priced by
- Usage based
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, US
- Founded
- 2021
- Pricing page tracked since
- Jun 2024
- Last checked
- Oct 3, 2026
Exhibit 1
Claude API Haiku tier input rose 300% since 2024, from $0.25 to $1
Claude API price history and price changes, USD per million tokens, standard processing
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| Observed | Top model, input | Top model, output | Sonnet tier, input | Sonnet tier, output | Haiku tier, input | Haiku tier, output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2024 | $15 | $75 | $3 | $15 | $0.25 | $1.25 |
| Dec 3, 2024 | $15 | $75 | $3 | $15 | $1 | $5 |
| Jun 3, 2025 | $15 | $75 | $3 | $15 | $0.80 | $4 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $15 | $75 | $3 | $15 | $0.80 | $4 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | $5 | $25 | $3 | $15 | $1 | $5 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | $5 | $25 | $3 | $15 | $1 | $5 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $10 | $50 | $2 | $10 | $1 | $5 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $10 | $50 | $2 | $10 | $1 | $5 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $10 | $50 | $2 | $10 | $1 | $5 |
Claude API's prices have been recorded at 9 points in time between Jun 2024 and Oct 2026. Prices are USD per million tokens, standard processing.
Top model, input has been listed since Jun 2024, starting at $15. It came down to $5 by Jan 2026 (-67%), and finally went up to $10 by Jul 2026 (+100%).
Top model, output has been listed since Jun 2024, starting at $75. It came down to $25 by Jan 2026 (-67%), and finally went up to $50 by Jul 2026 (+100%).
Sonnet tier, input has been listed since Jun 2024, starting at $3. It came down to $2 by Jul 2026 (-33%).
Sonnet tier, output has been listed since Jun 2024, starting at $15. It came down to $10 by Jul 2026 (-33%).
Haiku tier, input has been listed since Jun 2024, starting at $0.25. It went up to $1 by Dec 2024 (+300%), then came down to $0.80 by Jun 2025 (-20%), and finally went up to $1 by Jan 2026 (+25%).
Haiku tier, output has been listed since Jun 2024, starting at $1.25. It went up to $5 by Dec 2024 (+300%), then came down to $4 by Jun 2025 (-20%), and finally went up to $5 by Jan 2026 (+25%).
The top line follows the highest priced current model: Opus 3, 4 and 4.1 at $15 and $75, Opus 4.5 and 4.6 at a third of that from late 2025, then Fable 5 and 5.1 at $10 and $50 from mid 2026. The Sonnet tier held $3 and $15 for two years until Sonnet 5 launched at $2 and $10 in 2026, first as an introductory price. The Haiku tier went from $0.25 and $1.25 to $1 and $5 with Haiku 3.5, was cut to $0.80 and $4 in 2025 and returned to $1 and $5 with Haiku 4.5. The API rate card moved from anthropic.com to claude.com in autumn 2025.
Exhibit 2
4 of 6 Claude API plans are on course to cost less by Nov 2027
Claude API price prediction 2027: projected change in each plan over the next 12 months
Top model, input
Top model, output
Sonnet tier, input
Sonnet tier, output
Haiku tier, input
Haiku tier, output
Note: Each plan’s trend over the last three years carried forward 12 months, with a likely range from how much the price has moved before. Arithmetic on past list prices, not a forecast.
Plans and prices
Billed on what is consumed, such as API calls, messages or payment volume. Prices as extracted on Oct 3, 2026.
Fable 5.1
$10per million input tokens, $50 per million output
Sep 21, 2026 to Oct 3, 2026
Opus 5.5
$4per million input tokens, $20 per million output
Oct 3, 2026
Sonnet 5.5
$2per million input tokens, $10 per million output
Oct 3, 2026
Haiku 4.5
$1per million input tokens, $5 per million output
Sep 21, 2026 to Oct 3, 2026
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Pricing page over the years
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Where the pricing page has lived
- www.anthropic.com/pricing before our records to Sep 2025
- claude.com/pricing Oct 2025 to today
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Claude API pricing questions
- How much does Claude API cost?
- Claude API plans start at $1 per million input tokens, $5 per million output for Haiku 4.5 and go up to $10 per million input tokens, $50 per million output for Fable 5.1. Prices are as shown on the pricing page when it was last read on Oct 3, 2026.
- Has Claude API raised its prices?
- Claude API last cut a list price in Jul 2026: Sonnet tier, output went from $15 to $10 (-33%), first seen on its pricing page that month. Top model, input has been listed since Jun 2024, starting at $15. It came down to $5 by Jan 2026 (-67%), and finally went up to $10 by Jul 2026 (+100%). Top model, output has been listed since Jun 2024, starting at $75. It came down to $25 by Jan 2026 (-67%), and finally went up to $50 by Jul 2026 (+100%). Sonnet tier, input has been listed since Jun 2024, starting at $3. It came down to $2 by Jul 2026 (-33%). Sonnet tier, output has been listed since Jun 2024, starting at $15. It came down to $10 by Jul 2026 (-33%). Haiku tier, input has been listed since Jun 2024, starting at $0.25. It went up to $1 by Dec 2024 (+300%), then came down to $0.80 by Jun 2025 (-20%), and finally went up to $1 by Jan 2026 (+25%). Haiku tier, output has been listed since Jun 2024, starting at $1.25. It went up to $5 by Dec 2024 (+300%), then came down to $4 by Jun 2025 (-20%), and finally went up to $5 by Jan 2026 (+25%). The top line follows the highest priced current model: Opus 3, 4 and 4.1 at $15 and $75, Opus 4.5 and 4.6 at a third of that from late 2025, then Fable 5 and 5.1 at $10 and $50 from mid 2026. The Sonnet tier held $3 and $15 for two years until Sonnet 5 launched at $2 and $10 in 2026, first as an introductory price. The Haiku tier went from $0.25 and $1.25 to $1 and $5 with Haiku 3.5, was cut to $0.80 and $4 in 2025 and returned to $1 and $5 with Haiku 4.5. The API rate card moved from anthropic.com to claude.com in autumn 2025. Every Claude API price change, dated, in the pricing news feed
About Claude API
Claude API lists 4 plans, starting with Fable 5.1 ($10 per million input tokens, $50 per million output). Claude API is based in San Francisco, United States and was founded in 2021. It sells through a mix of product-led and sales-led motions. It works in Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools, API, SaaS. In its own words: "The Claude Developer Platform sells Anthropic's models per million tokens, with separate input and output rates, cheaper prompt cache reads and a 50 percent discount for batch processing. Prices step down by model tier, from Fable 5.1 at the top to Haiku 4.5 at the bottom."
Using these prices? Credit SaaS Pricing Tracker and link to tracker.kimsalmi.com/price/claude.com-api (CC BY 4.0).