Claude Opus 4.8 API
claude-opus-4-8AnthropicCommercial use API verifiedText & reasoning
Claude Opus 4.8 — frontier reasoning and generation through one API.
by Anthropic
Pricing: Input 190 credits / 1M tokens (≈ $1.9), Output 970 credits / 1M tokens (≈ $9.7). Cached Input 19 credits / 1M tokens (≈ $0.19), Cache Writes 237.5 credits / 1M tokens (≈ $2.375) — applied automatically when the upstream reports cached tokens for your prompt; there is no field to request them.
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Web Search
Web search feeds the results back as input tokens, so a searched turn typically costs many times a normal turn (measured: 6–87×). Billed per token as usual — nothing extra per search.
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Input 190 · Output 970 cr / 1M · billed per token
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Claude Opus 4.8 API pricing4 prices
Model & ModalityCredits / GenOur Price (USD)Direct / Standard Price (USD)Base savingsSavings with top-up$1,250 top-up · +10% credits
Claude Opus 4.8, Input
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Credits / Gen190per million tokens
Our Price (USD)$1.9
Direct / Standard Price (USD)$5
Base savings−62.0%
Savings with top-up · $1,250 · +10%−65% ↓
Claude Opus 4.8, Output
textAnthropic
Credits / Gen970per million tokens
Our Price (USD)$9.7
Direct / Standard Price (USD)$25
Base savings−61.2%
Savings with top-up · $1,250 · +10%−65% ↓
Claude Opus 4.8, Cache Writes
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Credits / Gen237.5per million tokens
Our Price (USD)$2.375
Direct / Standard Price (USD)$6.25
Base savings−62.0%
Savings with top-up · $1,250 · +10%−65% ↓
Claude Opus 4.8, Cached Input
textAnthropic
Credits / Gen19per million tokens
Our Price (USD)$0.19
Direct / Standard Price (USD)$0.5
Base savings−62.0%
Savings with top-up · $1,250 · +10%−65% ↓
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