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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 API Pricing

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 is an API model from anthropic. It costs $5 per 1M input tokens and $25 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.5. Its context window is 1,000,000 tokens with up to 128,000 output tokens. A workload of 10M input + 2M output tokens costs about $100 per month. The official anthropic list price is $5 input / $25 output per 1M tokens, which matches the catalog price tracked here.
Input
$5
per 1M tokens
Output
$25
per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.5
per 1M tokens
Context window
1M
1,000,000 tokens
Blended (80/20)
$9
per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 4.8 is Anthropic's most capable generally available model in the Opus family. It supports text, image, and file inputs with text output, with reasoning support and a 1M-token...

How much does Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 cost for a real workload?

At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 costs about $100 ($50 input + $50 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.

What is the official Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 price?

Official (anthropic)Catalog (OpenRouter)
Input /1M$5$5
Output /1M$25$25
Cached input /1M$0.5$0.5

✓ Matches the official list price. Source: anthropic official pricing page, checked 2026-10-21.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 cost?

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 costs $5 per 1M input tokens and $25 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 21, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $100.

What is the context window of Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8?

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens and can return up to 128,000 output tokens per response.

What are cheaper alternatives to Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8?

Cheaper models include Meta: Muse Wonder ($4 in / $20 out), Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 ($4 in / $20 out), OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro ($4 in / $20 out). See the full list on this page.

Is Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 free to use?

No. Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 is a paid model at $5 input / $25 output per 1M tokens. 20 free models are listed on the free models page.

What is the official price of Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8?

On anthropic's official pricing page (checked 2026-10-21), Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 is listed at $5 per 1M input tokens and $25 per 1M output tokens. The catalog price tracked on this page matches it exactly.

Provider: anthropic · Model ID: anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 · Modality: text+image+file->text · Price snapshot October 21, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices