--- title: "Anthropic ID verification: what it asks, and the no-ID route" canonical: https://relayswitch.io/anthropic-id-verification generated: 2026-11-02T10:11:38.076Z source: https://api.relayswitch.io/v1/catalog base_url: https://api.relayswitch.io/v1 --- Models / Claude # Anthropic ID verification, and the route without it Anthropic's help center says it is "rolling out identity and business verification for a few use cases": a government photo ID, possibly a live selfie, and for organizations the registration details, through Persona. This page quotes what that article states, then the other route to the Claude models by API: an email address, a top-up, a key. [Open an account](https://app.relayswitch.io/console)[Top up with crypto](https://app.relayswitch.io/console/billing) What it is ## What the help center states From [Identity verification on Claude](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14328960-identity-verification-on-claude), dated 2026-08-11 on the page, read 2026-10-31. Nothing here goes beyond that page. ### Who is asked The article says a prompt may appear "when accessing certain capabilities", during "routine platform integrity checks", or for other safety and compliance measures. It does not name products, and it does not say whether existing API use is affected. ### What it asks for An individual: an original, physical, government-issued photo ID (passport, driver’s licence, state or national ID card) and a phone with a camera for a possible live selfie. An organization: the same plus its legal name, address and business registration number. Photocopies, screenshots, mobile IDs and temporary paper IDs are not accepted. ### Where the data goes Persona Identities runs the check and holds the ID and selfie; Anthropic is the data controller, can review records on Persona’s platform, and says it does not store copies of the images. The article states the data is encrypted, used only to confirm identity, not used to train models and not shared for marketing. What it does not change, per the same article: a failed attempt can be retried inside the flow, a help form is available after the attempts are used, and account bans remain tied to repeated Usage Policy or Terms violations with an appeal form. The article gives no retention period and says nothing about declining the prompt. The other route ## Claude by API with no identity check RelaySwitch runs the Claude models on a prepaid key. The whole sign-up is below. ### Asked for - An email address, to open the account and send receipts to - A top-up from $10: USDT, USDC, BTC, ETH, SOL, or Card ### Never asked for - A government-issued photo ID - A live selfie - A legal name, address or business registration number - A phone number - An Anthropic account ### Claude Code, two variables bash 1`export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.relayswitch.io/v1"` 2`export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="sk-relay-..."` 3`claude` ### The receipt per request Signed, with the model, the billed tokens and the charge. Fetch it by the request id from the response headers; check it on the [Verify page](https://relayswitch.io/statements/verify). bash 1`curl https://api.relayswitch.io/v1/requests/REQUEST_ID/receipt \` 2 `-H "Authorization: Bearer $RELAYSWITCH_API_KEY"` Live prices ## The Claude ids on the key USD per million tokens, read from the catalog at render. Anthropic's list price beside ours on every row. | Model | Input | Cached | Output | Developer list in / out | Context | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Claude Fable 5.1](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-fable-5.1) | $6.00 (40% under) | $2.00 | $30.00 (40% under) | $10.00 / $50.00 | 1M tokens | | [Claude Fable 5](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-fable-5) | $3.00 (70% under) | $0.30 | $15.00 (70% under) | $10.00 / $50.00 | 1M tokens | | [Claude Opus 5.5](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-opus-5-5) | $2.80 (30% under) | $0.15 | $10.00 (50% under) | $4.00 / $20.00 | 1M tokens | | [Claude Sonnet 4.6](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-sonnet-4-6) | $1.80 (40% under) | $0.18 | $9.00 (40% under) | $3.00 / $15.00 | 1M tokens | | [Claude Opus 4.6](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-opus-4-6) | $1.80 (64% under) | $0.16 | $7.50 (70% under) | $5.00 / $25.00 | 1M tokens | | [Claude Opus 4.7](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-opus-4-7) | $1.80 (64% under) | $0.16 | $7.50 (70% under) | $5.00 / $25.00 | 1M tokens | | [Claude Opus 4.8](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-opus-4-8) | $1.80 (64% under) | $0.16 | $7.50 (70% under) | $5.00 / $25.00 | 1M tokens | | [Claude Opus 5](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-opus-5) | $1.80 (64% under) | $0.16 | $7.50 (70% under) | $5.00 / $25.00 | 1M tokens | | [Claude Haiku 4.5](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-haiku-4-5) | $0.60 (40% under) | $0.06 | $3.00 (40% under) | $1.00 / $5.00 | 200K tokens | | [Claude Haiku 4.5](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) | $0.60 (40% under) | $0.06 | $3.00 (40% under) | $1.00 / $5.00 | 200K tokens | | [Claude Sonnet 5](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-sonnet-5) | $1.20 (40% under) | $0.12 | $3.00 (70% under) | $2.00 / $10.00 | 1M tokens | | [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-sonnet-5-5) | $1.20 (40% under) | $0.075 | $3.00 (70% under) | $2.00 / $10.00 | 1M tokens | | [Claude Haiku 5.5](https://relayswitch.io/models/claude-haiku-5-5) | $0.06 (40% under) | $0.01 | $0.15 (70% under) | $0.10 / $0.50 | 1M tokens | 13 Claude ids answer the Messages format with Anthropic's list price on record today. Related - [Anonymous Claude API](https://relayswitch.io/anonymous-claude-api) - [No-KYC AI API](https://relayswitch.io/no-kyc) - [Claude API proxy](https://relayswitch.io/claude-api-proxy) - [Claude Code setup](https://relayswitch.io/guides/claude-code) - [What is stored here](https://relayswitch.io/privacy) FAQs ## ID verification: questions What the article says, and what is asked for here. Open the console A key in under a minute [Get a key](https://app.relayswitch.io/console) Or email [hello@relayswitch.io](mailto:hello@relayswitch.io) ### ### ### ### ### ### ## Claude on a key, no documents From $10 in USDT, USDC, BTC, ETH, SOL or by card. An email address is the whole sign-up. [Every Claude model](https://relayswitch.io/pricing/claude)[Top up with crypto](https://app.relayswitch.io/console/billing)