Checked 2026-10-26

Claude API pricing

Claude input, cached-input and output prices on one key, read live from the catalog. Prepaid by card or crypto, no KYC, no subscription.

Sonnet for most coding and writing, Haiku for short high-volume work such as classification and extraction, Opus where the harder answer is worth the price. Every Claude id runs on the same key, so send one prompt to each and compare. Every row below is a live catalog read; prices are USD per million tokens and the developer list appears where recorded.

01Every Claude model

ModelInputCachedOutputDeveloper list in / outContext
Claude Haiku 5.5$0.06 (40% under)$0.01$0.15 (70% under)$0.10 / $0.501M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5.5$1.20 (40% under)$0.075$3.00 (70% under)$2.00 / $10.001M tokens
Claude Opus 5.5$2.716 (32% under)$0.1455$9.70 (51% under)$4.00 / $20.001M tokens
Claude Fable 5.1$6.00 (40% under)$0.15$30.00 (40% under)$10.00 / $50.001M tokens
Claude Opus 5$1.80 (64% under)$0.16$7.50 (70% under)$5.00 / $25.001M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5$1.20 (40% under)$0.12$3.00 (70% under)$2.00 / $10.001M tokens
Claude Fable 5$3.00 (70% under)$0.30$15.00 (70% under)$10.00 / $50.001M tokens
Claude Opus 4.7$1.80 (64% under)$0.16$7.50 (70% under)$5.00 / $25.001M tokens
Claude Opus 4.6$1.80 (64% under)$0.16$7.50 (70% under)$5.00 / $25.001M tokens
Claude Haiku 4.5$0.60 (40% under)$0.06$3.00 (40% under)$1.00 / $5.00200K tokens
Claude Haiku 4.5$0.60 (40% under)$0.06$3.00 (40% under)$1.00 / $5.00200K tokens
Claude Fable 5 1$0.9341$0.0212$4.6706—1M tokens
Claude Opus 4 5 20251101$14.1176$1.4118$70.5882——
Claude Opus 4 6 Thinking$0.5412$0.0541$2.7059——
Claude Opus 4 7 Thinking$1.3529$0.1353$6.7647——
Claude Opus 4 8 Thinking$1.7247$0.1725$8.6235——
Claude Sonnet 4 5 20250929$0.50$0.05$2.4706——
Claude Sonnet 4 6 Thinking$0.7376$0.0738$3.6882——
Claude Sonnet 5 Thinking$0.2241$0.0224$1.1206——

USD per million tokens, read from the RelaySwitch catalog when this page was built. Developer list: the catalog's record of the developer's own price.

02Which model should I use?

Sonnet for most coding and writing, Haiku for short high-volume work such as classification and extraction, Opus where the harder answer is worth the price. Every Claude id runs on the same key, so send one prompt to each and compare. Compare the worked models below before choosing for production.

03Worked models

Questions

Is Claude billed monthly?
No. Credit is prepaid and each request bills per token.
Can I pay for Claude with crypto?
Yes: USDT, USDC, BTC, ETH or SOL, alongside card, Apple Pay and PayPal.