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Claude API price

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Claude models billed by token

Claude API price was checked Oct 20, 2026. A single monthly subscription price is not in this check.

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Monthly: what you pay billed month to month. Annual: the monthly rate when billed yearly. Per seat: the price for each team member.

API
Tier Monthly Annual Per seat Limits Status Checked
Opus 5.5
API
 Input $4 / MTok Output $20 / MTok
Limits
  • Opus 5.5: $4 input / $20 output per million tokens
  • Opus 5.5: Input tokens: $4 per million tokens
  • Opus 5.5: Output tokens: $20 per million tokens
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Opus 5.5: Usage price, not a monthly subscription. USD per million tokens.
Sonnet 5.5
API
 Input $2 / MTok Output $10 / MTok
Limits
  • Sonnet 5.5: $2 input / $10 output per million tokens
  • Sonnet 5.5: Input tokens: $2 per million tokens
  • Sonnet 5.5: Output tokens: $10 per million tokens
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Sonnet 5.5: Usage price, not a monthly subscription. USD per million tokens. The previously scheduled Sep 1 2026 Sonnet 5 price increase was cancelled.
Haiku 5.5
API
 Input $0.10 / MTok prompts ≤100K tokens $0.50 / MTok prompts >100K tokens Output $0.50 / MTok prompts ≤100K tokens $2.50 / MTok prompts >100K tokens
Limits
  • Haiku 5.5: Input $0.10 / MTok for prompts ≤100K tokens and $0.50 above that. Output $0.50 / MTok up to 100K and $2.50 above that.
  • Haiku 5.5: Input tokens: $0.1 per million tokens (prompts ≤100K tokens)
  • Haiku 5.5: Input tokens: $0.5 per million tokens (prompts >100K tokens)
  • Haiku 5.5: Output tokens: $0.5 per million tokens (prompts ≤100K tokens)
  • Haiku 5.5: Output tokens: $2.5 per million tokens (prompts >100K tokens)
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Haiku 5.5: Usage price, not a monthly subscription. Both prompt-length bands are stored.
Fable 5.1
API
 Input $10 / MTok Output $50 / MTok
Limits
  • Fable 5.1: $10 input / $50 output per million tokens
  • Fable 5.1: Input tokens: $10 per million tokens
  • Fable 5.1: Output tokens: $50 per million tokens
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Fable 5.1: Usage price, not a monthly subscription. USD per million tokens.

API

Opus 5.5

Input $4 / MTok Output $20 / MTok

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Limits
  • Opus 5.5: $4 input / $20 output per million tokens
  • Opus 5.5: Input tokens: $4 per million tokens
  • Opus 5.5: Output tokens: $20 per million tokens

Opus 5.5: Usage price, not a monthly subscription. USD per million tokens.

Sonnet 5.5

Input $2 / MTok Output $10 / MTok

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Limits
  • Sonnet 5.5: $2 input / $10 output per million tokens
  • Sonnet 5.5: Input tokens: $2 per million tokens
  • Sonnet 5.5: Output tokens: $10 per million tokens

Sonnet 5.5: Usage price, not a monthly subscription. USD per million tokens. The previously scheduled Sep 1 2026 Sonnet 5 price increase was cancelled.

Haiku 5.5

Input $0.10 / MTok prompts ≤100K tokens $0.50 / MTok prompts >100K tokens Output $0.50 / MTok prompts ≤100K tokens $2.50 / MTok prompts >100K tokens

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Limits
  • Haiku 5.5: Input $0.10 / MTok for prompts ≤100K tokens and $0.50 above that. Output $0.50 / MTok up to 100K and $2.50 above that.
  • Haiku 5.5: Input tokens: $0.1 per million tokens (prompts ≤100K tokens)
  • Haiku 5.5: Input tokens: $0.5 per million tokens (prompts >100K tokens)
  • Haiku 5.5: Output tokens: $0.5 per million tokens (prompts ≤100K tokens)
  • Haiku 5.5: Output tokens: $2.5 per million tokens (prompts >100K tokens)

Haiku 5.5: Usage price, not a monthly subscription. Both prompt-length bands are stored.

Fable 5.1

Input $10 / MTok Output $50 / MTok

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Limits
  • Fable 5.1: $10 input / $50 output per million tokens
  • Fable 5.1: Input tokens: $10 per million tokens
  • Fable 5.1: Output tokens: $50 per million tokens

Fable 5.1: Usage price, not a monthly subscription. USD per million tokens.

What changed

1 published change, dated Oct 19, 2026.

Claude API: Sonnet 5.5

The Sep 1, 2026 Sonnet 5 price increase was cancelled. Sonnet 5.5 is $2 input and $10 output per million tokens.

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Source

Full changelog

Questions

2 questions on Claude API.

What is the lowest verified paid Claude API price?
The lowest individual price is still checking, because at least one individual plan has no price yet.
When was this verified, and how?
Last checked Oct 20, by official pricing page of https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing.

Claude API was checked on Oct 20, 2026. The figure was read on the official pricing page on Oct 20, 2026. This page does not add a price the vendor page did not state.

Each dollar is copied from the vendor pricing page. A yearly total is shown only when that page states one. A team total is calculated only from a per-seat rate, or from included seats plus an extra-seat rate inside a stated cap. Methodology.

What changed on : Sonnet 5.5: $2 in / $10 out per million tokens; September increase cancelled. Changelog.

What limits does the Claude API pricing page list?

Claude API lists limits for 4 priced plans on the official page.

Opus 5.5:
$4 input / $20 output per million tokens
Sonnet 5.5:
$2 input / $10 output per million tokens
Haiku 5.5:
Input $0.10 / MTok for prompts ≤100K tokens and $0.50 above that. Output $0.50 / MTok up to 100K and $2.50 above that.
Fable 5.1:
$10 input / $50 output per million tokens

Has Claude API raised its prices?

No increase recorded since we began tracking on Oct 19, 2026. A September Sonnet increase was cancelled, and one published vendor change is on file. Sonnet 5.5 stays $2 input and $10 output per million tokens.

Related

5 related pages. Last checked Oct 20.

Details

Price checked by TierFacts · Oct 20, 2026.

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