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Anthropic API pricing
Anthropic API publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- $3/per-million-tokens
- Model
- Usage-based
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Anthropic API plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | $3/per-million-input-tokens | 2 | Entry tier |
| Claude 3 Opus | $15/per-million-input-tokens | 2 | +$12/per-million-input-tokens, 2 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
$3/per-million-input-tokensThe entry tier. It covers fast responses, 200k context.
Claude 3 Opus
$15/per-million-input-tokensOver Claude 3.5 Sonnet, this tier adds:
- Most capable
- Complex tasks
What the product covers
The full Anthropic API feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Multiple models
- 200K context
- Vision capabilities
- Function calling
Integrations
- REST API
- SDKs
- Amazon Bedrock
- Google Vertex
Platform
- Api support
People bring Anthropic API in for ai tools management, workflow automation, reporting. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Anthropic API are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for Anthropic API
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $3/per-million-input-tokens and $15/per-million-input-tokens, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Anthropic API against the tools that do have one before committing.
Anthropic API runs on api, and is published by Anthropic of San Francisco, California. The full record is on the Anthropic API review.
Anthropic API pricing questions
- How much does Anthropic API cost?
- Anthropic API publishes 2 tiers, from $3/per-million-input-tokens for Claude 3.5 Sonnet up to $15/per-million-input-tokens for Claude 3 Opus. The cheapest paid tier is $3/per-million-input-tokens.
- Does Anthropic API have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Anthropic API is listed as usage-based. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3 Opus on Anthropic API?
- Claude 3 Opus costs $15/per-million-input-tokens against $3/per-million-input-tokens, and adds most capable, complex tasks.
- Is the Claude 3 Opus plan on Anthropic API worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is most capable, complex tasks. It costs $15/per-million-input-tokens against $3/per-million-input-tokens for Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with Anthropic API?
- The record lists 9 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for ai tools management, workflow automation, reporting.
- Does Anthropic API charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Anthropic API prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Anthropic API against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Anthropic API to make a useful price comparison.