Claude Fable 5.2 is Anthropic's most capable model for the most demanding technical work, with gains over Fable 5.1 in coding, reasoning, and vision.
Ways to buy 5
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API · cached $0.2 | $8 | $40 | $8 / $40List price | $0.2 | List price |
Default region · cached $0.2 | $8 | $40 | $8 / $40Same as list | $0.2 | Same as list |
Default region · cached $0.2 | $8 | $40 | $8 / $40Same as list | $0.2 | Same as list |
global · cached $0.2 | $8 | $40 | $8 / $40Same as list | $0.2 | Same as list |
fast · cached $0.4 | $16 | $80 | $16 / $80+100% vs list | $0.4 | +100% vs list |
USD per 1M tokens; batch $4 in, $20 out on the lab's API. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $1,600 direct.
Kong AI Gateway$1,600+0%
LiteLLM$1,600+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$1,600+0%
Requesty$1,680+5%
Eden AI$1,688+5.5%
OpenRouter$1,688+5.5%
Cloudflare AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
HeliconeNot offeredNot offered
Martian GatewayNot offeredNot offered
Neon AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Portkey, TrueFoundry AI Gateway.
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About Claude Fable 5.2
Takes text, image, files in and returns text. First listed Nov 10, 2026. Up to 128K output tokens. Blended price $16 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Overall score 20 on leadersboard.fru.dev (rank 9). Model id claude-fable-5-2.
Price history
List price since Nov 10, 2026, from daily reads of the OpenRouter catalog.
Questions
How much does Claude Fable 5.2 cost?
$8 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.2, or $4 and $20 through the Batch API.
What is the context window of Claude Fable 5.2?
1M tokens, with up to 128K tokens of output.
Where is Claude Fable 5.2 cheapest?
Of 5 routes tracked, AWS Bedrock is cheapest at $8 input and $40 output per million tokens.