Pricingby GlyphClaude Opus 4.8 is Anthropic's most capable generally available model in the Opus family.
Ways to buy 11
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API · cached $0.5 | $5 | $25 | $5 / $25List price | $0.5 | List price |
 AWS BedrockDefault region · cached $0.5 | $5 | $25 | $5 / $25Same as list | $0.5 | Same as list |
global · cached $0.5 | $5 | $25 | $5 / $25Same as list | $0.5 | Same as list |
| Claude Platform on AWS Default region · cached $0.5 | $5 | $25 | $5 / $25Same as list | $0.5 | Same as list |
global · cached $0.5 | $5 | $25 | $5 / $25Same as list | $0.5 | Same as list |
| AWS Bedrock eu-west-1 · cached $0.55 | $5.5 | $27.5 | $5.5 / $27.5+10% vs list | $0.55 | +10% vs list |
| AWS Bedrock us · cached $0.55 | $5.5 | $27.5 | $5.5 / $27.5+10% vs list | $0.55 | +10% vs list |
us · cached $0.55 | $5.5 | $27.5 | $5.5 / $27.5+10% vs list | $0.55 | +10% vs list |
europe · cached $0.55 | $5.5 | $27.5 | $5.5 / $27.5+10% vs list | $0.55 | +10% vs list |
us · cached $0.55 | $5.5 | $27.5 | $5.5 / $27.5+10% vs list | $0.55 | +10% vs list |
fast · cached $1 | $10 | $50 | $10 / $50+100% vs list | $1 | +100% vs list |
USD per 1M tokens; batch $2.5 in, $12.5 out on the lab's API. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $1,000 direct.
Kong AI Gateway$1,000+0%
LiteLLM$1,000+0%
Neon AI Gateway$1,000+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$1,000+0%
Cloudflare AI Gateway$1,050+5%
Requesty$1,050+5%
Eden AI$1,055+5.5%
OpenRouter$1,055+5.5%
HeliconeNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Martian Gateway, Portkey, TrueFoundry AI Gateway.
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About Claude Opus 4.8
Takes text, image, files in and returns text. First listed May 29, 2026. Up to 128K output tokens. Blended price $10 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Overall score 3 on leadersboard.fru.dev (rank 33). Model id claude-opus-4-8.
Price history
List price since May 29, 2026, from Internet Archive snapshots of the OpenRouter catalog, then daily reads.
Questions
How much does Claude Opus 4.8 cost?
$5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.5, or $2.5 and $12.5 through the Batch API.
What is the context window of Claude Opus 4.8?
1M tokens, with up to 128K tokens of output.
Where is Claude Opus 4.8 cheapest?
Of 11 routes tracked, AWS Bedrock is cheapest at $5 input and $25 output per million tokens.