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Claude API Pricing Calculator

Dynamically estimate Anthropic Claude API billing. Supporting Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5, prompt cache rules, and batching constraints.

Input: $5 / 1MOutput: $25 / 1MCache Read: $0.50

Basic Messaging
Prompt Caching
Billed at just 10% of standard input rates!

Estimated Cost

Standard Input$0.0067
Cache Storage Writes$0.00
Cached Context Reads$0.00
Output Generation$0.0166
Total Cost$0.0233

Understanding Claude API Pricing

Prompt Caching Logic

When injecting the same lengthy document or prompt code context repeatedly, you can utilize the cache parameter. Caching context for a 5-minute timeout window charges at roughly 1.25x the standard input array costs initially, but all repeated queries mapping against that cached data drop to a tiny 10% query tariff!

Claude Tool Use Metrics

Binding client-side tools dynamically expands the token context automatically. Utilizing functions mandates inserting pre-compiled system prompt logic, varying from 313 overhead tokens for standard configurations on Sonnet 4.6, to 735 base penalty overhead tokens when employing experimental visual "Computer Use" APIs natively.

Data Residency Pricing

Executing requests bound deliberately and explicitly on US-only local inference centers to map localized geographic compliance incurs a static 10% premium (1.1x scaling wrapper metric) identically parallel to Google Cloud's Regional Endpoint compliance.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I stack Batch Discounts on top of Prompt Caching?

Yes! The 50% discount mathematically cascades dynamically. Generating complex cache write structures synchronously drops identically in scaling metric penalties when pushing async payloads into Anthropic's processing queues.

What is Fast Mode and why is it so expensive?

Anthropic's experimental "Fast Mode", restricted actively to the Claude Opus 4.6 iteration layer, permits massive real-time generation output speed metrics ideal for complex live robotic AI architectures and agent systems but incurs a deliberate 6x execution tax on total pipeline consumption constraints natively.

Does Claude bill for code execution sandboxing?

Code execution pipelines technically process freely bound beside connected web fetch actions. However, isolated computing tasks incur automated execution billing structures scaled to containerized logic at exactly $0.05 per operational hour if exceeding the standard 1,550 monthly free tier allowance metrics given to enterprise projects.