Anthropic Claude API Pricing Guide
Anthropic rates API usage per 1,000,000 input and output tokens. Understanding Claude 3.5 Sonnet's pricing dynamics and leveraging prompt caching is crucial for optimizing SaaS application unit economics.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the Claude API Cost Calculator work?
The calculator uses official Anthropic API pricing per 1,000,000 tokens for Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($3.00/$15.00), Claude 3 Opus ($15.00/$75.00), and Claude 3 Haiku ($0.25/$1.25).
What is Anthropic Prompt Caching and how much money does it save?
Anthropic Prompt Caching allows you to cache large prompt prefixes or documentation blocks for 5 minutes. Cache hits incur 90% lower input token costs ($0.30/M vs $3.00/M for Sonnet).
How does Claude 3.5 Sonnet pricing compare to GPT-4o?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet input tokens ($3.00/M) are competitively priced against GPT-4o ($2.50/M), while providing state-of-the-art coding and reasoning benchmark performance.
What is Batch API processing for Claude?
Anthropic's Message Batches API offers a 50% discount on input and output tokens for async batch processing requests completed within 24 hours.
Is my API key required to use this tool?
No. You do not need to enter an API key or log in. The calculator executes 100% locally in your web browser.
What is the token context limit for Claude 3.5 Sonnet?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports a 200,000 token context window, capable of analyzing over 150,000 words or massive codebase files in a single prompt.
Are image inputs billed differently in Claude Vision?
Image tokens in Claude 3.5 are calculated based on pixel dimensions and billed at standard input token rates.
Is this Claude cost calculator free?
Yes. ToolzTotal provides 100% free AI pricing tools with no signups, no subscriptions, and zero limits.
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