Claude & GPT API Pricing
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All prices in USD per million tokens · Savings vs. official API
As of 2026-10-10, most Claude models cost 56–62% less than Anthropic's list prices and GPT models up to 86% less than OpenAI's. For example, Claude Sonnet 4.6 is $1.15 / $5.74 per million input / output tokens (official $3.00 / $15.00).
Claude models (Anthropic)
GPT models (OpenAI)
Updated: · Official prices: Anthropic, OpenAI
Prices are per million tokens. Each request is billed for its input, output and cache tokens at these rates. Savings compares the APIVAI input price with the official input price. Official prices are the providers' published list prices. Prices are checked against the price list every 6 hours.
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Pricing FAQ
How much does the Claude API cost per 1M tokens?
As of 2026-10-10, Claude Sonnet 4.6 costs $1.15 per 1M input tokens and $5.74 per 1M output tokens (official $3.00 / $15.00); the newer and cheaper Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs $0.77 / $3.82 (official $2.00 / $10.00). Every other Claude model is in the table above.
How are cache reads and writes billed?
Per token, at the cache-write and cache-read prices in the table. For Claude Sonnet 4.6, writing to the cache costs $1.44 per 1M tokens and reading from it $0.12 per 1M tokens, against $1.15 for normal input. Input that is not read from the cache is billed at the input price.
What is the minimum top-up?
$10 by card or crypto, or ¥20 via Alipay or WeChat Pay. There is no subscription and no monthly fee.
Do prices change with load?
No. Prices do not change with network load. If a price changes, this page and its date change first; each request is billed at the price shown when it is made.
Which payment methods can I use?
Credit and debit cards, cryptocurrency (USDT and more), Alipay and WeChat Pay. Alipay and WeChat Pay are charged in CNY and converted to your USD balance.