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Claude Opus 4.8 vs Rnj 1 Instruct
List-price comparison · Claude Opus 4.8 details · Rnj 1 Instruct details
For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Rnj 1 Instruct costs 99% less — $24.00/mo vs $1,600.00/mo.
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Rnj 1 Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $5.00 | $0.150 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $25.00 | $0.150 |
| Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out) | $0.016 | $0.0002 |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Max output | 128k tokens | — |
| Tier | Flagship | Flash |
| Provider | Anthropic | EssentialAI |
Projected monthly cost
1,000 requests / month$16.00 vs $0.2410,000 requests / month$160.00 vs $2.40100,000 requests / month$1,600.00 vs $24.00
Rows open both models in the calculator — adjust volume and token counts there.
Claude Opus 4.8
Best-in-class for complex multi-step agentic workflows, long-horizon planning, and large codebase refactors. Strong instruction-following on ambiguous, open-ended tasks.
Highest per-token cost in the catalog and noticeably higher latency — reserve for tasks that genuinely need top-tier reasoning rather than routine completions.
Rnj 1 Instruct
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