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Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) Pricing
Anthropic · anthropic-claude-opus-4-8-batch
Input / 1M tokens
$2.50
Output / 1M tokens
$12.50
Context window
1M tokens
≈ 1,333 pages of text
Max output
128k tokens
What it costs in practice
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.008
1,000 requests / month$8.00/mo10,000 requests / month$80.00/mo100,000 requests / month$800.00/moEstimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.
Price history
Only one price point recorded so far.
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What it excels at
Strong performance on complex reasoning, long-context synthesis, and vision tasks with 1M-token inputs and 128k outputs.
The business tradeoff
Elevated output-token pricing; batch-only access limits suitability for low-latency interactive applications.
Cheaper from Anthropic
Same tier from other providers
Head-to-head
Vendor list rates, as of Jul 22, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.