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Claude 3 Opus pricing

Complete Claude 3 Opus API cost reference: $15/M input, $75/M output, 200K token context window, $1.50/M cached reads. Verified against official sources.

Prices verified August 20, 2026
Claude 3 Opus
Input / M
$15
Output / M
$75
Cache read
$1.50
Cache write
$18.75
Context
200K
Batch
Vision
Yes
Reasoning

What Claude 3 Opus costs in practice

WorkloadCost / callCost @ 1K req/day
Light · 1K in / 300 out$0.0375$1141.41/mo
Standard · 10K in / 2K out$0.3000$9131.25/mo
Heavy · 100K in / 20K out$3.00$91312.50/mo

Estimates assume medium reasoning effort, no batch discounts and no prompt caching. Turn on prompt caching and the input side typically drops 50–90% — run your own mix in the free calculator preloaded with Claude 3 Opus.

About this page

Prices were last verified on August 20, 2026 against Anthropic's official pricing page. Providers reprice frequently — see our methodology for exactly how estimates are computed, and always confirm final rates with the provider before budgeting.

Claude 3 Opus FAQ

How much does Claude 3 Opus cost?

Claude 3 Opus charges $15 per million input tokens and $75 per million output tokens, with cached input reads at $1.50/M.

What is the context window of Claude 3 Opus?

Claude 3 Opus supports a context window of 200,000 tokens (200K) — roughly 150,000 English words or about 300 pages of text in a single request.

Does Claude 3 Opus support images, audio or reasoning?

Claude 3 Opus offers vision & image understanding. Highest-tier Anthropic model. Expensive at scale.

How do I estimate my Claude 3 Opus bill?

A typical workload of 10K input and 2K output tokens costs about $0.3000 per call with Claude 3 Opus. At 1,000 requests per day that is roughly $9131.25 per month. Use the free AITokenCalculator to run your exact numbers.