Claude Opus 4 vs Claude Opus 4.8 API Price Comparison

Prices updated: ·68 quotes

As of : Claude Opus 4.8 has an official price of $5.0000/1M tokens; the other has no official direct pricing yet. Via relay providers, the lowest Claude Opus 4 rate is $0.2069 (TreeRouter) and Claude Opus 4.8 is $0.1379 (dddAI). Context windows: Claude Opus 4 1000K, Claude Opus 4.8 1024K. Claude Opus 4 and Claude Opus 4.8 support image input. 68 provider quotes tracked (Claude Opus 4: 48, Claude Opus 4.8: 20), updated daily.
Claude Opus 4Frontier
Lowest
$0.2069
/ 1M tokens
48 providers · 1000K Context · 👁 Vision
Claude Opus 4.8Frontier
Official
$5.0000
/ 1M tokens
Best Price
$0.1379
/ 1M tokens
20 providers · 1024K Context · 👁 Vision
At the best relay price, Claude Opus 4.8 is ~33% cheaper.

Price Comparison

Claude Opus 4Claude Opus 4.8
Official input / 1M tokens$5.0000
Official output / 1M tokens$25.0000
Cheapest input / 1M tokens$0.2069$0.1379
Cheapest output / 1M tokens$1.0345$0.6897
providers4820
Context1000K1024K
Vision

Claude Opus 4 — All Providers

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ProviderInput / 1MAPI
Relay / Aggregator
TreeRouterRelayLowest🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.2069
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RunAPIRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.4138
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LaoZhang APIRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.6897
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PoloAPIRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.6897
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UiUiAPIRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信VisaMCLive
$0.6897
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PackyCodeRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$2.0690
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Claude Opus 4.8 — All Providers

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ProviderInput / 1MAPI
Official
AnthropicOfficial🌐VisaMCManual
$5.0000
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Relay / Aggregator
dddAIRelayLowest🇨🇳支付宝微信⚠️ Unusually lowLive
$0.1379
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TreeRouterRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信⚠️ Unusually lowLive
$0.2069
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RunAPIRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.4138
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PoloAPIRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.6897
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EasyRouterRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.6897
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Token5U APIRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.6897
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4 or Claude Opus 4.8?

Official pricing for these two models cannot be directly compared. See the live provider tables below.

What context window do Claude Opus 4 and Claude Opus 4.8 support?

Claude Opus 4 has a 1000K token context window; Claude Opus 4.8 has 1024K tokens.

Do Claude Opus 4 and Claude Opus 4.8 support image input?

Claude Opus 4 supports image input; Claude Opus 4.8 supports image input.

What is the cheapest way to access Claude Opus 4 or Claude Opus 4.8?

Claude Opus 4's lowest input price is $0.2069/1M tokens (TreeRouter). Claude Opus 4.8's is $0.1379/1M tokens (dddAI). Relay providers typically offer lower prices with different SLA terms.

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