Claude Opus 4

Anthropic chatvisionreasoningtool_use Long

API ID: anthropic/claude-4-opus-20250522

Input Price
$15.00
/1M tokens
Output Price
$75.00
/1M tokens

About Claude Opus 4

Claude Opus 4 is Anthropic's most advanced AI model, representing the pinnacle of the Claude 4 generation. The model delivers unprecedented performance on complex reasoning, creative tasks, and technical challenges. Claude Opus 4 features an extended context window and demonstrates remarkable ability to understand nuanced instructions and produce thoughtful, well-reasoned responses. It excels at research synthesis, sophisticated code development, and strategic analysis. The model incorporates Anthropic's latest advances in AI safety and alignment. For organizations requiring the absolute best in AI capability, Claude Opus 4 represents the current frontier of responsible AI development. It's ideal for high-stakes applications where output quality justifies premium pricing.

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Price Ranking
#943 lowest price among 950 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
200k
Max Output
32k
Release Date
2025-05-22
Capabilities
chat vision reasoning tool_use
Input Modalities
imagetextfile
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$29.25
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$900.00
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$1237.50
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each

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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Claude Opus 4 API

Anthropic Python SDK
import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()

message = client.messages.create(
    model="anthropic/claude-4-opus-20250522",
    max_tokens=1024,
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(message.content[0].text)