Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)

Anthropic chatreasoningtool_usevision Long

API ID: anthropic/claude-4.8-opus-fast-20260528

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Input Price
$10.00
/1M tokens
Output Price
$50.00
/1M tokens
Cached Input
$1.00
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About Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)

Fast-mode variant of [Opus 4.8](/anthropic/claude-opus-4.8) - identical capabilities with higher output speed at 2x pricing relative to regular Opus 4.8. Learn more in Anthropic's docs: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/fast-mode

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Price Ranking
#1217 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
1.0M
Max Output
128k
Release Date
2026-05-27
Capabilities
chat reasoning tool_use vision
Input Modalities
textimagefile
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
$19.50
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$600.00
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$825.00
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) API

Anthropic Python SDK 
import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()

message = client.messages.create(
    model="anthropic/claude-4.8-opus-fast-20260528",
    max_tokens=1024,
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(message.content[0].text)

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