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Why use Claude 4 Opus on Anthropic?
Anthropic offers Claude 4 Opus with pay-as-you-go pricing at $15.00/1M input tokens. Anthropic is a safety-focused AI research company and creator of the Claude model family, offering API access through the Anthropic Console for text generation, analysis, and coding tasks.
Compare Claude 4 Opus across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$15.00
Output / 1M
$75.00
Cache
read $1.50 / 5m $18.75 / 1h $30.00
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install anthropicAuth
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=...Call
import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic() # reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from env
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-opus-4-20250514",Model ID
claude-opus-4-20250514Request example
import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic() # reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from env
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-opus-4-20250514",
max_tokens=1024,
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(message.content[0].text)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "claude-opus-4-20250514", not the LLMReference slug "claude-4-opus".
- Use the versioned model ID, e.g. "claude-sonnet-4-6" or "claude-opus-4-7-20251101".
- The examples expect ANTHROPIC_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Claude 4 Opus Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $15.00 | $75.00 |
| Anthropic | $15.00 | $75.00 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $15.00 |
| Output tokens | $75.00 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalJSON / Tool useStructured OutputsFine-tuning
About Claude 4 Opus
Anthropic Claude 4 Opus API snapshot (claude-opus-4-20250514), deprecated April 14, 2026 with Claude API retirement scheduled for June 15, 2026. Use Claude Opus 4.8 for current integrations.
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Model Specs
Released2025-05-14
Context200k
Knowledge cutoff2025-04