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Why use Claude Instant 1.2 on Anthropic?
Anthropic offers Claude Instant 1.2 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.80/1M 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 Instant 1.2 across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install anthropicexport ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=...import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic() # reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from env
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-instant-1.2",claude-instant-1.2Request example
import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic() # reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from env
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-instant-1.2",
max_tokens=1024,
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(message.content[0].text)Gotchas
- 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 Instant 1.2 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| AWS Bedrock | $0.80 | $2.40 |
| Anthropic | $0.80 | $2.40 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.80 |
| Output tokens | $2.40 |
Capabilities
About Claude Instant 1.2
Claude Instant 1.2, developed by Anthropic, is a large language model that offers a faster and more economical alternative to Claude 2. Although it is smaller, it supports a robust context window of 100,000 tokens, making it adept at handling lengthy documents. Significant upgrades from its predecessor include enhanced math and coding capabilities, illustrated by higher scores in Codex and GSM8K benchmarks. Additionally, it generates longer and more structured responses, with improved quote extraction and multilingual skills, while also being more resistant to safety threats and hallucinations.