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Using Claude Opus 5 on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · Claude 5 · Anthropic

Serverless

Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call anthropic/claude-opus-5 — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $5.00/1M input, $25.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

About OpenRouter

OpenRouter provides a unified interface for Large Language Models with better pricing, improved uptime, and no subscription requirements. Route across providers for cost optimization and reliability.

OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.

Pricing on OpenRouter

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$5.00
Output tokens$25.00
Image input$1.00

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoningFunction CallingTool UseStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt CachingBatch API

About Claude Opus 5

Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic's July 2026 flagship Opus model for complex agentic coding, enterprise work, long-horizon reasoning, computer use, and professional analysis. It accepts text and image input and returns text, with adaptive thinking enabled by default and five request-level effort settings from low through max that control thinking depth and token use rather than visible response length. It also supports tool use, structured outputs, prompt caching, Batch API, a 1M-token context window, and up to 128K synchronous output tokens. Anthropic lists standard Claude API pricing at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, with Fast mode at $10/$50. It is available through the Claude API and hosted provider routes.

Model Specs

Released2026-07-24
Context1m
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2026-05

Provider

OpenRouter
OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA