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Anthropic Pricing

anthropic.com · AI Inference · refreshed 2026-05-03
AI Inference
Free tier
Self-serve checkout
5 tiers
Public API

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Pricing snapshot
Plans & Pricing
As of 2026-05-03 · derived from www.anthropic.com/pricing
Per-unit pricing

Opus 4.7 $5/$25 per MTok; Sonnet 4.6 $3/$15; Haiku 4.5 $1/$5

Free

$0

Free Claude tier; API console PAYG after credit add
Entry paid

$17

per month
Tier 3

Self-serve

Tier 4

Self-serve

Tier 5

Self-serve

Enterprise

Contact sales

Snapshot rendered from xpay's extracted pricing signals. Tier count capped at 5 (anti-slider). For the live page, see source link above.
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Anthropic pricing plans
Plans & what each tier includes
Synthesized from Anthropic's public pricing page on 2026-05-03. Tier names normalized to a starter / team / business / enterprise pattern; the actual Anthropic pricing page is the source of truth for in-tier features.
Free
$0
forever

  • Free Claude tier; API console PAYG after credit add

  • Access to Anthropic's ai inference surface

  • Standard per-unit pricing applies once free quota is consumed

  • Full public API documentation available

Start free
Entry paid
$17
per month

  • Self-serve checkout via card

  • Per-unit pricing: Opus 4.7 $5/$25 per MTok; Sonnet 4.6 $3/$15; Haiku 4.5 $1/$5

  • Public API access for integrations and AI agents

  • Account creation required for API key issuance

Choose plan
Scale
Self-serve
higher tier

  • Higher monthly quotas and per-unit discounts

  • Reduced per-unit cost vs. Entry tier

  • Priority support, additional seats, advanced features

  • Card checkout, no sales contact required

Compare tiers
Enterprise
Contact sales
custom

  • Custom pricing negotiated with the Anthropic sales team

  • Dedicated account manager and SLA commitments

  • Volume discounts on per-unit costs

  • Procurement-friendly: invoicing, NDAs, security questionnaires

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Pricing summary
What Anthropic charges

Anthropic operates in the ai inference space. The published pricing page lists 5 tiers, including a free tier, starting at $17/mo, with per-unit pricing of Opus 4.7 $5/$25 per MTok; Sonnet 4.6 $3/$15; Haiku 4.5 $1/$5. The pricing page positions plans as: "Plans & Pricing".

For the deeper analysis — score, simulation, pros & cons for AI agents, and the one-line fix that would lift this listing into the Verified band — see the agent-readiness scorecard.
Frequently asked
Anthropic pricing FAQ

Anthropic's lowest paid plan starts at $17 per month, with 5 tiers in total alongside a free tier. Per-unit pricing is Opus 4.7 $5/$25 per MTok; Sonnet 4.6 $3/$15; Haiku 4.5 $1/$5. Pricing reflects what was published on 2026-05-03 — see the live Anthropic pricing page for the most current terms.

Yes — Anthropic publishes a free tier: Free Claude tier; API console PAYG after credit add. This makes it possible to evaluate Anthropic without committing budget.

Anthropic's public pricing page lists the following per-unit pricing: Opus 4.7 $5/$25 per MTok; Sonnet 4.6 $3/$15; Haiku 4.5 $1/$5. This is the rate captured by xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index on 2026-05-03 and is the basis for the agent-readiness score on the linked scorecard.

Anthropic's pricing page positions itself as: "Plans & Pricing". Per-unit pricing of Opus 4.7 $5/$25 per MTok; Sonnet 4.6 $3/$15; Haiku 4.5 $1/$5 is published. For the strict definition of agent-buyable PPU — a per-task purchase that an AI agent can complete without an annual commitment — see the agent-readiness scorecard.

Partially. 5 Anthropic tiers are self-serve via card checkout; 1 tier requires contacting sales.

Yes — Anthropic's API documentation is publicly accessible at https://docs.claude.com. An AI agent or developer can inspect the integration surface without authentication.

xpay scored Anthropic 76 / 100 on its Agent-Ready SaaS Index, which places it in the Approaching Agent-Ready band. Based on public pricing signals, xpay verified that Anthropic exposes per-million-token rates for Opus/Sonnet/Haiku on a public anonymous page, plus consumer Claude tiers from $17/mo. API console allows self-serve PAYG with credit top-up. xpay could not locate a /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or an anonymous purchase path for unauthenticated agents. For the full 6-step purchase simulation and the one-line fix that would lift this listing into the next band, see the linked scorecard.

In the AI Inference category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists multiple alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for Anthropic to compare with 3 nearest peers, or browse the full AI Inference category from the index.

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AI agent readiness
Can an AI agent buy from Anthropic?
Approaching Agent-Ready

76

/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index

Based on public pricing signals, xpay verified that Anthropic exposes per-million-token rates for Opus/Sonnet/Haiku on a public anonymous page, plus consumer Claude tiers from $17/mo. API console allo…

See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift Anthropic into the Agent-Ready Verified band.
Quick facts
At a glance
Free tier

Free Claude tier; API console PAYG after credit add

Lowest paid

$17/mo

Per-unit pricing

Opus 4.7 $5/$25 per MTok; Sonnet 4.6 $3/$15; Haiku 4.5 $1/$5

Self-serve checkout

5 tiers

Tier count

5

Public API

Public docs

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Anthropic pricing summary derived from a live read of https://www.anthropic.com/pricing on 2026-05-03. For the agent-readiness assessment — including the 6-step purchase simulation and a per-dimension scorecard — see xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index entry for Anthropic.
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