Pricing Patterns
Anthropic Claude API
Input, output, and prompt-cache tokens.
AI API. Metered pricing.
What the company publishes
- Pricing mechanism
Metered
- Chargeable unit
Input, output, and prompt-cache tokens
- Included allowance
Not publicly specified
- Packaging
Model-specific rates with batch and caching differences
- Credits or prepayment
Not publicly specified
- Overage treatment
Not publicly specified
- Enterprise exceptions
Not publicly specified
Primary pricing source
Checked Nov 3.
Source notes
The model table separates base input and output tokens from prompt caching writes and hits.
The page describes Batch API discounts.
Lago analysis
- Tradeoff
Caching and batch rates reward efficient workloads, while adding more dimensions to forecasts.
- Billing and revenue work
Record model, token class, and processing mode on each request so invoices can explain effective cost.
This is an implementation inference, not a claim about the company's internal systems or Lago usage.