Claude Opus 5.5 Pricing & Token Economics
Claude Opus 5.5 is Anthropic's flagship model for demanding reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agentic work, succeeding Claude Opus 5.
Normalized Token Pricing Matrix
Real-time input, completion, and cache rates normalized to $/1M tokens.
Cost for prompts, instructions, document retrieval, and system context sent into the model.
Cost for generated text, code, tool calls, and structured JSON responses returned by the model.
Massive 95% savings on repeated context, documents, and system instructions.
Standard industry benchmark assuming 75% prompt reads and 25% completion generation.
Claude Opus 5.5 Monthly Bill Estimator
Estimated monthly costs across four standardized enterprise and developer workloads.
| Workload Scenario | Monthly Token Volume | Standard Bill | With Prompt Caching |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Support Chatbot 10M prompt tokens + 2.5M output tokens per month | 12.5M tokens (10M in / 2.5M out) | $90.00/mo | $63.40/mo -30% |
| Document Analysis & RAG 30M prompt tokens (PDFs/context) + 3M output summaries | 33.0M tokens (30M in / 3M out) | $180.00/mo | $100.20/mo -44% |
| Coding Agent / IDE Swarm 60M prompt tokens (repo context) + 15M code completions | 75.0M tokens (60M in / 15M out) | $540.00/mo | $380.40/mo -30% |
| Enterprise Agentic Workflow 120M prompt tokens (reasoning loops) + 30M output actions | 150.0M tokens (120M in / 30M out) | $1080.00/mo | $760.80/mo -30% |
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Architecture & Capabilities
Technical parameters, supported modalities, and optimal developer use cases.
🎯 Recommended Use Cases
Deep research, multi-step problem solving, PhD-level analysis
Supported Modalities
📐 Context & Output Limits
- Maximum Context Window: 1,000,000 tokens (1M)
- Maximum Output Length: 128,000 tokens
- Speed / Latency Tier: Deliberate / Thinking
- Official Provider: Anthropic
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Claude Opus 5.5 API pricing and token calculations.
How much does Claude Opus 5.5 cost per 1M tokens?
Claude Opus 5.5 charges $4.00 per 1M input tokens and $20.00 per 1M output tokens. For standard balanced workloads (3:1 input:output ratio), the effective blended rate is $8.000/1M tokens.
Does Claude Opus 5.5 support prompt caching?
Yes. Cached prompt reads are billed at $0.2000 per 1M tokens, saving you up to 95% on repeated context, RAG documents, and system instructions.
What is Claude Opus 5.5's maximum context window?
Claude Opus 5.5 supports up to 1,000,000 tokens (1M) in its context window, allowing you to ingest large files and multi-turn chat history with up to 128,000 tokens generated per response.
How does Claude Opus 5.5 compare to other models?
With a CostRatio rating of B, Claude Opus 5.5 provides competitive token economics for reasoning & thinking tasks. Review the peer comparison table above to compare input and completion rates directly against alternative models.
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