AnthropicreasoningClaude Fable 5 pricing
$10.00 per 1M input tokens and $50.00 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 6.3¢ per chat answer and 22¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Claude Fable 5 costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (Claude Sonnet 5.5), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 6.3¢$63.41 / 1,000 | 61 in · 1,256 out | 329 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 2.0¢$19.87 / 1,000 | 362 in · 325 out | 322 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 18¢$183 / 1,000 | 90 in · 3,401 out · 239 reasoning | 327 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 22¢$221 / 1,000 | 454 in · 1,866 out · 2,459 reasoning | 333 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 13¢$128 / 1,000 | 1,832 in · 2,186 out | 322 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 5.6¢$55.52 / 1,000 | 987 in · 913 out | 323 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 22¢$223 / 1,000 | 18,004 in · 857 out | 326 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 5.2¢$51.51 / 1,000 | 546 in · 604 out · 317 reasoning | 326 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | ≥85¢$854 / 1,000 | 5,433 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 329 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 14¢$137 / 1,000 | 5,184 in · 1,079 out · 615 reasoning | 329 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 4.5¢$44.52 / 1,000 | 1,747 in · 541 out | 302 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 40¢$398 / 1,000 | 7,117 in · 3,067 out · 3,476 reasoning | 328 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 5.5¢$54.67 / 1,000 | 182 in · 839 out · 218 reasoning | 327 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | $5.70$5,702 / 1,000 | 3,101,175 in · 20,790 out · 10,900 reasoning | 317 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Claude Fable 5 through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Claude Platform on AWSunknown | $10.00 / $50.00 | $1.00 | 1M | |
 Azureunknown | $10.00 / $50.00 | $1.00 | 1M | |
 Amazon Bedrockunknown | $10.00 / $50.00 | $1.00 | 1M | |
 Googleunknown | $10.00 / $50.00 | $1.00 | 1M | |
Anthropicunknown | $10.00 / $50.00 | $1.00 | 1M | 100% |
Googleunknown | $11.00 / $55.00 | $1.10 | 1M |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Jun 16, 2026 at $10.00 input / $50.00 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does Claude Fable 5 cost?
Claude Fable 5 costs $10.00 per 1 million input tokens and $50.00 per 1 million output tokens, with cached input at $1.00 (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 6.3¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 22¢.
Where is Claude Fable 5 cheapest?
Among 6 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Claude Platform on AWS: $10.00 input and $50.00 output per 1M tokens.
Does Claude Fable 5 charge for reasoning tokens?
Yes. Reasoning (thinking) tokens are billed as output tokens. That is why the cost per task can be much higher than the visible answer suggests - our task costs include them.
Is the Claude Fable 5 cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Claude Fable 5 was not run directly. Tokens come from Claude Sonnet 5.5 and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Anthropic. Real usage can differ.