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Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 set a new $10/$50 flagship API band

Anthropic pricing

Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 (GA June 9, 2026) and Claude Mythos 5 (limited availability via Project Glasswing) at $10/$50 per 1M tokens — a new top API band above Opus 4.8, double its $5/$25 rate, with a 1M context window.

Before

Top API band was Claude Opus 4.8 at $5/$25 per 1M tokens (1M context).

After

Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 sit above Opus at $10/$50 per 1M (1M context); Batch API $5/$25, prompt-caching multipliers apply. Opus 4.8 ($5/$25), Sonnet 4.6 ($3/$15), and Haiku 4.5 ($1/$5) bands unchanged.

Anthropic introduced a new flagship API band in June 2026. Claude Fable 5 (model ID claude-fable-5) became generally available across the Claude API, Claude Platform on AWS, Amazon Bedrock, Vertex AI, and Microsoft Foundry on June 9, 2026, priced at $10/$50 per 1M input/output tokens with a 1M-token context window and 128k max output. Claude Mythos 5 (claude-mythos-5) carries identical pricing but is offered only in limited availability to approved Project Glasswing customers. The new band sits above Claude Opus 4.8 ($5/$25), which is unchanged, as are Sonnet 4.6 ($3/$15) and Haiku 4.5 ($1/$5). Batch API pricing for Fable/Mythos 5 is $5/$25 (50% off), and standard prompt-caching multipliers apply.

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Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 + Fast mode + Managed Agents

A new flagship API band arrives: Claude Fable 5 (GA June 9, 2026) and Claude Mythos 5 (limited availability via Project Glasswing) price at $10/$50 per 1M — double the Opus 4.8 band ($5/$25). A research-preview Fast mode adds a premium speed SKU (Opus 4.8 $10/$50; Opus 4.6/4.7 $30/$150), and Claude Managed Agents introduces a session-runtime meter at $0.08/session-hour on top of token rates. Claude.ai consumer and Team pricing is unchanged (Pro $17/$20, Team Standard $20/$25, Premium $100/$125).

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Anthropic operates a freemium subscription stack (Claude.ai Free, Pro $17/mo annual, Max from $100/mo, Team from $20/seat/mo with a 2-seat minimum lowered from 5 in late July 2026, Enterprise custom) layered on a pure-usage API that spans Haiku 4.5 ($1/$5 per 1M), Sonnet 5 ($2/$10 — launched as introductory pricing in July 2026, now confirmed as Anthropic's permanent standard rate as of August 2026), Claude Opus 5 (the recommended default, priced level with Opus 4.8 at $5/$25), and a Fable 5 / Mythos 5 flagship band ($10/$50).

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Anthropic pricing history

  1. Aug 2026
    Sonnet 5 price hike cancelled — $2/$10 now permanent
  2. Jul 2026
    Claude Opus 5 launches — same $5/$25 rate as Opus 4.8
  3. Jul 2026
    Claude.ai Team minimum lowered from 5 seats to 2
  4. Jul 2026
    Claude Sonnet 5 launches — intro $2/$10 per 1M
  5. Jun 2026
    Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 + Fast mode + Managed Agents
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