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Claude Opus 4.8 pricing for legal analysis

$0.1500 per call at 10,000 input / 4,000 output tokens.

Per call

$0.1500

10K calls/mo

$1,500

Cache savings

90% off input

Batch savings

50% off all

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Adjust token counts, volume, and discount toggles to model your legal analysis spend. Pricing updated weekly.

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Estimated cost

Monthly cost
$1,500
10,000 calls/month
Cost per call$0.15
Daily cost$50
Input rate$5.00/MTok
Output rate$25.00/MTok
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Quick start

Call Claude Opus 4.8 with the Anthropic Python SDK:

from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic()
response = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-opus-4-8",
    max_tokens=4000,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Your prompt here"}]
)
# Cost: ~$0.1500 per call at standard rates
# Input:  $5.00/MTok
# Output: $25.00/MTok

How Claude Opus 4.8 compares on cost

Per-call cost for all models scoring 50+ on legal analysis benchmarks. Hover for details.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite$0.008500Gemini 3 Flash$0.0170Claude Haiku 4.5$0.0300GPT 5.6 Luna$0.0340Gemini 3.5 Flash$0.0510Claude Sonnet 5$0.0600Gemini 3.1 Pro$0.0680GPT 5.4$0.0850GPT 5.6 Terra$0.0850Claude Sonnet 4.6$0.0900Claude Opus 4.8$0.1500GPT 5.5$0.1700GPT 5.6 Sol$0.1700Claude Fable 5$0.3000

Cheapest viable option: Claude Sonnet 5 at $0.0600/call (60% less, 90/100 quality).

Complete Claude Opus 4.8 pricing breakdown

Standard token rates

Direction$/MTokTokens per call
Input$5.0010,000
Output$25.004,000

Prompt caching: 90% off input tokens

Caching drops input cost from $5.00 to $0.50/MTok. For repeated system prompts, that saves $0.0450 per call.

Batch API: 50% off all tokens

Submit requests asynchronously and receive 50% off all token costs. This works best for offline pipelines where latency requirements are flexible.

Monthly cost projections

Monthly volumeCost per callStandard monthlyCached monthlyYou save with caching
10,000 calls$0.1500$1,500$1,050$450
50,000 calls$0.1500$7,500$5,250$2,250
100,000 calls$0.1500$15,000$10,500$4,500
500,000 calls$0.1500$75,000$52,500$22,500
1,000,000 calls$0.1500$150,000$105,000$45,000

Claude Opus 4.8 quality benchmarks for legal analysis

Use Claude Opus 4.8 for legal analysis

Scores 97/100 (rank #1 of 14). Strong pick for production legal analysis workloads.

Top-ranked: Claude Fable 5 (98/100) at $0.3000/call

Performance across all task types

Claude Opus 4.8 scores by task type. Legal Analysis highlighted.

Reasoning *97Code Generation95Code Review94Creative Writing93Summarization88Q&A85Extraction82Classification80
Task typeConfidence scoreRank out of 14
Reasoning(current page)97/100#1
Code Generation95/100#1
Code Review94/100#2
Creative Writing93/100#1
Summarization88/100#4
Q&A85/100#5
Extraction82/100#5
Classification80/100#6

Alternative models for legal analysis

8 models score 80+ on legal analysis benchmarks, sorted by input rate. Cheapest: Claude Sonnet 5 (60% less, 90/100 quality).

ModelProviderInput $/MTokOutput $/MTokQualityPer callvs Claude
Claude Sonnet 5Claude$2.00$10.0090/100$0.060060% cheaper
Gemini 3.1 ProGemini$2.00$12.0090/100$0.068055% cheaper
GPT 5.4GPT$2.50$15.0080/100$0.085043% cheaper
GPT 5.6 TerraGPT$2.50$15.0082/100$0.085043% cheaper
Claude Sonnet 4.6Claude$3.00$15.0088/100$0.090040% cheaper
GPT 5.5GPT$5.00$30.0095/100$0.170013% more
GPT 5.6 SolGPT$5.00$30.0096/100$0.170013% more
Claude Fable 5Claude$10.00$50.0098/100$0.3000100% more

About Claude Opus 4.8

Provider

Claude

Tier

Flagship

Context

200K tokens

Released

Apr 2026

Other models from Claude

ModelTierInput $/MTokOutput $/MTokContext
Claude Sonnet 4.6Mid-tier$3.00$15.00200K
Claude Haiku 4.5Fast / Budget$1.00$5.00200K
Claude Sonnet 5Mid-tier$2.00$10.00200K
Claude Fable 5Flagship$10.00$50.001,000K

You can compare Claude Opus 4.8 head-to-head against any other model on our model comparison pages, or track how pricing has changed over time on the pricing history tracker.

Claude Opus 4.8 pricing for other use cases

See how Claude Opus 4.8 costs change across different workload types.

Code Generation

$0.1100/call

Unit Test Generation

$0.1400/call

SQL Generation

$0.0325/call

API Generation

$0.1650/call

Code Refactoring

$0.1200/call

Code Review

$0.0750/call

PR Review

$0.1150/call

Security Review

$0.0925/call

Bug Detection

$0.0750/call

Document Summarization

$0.0750/call

PDF Summarization

$0.1125/call

Meeting Notes

$0.0900/call

Email Summarization

$0.0275/call

Chatbot

$0.0350/call

RAG Pipeline

$0.0675/call

Customer Support Bot

$0.0400/call

FAQ Bot

$0.0275/call

Data Extraction

$0.0450/call

JSON Extraction

$0.0350/call

Invoice Parsing

$0.0250/call

Resume Parsing

$0.0325/call

Chain of Thought

$0.1400/call

Math Reasoning

$0.0825/call

Financial Analysis

$0.1400/call

Content Moderation

$0.005000/call

Sentiment Analysis

$0.005000/call

Categorization

$0.007750/call

Intent Detection

$0.004000/call

Copywriting

$0.0525/call

Blog Writing

$0.2050/call

Marketing Copy

$0.0790/call

Product Descriptions

$0.0400/call

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Claude Opus 4.8 cost for legal analysis per API call?

$0.1500 per call at 10,000 input / 4,000 output tokens.

Is Claude Opus 4.8 the best model for legal analysis?

Scores 97/100, rank #1 of 14 models. Top-ranked: Claude Fable 5 at 98/100.

What is the cheapest model for legal analysis with good quality?

Claude Sonnet 5 scores 90/100 quality at $2.00/$10.00 per MTok. That is 60% less than Claude Opus 4.8 per call.

How can I reduce my Claude Opus 4.8 costs for legal analysis?

Three strategies: prompt caching (90% off input), batch API (50% off all tokens), prompt optimization. Combined: $0.1500 drops to about $0.007500 per call.

How does Claude Opus 4.8 pricing compare to other Claude models?

Claude also offers: Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3.00/$15.00, Claude Haiku 4.5 at $1.00/$5.00, Claude Sonnet 5 at $2.00/$10.00, Claude Fable 5 at $10.00/$50.00.

What context window does Claude Opus 4.8 support?

200K tokens total. Typical legal analysis calls use 10,000 plus 4,000 tokens, well within limits.

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