Claude Opus 5 pricing for sql generation

Quick start

Call Claude Opus 5 with the Anthropic Python SDK:

from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic()
response = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-opus-5",
    max_tokens=1000,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Your prompt here"}]
)
# Cost: ~$0.0325 per call at standard rates
# Input:  $5.00/MTok
# Output: $25.00/MTok

How Claude Opus 5 compares on cost

Per-call cost for all models scoring 50+ on sql generation benchmarks. Hover for details.

Cheapest viable option: Claude Sonnet 5 at $0.0130/call (60% less, 93/100 quality).

What drives sql generation cost

The cheapest code use case on this list. A natural-language question plus a schema fits in 1.5K tokens, and the query that comes back is under 1K. That makes SQL generation a genuine candidate for a fast-tier model: the task is well-bounded, the output is short, and the quality gap between tiers narrows when there is little room to go wrong. Schema caching cuts the input side to near zero.

For Claude Opus 5 specifically, that means output tokens cost 5.0x more than input, at $25.00 vs $5.00 per MTok. At this use case’s 1,500/1,000 token split, output accounts for 77% of the $0.0325 per-call cost.

Claude Opus 5 quality benchmarks for sql generation

Benchmark data for sql generation is pending for Claude Opus 5. Test against your own evaluation suite before moving to production.

Performance across all task types

Claude Opus 5 scores by task type. SQL Generation highlighted.

Confidence scores are a third-party benchmark snapshot from week 29 of 2026. This snapshot is 8 weeks old, so treat the scores as directional and validate against your own evals.

About Claude Opus 5

Other models from Claude

You can compare Claude Opus 5 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.

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