AnthropicPaidOperational
Claude Opus 4.8
API model name: claude-opus-4.8
Claude Opus 4.8 is Anthropic's chat model, served on the Api.Airforce unified API. Capabilities include Vision, Tool calling. It is priced at $4.00 per million input tokens and $20.00 per million output tokens. Access it through the OpenAI-compatible API with one key, alongside 100+ other models on Api.Airforce.
Pricing
Specifications
- Provider
- Anthropic
- Type
- chat model
Capabilities
VisionTool calling
Benchmarks
Independent evaluations and measured speed from Artificial Analysis.
Intelligence Index
61.4/100
Coding Index
56.7/100
GPQA Diamond92%
Humanity's Last Exam46%
Output speed57.6 tok/s
Time to first token21.67 s
Source: Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai)
What is Claude Opus 4.8 used for?
- Chatbots & assistants — conversational AI, drafting, summarizing and Q&A.
- Image understanding — analyze photos, screenshots, charts and scanned documents.
- Agents & automation — function calling and tool use for multi-step workflows.
Claude Opus 4.8 vs. similar models
| Model | Intelligence | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.8 | 61.4 | — | $4.00 | $20.00 |
| Claude Fable 5 | 64.9 | — | $7.00 | $35.00 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | — | 200K | $0.30 | $1.80 |
| Claude Opus 4 | — | — | $2.25 | $11.25 |
Prices are Api.Airforce pay-as-you-go rates per 1M tokens. Context is the maximum input length.
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Claude Opus 4.8 — frequently asked questions
- How much does Claude Opus 4.8 cost?
- Claude Opus 4.8 is billed pay-as-you-go at $4.00 per 1M input tokens and $20.00 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.
- What can Claude Opus 4.8 do?
- Claude Opus 4.8 supports Vision, Tool calling.
- Is Claude Opus 4.8 free to use?
- Claude Opus 4.8 is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.
- How do I use Claude Opus 4.8 via the API?
- Claude Opus 4.8 is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID claude-opus-4.8 with your Api.Airforce API key.
- Who makes Claude Opus 4.8?
- Claude Opus 4.8 is Anthropic's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.
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Use Claude Opus 4.8 via the API
OpenAI-compatible — point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass claude-opus-4.8 as the model.
cURL
curl https://api.airforce/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AIRFORCE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "claude-opus-4.8",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
}'Python
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.airforce/v1", api_key="$AIRFORCE_API_KEY")
r = client.chat.completions.create(
model="claude-opus-4.8",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(r.choices[0].message.content)JavaScript
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.airforce/v1", apiKey: process.env.AIRFORCE_API_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "claude-opus-4.8",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);