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claude-opus-5-5 pricing
Azure AI Foundry charges $4.00 per million input tokens and $20.00 per million output tokens for claude-opus-5-5, and $0.20 for cached input. Below: every rate that applies, what common workloads cost, and cheaper options.
- Input
- $4.00/ 1M
- Output
- $20.00/ 1M
- Cached input
- $0.20/ 1M
- Context
- 1Mtokens
Retires 2027-09-18. npx @veqen/sdk scan finds every place your code uses it.
All rates
| Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $5.00 |
USD per million tokens. One-hour cache writes cost $8.00. Long-context tiers apply when the whole prompt, cached tokens included, passes the threshold.
Work it out
What common workloads cost
| Workload | Per call | Cost per call | Calls a month | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply | 1,500 input and 400 output tokens | $0.01 | 100,000 | $1,400.00 |
| RAG answer, cached context | 2,000 fresh + 4,000 cached input, 500 output | $0.02 | 100,000 | $1,880.00 |
| Agent step | 4,000 fresh + 8,000 cached input, 800 output | $0.03 | 250,000 | $8,400.00 |
| Batch summary | 3,000 input and 300 output tokens via the Batch API | — | 1,000,000 | — |
Planning a mix of models? Simulate a workload with claude-opus-5-5, alongside anything else you run.
Cheaper options
Current models that cost at least 15% less for a typical chat reply. Cheaper isn't always equivalent: test quality on your own prompts, then use veqen diff to see the impact at your volume.
| Model | Chat reply | Saving |
|---|---|---|
| azure-ai/FW-Kimi-K3 | $0.01 | 25% |
| azure-ai/grok-4 | $0.01 | 25% |
| bedrock/in.moonshotai.kimi-k3 | $0.01 | 18% |
| bedrock/moonshotai.kimi-k3 | $0.01 | 18% |
Price history
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Last verified with price book 2026-10-22. Sources: Azure AI Foundry pricing and LiteLLM's MIT-licensed price file. Track every call to this model, per customer or project: install the SDK.