Claude Opus 4.8 is Anthropic’s current Opus-class model for demanding coding, long-running agents and professional knowledge work. It is for teams that want the strongest broadly available Claude tier without moving to Fable-class pricing.
At a glance
| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | Anthropic |
| Type | Commercial |
| Best for | Coding, agents, research, complex analysis |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Maximum output | 128,000 tokens |
| API available | Yes |
| Local use | No |
| Last checked | 17 July 2026 |
Our verdict
Claude Opus 4.8 is the pragmatic top-tier Claude choice for serious agentic and coding work. Its one-million-token context arrives at standard pricing, and its $5/$25 API price is materially easier to justify than Fable 5; use it for decisive reasoning steps, not routine bulk processing.
| Score | Rating |
| --- | --- |
| Overall | ★★★★★ |
| Coding | ★★★★★ |
| Agents | ★★★★★ |
| Research | ★★★★★ |
| Budget | ★★★☆☆ |
Pricing
Standard API prices are per million tokens.
| Meter | Price |
| --- | --- |
| Input | $5.00 / million tokens |
| Cached input | $0.50 / million tokens |
| Output | $25.00 / million tokens |
US-only inference is priced at a 1.1× input and output multiplier. The full one-million-token context is available at standard pricing.
Best for
- Complex coding and software agents
- Long-running autonomous workflows
- Large research packs and professional analysis
Avoid when
- You need local inference or open weights
- You need the lowest-cost high-volume API tier
- A Sonnet-class model is enough for the task
What changed
- 17 July 2026: Profile created for Claude Opus 4.8.
- 17 July 2026: One-million-token context, 128k maximum output and standard pricing checked against Anthropic documentation.
- Future model, price and availability changes will be added here.
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