Claude Fable 5.2 API pricing
Anthropic's most capable widely available line, priced above Opus. Claude Fable 5.2, released 9 November 2026, costs $8 / $40 per 1M tokens, 20% less than Fable 5.1, with cache reads at $0.20.
Claude Fable 5.2 prices
The 11th cheapest of 12 current frontier models (blended 3:1). Cheapest: DeepSeek V4 Pro, $1.32 / $3.96.
Capability score 174, 1st of 29 current models scored on the Epoch Capabilities Index (range 170–179).
No cheaper current model scores level or higher on a coding agent ($1,521 a month).
Source: Epoch Capabilities Index by Epoch AI, CC BY 4.0, read 11 Nov 2026. What the score means
What it costs in practice
Claude Fable 5.2 at list prices, no batch discount.
| 1,000 chat replies1,500 tokens in and 300 out each | $24.00 |
|---|---|
| Summarising 100 long reports20,000 tokens in and 800 out each | $19.20 |
| A month of a coding agent400 tasks, 85% of input cached | $1,348 |
The coding-agent example assumes 85% of input is served from cache, typical for agents that resend the same context each step. Work out AI agent cost on Claude Fable 5.2
Details
claude-fable-5-2- 20% cheaper than Claude Fable 5.1 on both input and output.
- Fast mode costs $16 / $80 per 1M tokens on the Claude API.
- Claude Mythos 5.2 is the same model with fewer safeguards, at the same price, for organisations in Anthropic's Cyber and Life Sciences Verification Programs.
Checked 11 Nov 2026 against Anthropic pricing and Anthropic announcement .
Estimate your monthly cost
List prices, no batch discount
| Model | Input / output per 1M | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Fable 5.2 | $8.00 / $40.00 | $160 |
| DeepSeek V4 ProCheaper alternative · DeepSeek | $1.32 / $3.96 | $21.12 |
| GPT-6 AstraSimilar price · OpenAI | $10.00 / $50.00 | $200 |
Type amounts like 500K, 25M or 2B.
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Cheaper alternative
DeepSeek V4 Pro (DeepSeek) costs $1.32 / $3.96 per 1M tokens, 88% less than Claude Fable 5.2 at a 3:1 input-to-output mix. It’s the cheapest current frontier model from another family. Cheaper doesn’t mean as good: test it on your own tasks.
Compare Claude Fable 5.2 with DeepSeek V4 Pro
Similar price from another provider: GPT-6 Astra, $10.00 / $50.00. Compare
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Side by side: prices, cached and batch rates, and the cost of the same workload.
Other Claude Fable versions
Fable 5 was suspended from 12 June to 1 July 2026 after a US export-control directive, then restored. Fable 5.1 remains available at $10 / $50. Claude Mythos 5.2, the same model with fewer safeguards, costs the same as Fable 5.2 and is open only to organisations in Anthropic's Cyber and Life Sciences Verification Programs.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cached input | Context | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $50.00 | $0.25 | 1M | 1 Sep 2026 | |
| $10.00 | $50.00 | $1.00 | 1M | 9 Jun 2026 |
Version details
Claude Fable 5.1
Previous$10.00 / $50.00 per 1M tokenscached $0.25 · batch 50% off · 1M context · 128K max output
- Thinking is always on; depth is set with the effort parameter.
- Claude Mythos 5.1 has the same price but is invitation-only (Project Glasswing).
Newer option: Claude Fable 5.2 at $8.00 / $40.00. Checked 11 Nov 2026 against Anthropic pricing and Anthropic announcement .
Claude Fable 5
Previous$10.00 / $50.00 per 1M tokenscached $1.00 · batch 50% off · 1M context · 128K max output
- Suspended from 12 June to 1 July 2026 after a US export-control directive. It returned with a classifier that routes blocked requests to Opus 4.8.
Newer option: Claude Fable 5.2 at $8.00 / $40.00. Checked 11 Nov 2026 against Anthropic pricing and Anthropic: redeploying Fable 5 .
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Price history
All changes- ▼ 20%Claude Fable 5.2 replaced Fable 5.1 at $8 / $40 per 1M tokens, 20% less, with cache reads at $0.20. Fable 5.1 stays available at $10 / $50.
$10 / $50→ $8 / $40 Source - Claude Fable 5.1 replaced Fable 5 at the same $10 / $50, with cache reads cut to $0.25. Source
- Claude Fable 5 returned to the API after the US Commerce Department lifted export controls on 30 June. Source
- Anthropic suspended Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers after a US export-control directive. Source
- Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5, a new tier above Opus, at $10 / $50. Source
Every dated price: price records · CSV. Cite as: AI Token Price, Claude Fable pricing, https://aitokenprice.com/pricing/claude-fable#price-history
Anthropic pricing rules
- Batch requests cost 50% less.
- Cache reads are billed at a per-model rate, usually a tenth of the input price or less. Cache writes cost 1.25× input for the 5-minute cache and 2× for the 1-hour cache.
- The full 1M-token context window is billed at standard rates on current models.
Questions
How much does Claude Fable 5.2 cost?
As of 11 Nov 2026, Claude Fable 5.2 costs $8 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens, and $0.20 per million cached input tokens. Batch requests cost 50% less. Prices checked 11 Nov 2026.
What is Claude Fable 5.2's context window?
1M tokens, with up to 128K tokens of output.
Does Claude Fable 5.2 support prompt caching?
Yes. Repeated input read from the cache costs $0.20 per million tokens, 98% less than normal input.