Vendor · Anthropic · 7 models
Claude API (Anthropic) on Crazyrouter
Anthropic sells the Claude API on prepaid credits at list price and does not serve Hong Kong or mainland China. Crazyrouter exposes the same Claude models through the native Anthropic Messages API (`/v1/messages`) and the OpenAI-compatible endpoint, bills per token with no subscription, and takes cards, Alipay and WeChat Pay. Claude Code, Cursor and the official SDKs work by changing the base URL.
Cheapest Anthropic model here: Claude Haiku 4.5 at $0.65 / $3.25 per 1M tokens. Up to 35% below list.

Chat and reasoning models
Anthropic
−35%
below list
Input / 1M$5.00$3.25
Output / 1M$25$16
Context 1M tokensCached $0.325Also on Azure · Bedrock · Vertex
Claude Opus 5
claude-opus-5Crazyrouter price: $3.25 / $16.25 per 1M tokens · list $5.00 / $25.00
Anthropic nativeReasoningCoding
Anthropic
−35%
below list
Input / 1M$5.00$3.25
Output / 1M$25$16
Context 200K tokensCached $0.325Also on Azure · Bedrock · Vertex
Claude Opus 4.8
claude-opus-4-8Crazyrouter price: $3.25 / $16.25 per 1M tokens · list $5.00 / $25.00
Anthropic nativeReasoningCoding
Anthropic
−35%
below list
Input / 1M$5.00$3.25
Output / 1M$25$16
Context 200K tokensCached $0.325Also on Azure · Bedrock · Vertex
Claude Opus 4.7
claude-opus-4-7Crazyrouter price: $3.25 / $16.25 per 1M tokens · list $5.00 / $25.00
Anthropic nativeReasoningCoding
Anthropic
−35%
below list
Input / 1M$2.00$1.30
Output / 1M$10$6.50
Context 1M tokensCached $0.130Also on Azure · Bedrock · Vertex
Claude Sonnet 5
claude-sonnet-5Crazyrouter price: $1.30 / $6.50 per 1M tokens · list $2.00 / $10.00
Anthropic nativeReasoningCoding
Anthropic
−35%
below list
Input / 1M$3.00$1.95
Output / 1M$15$9.75
Context 200K tokensCached $0.195Also on Azure · Bedrock · Vertex
Claude Sonnet 4.6
claude-sonnet-4-6Crazyrouter price: $1.95 / $9.75 per 1M tokens · list $3.00 / $15.00
Anthropic nativeReasoningCoding
Anthropic
−35%
below list
Input / 1M$1.00$0.650
Output / 1M$5.00$3.25
Context 200K tokensCached $0.065Also on Azure · Bedrock · Vertex
Claude Haiku 4.5
claude-haiku-4-5Crazyrouter price: $0.65 / $3.25 per 1M tokens · list $1.00 / $5.00
Anthropic nativeFastLow cost
Anthropic
−35%
below list
Input / 1M$10$6.50
Output / 1M$50$33
Context 1M tokensCached $0.650Also on Azure · Bedrock · Vertex
Claude Fable 5
claude-fable-5Crazyrouter price: $6.50 / $32.50 per 1M tokens · list $10.00 / $50.00
Anthropic nativeReasoningCoding
Why route Anthropic through Crazyrouter
- Native `/v1/messages` — tool use, extended thinking, prompt caching and the 1M context window behave as Anthropic documents them.
- 35% below list on every Claude model; cached input is billed at Anthropic's cached rate.
- Claude Code works with `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` and `ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN`; no proxy or plugin.
- Automatic failover across several upstream Anthropic channels, so a single-region outage does not stop your agent.
FAQ
- Is this the real Claude model?
- Yes. Requests are routed to Anthropic-backed channels and billed per token. Every request's upstream route and token count are visible in the console log; you can verify with Anthropic's own tokenizer behaviour and the `usage` block.
- How much does the Claude API cost here?
- Opus 5 $3.25 / $16.25, Sonnet 5 $1.30 / $6.50, Haiku 4.5 $0.65 / $3.25 per 1M input / output tokens (Anthropic lists $5 / $25, $2 / $10, $1 / $5). Each model card above shows the live price.
- Can I use Claude Code and the Anthropic SDK?
- Yes. Set `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.crazyrouter.com` and use your Crazyrouter key as `ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN`. The Python and TypeScript SDKs accept the same `base_url` option.
- Is there a free Claude API tier?
- No — neither Anthropic nor Crazyrouter has a free tier. Crazyrouter is prepaid pay-as-you-go: add a small balance (card, Alipay or WeChat Pay) and you are billed per token at 35% below list.