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Anthropic API vs Hugging Face Inference pricing

Verified 2026-10-24 (1 day ago)Source: Anthropic API: platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing, Hugging Face Inference: huggingface.co/pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

These services do not bill on a shared metric, so a like-for-like cost is unlisted.

Cheapest model per service, USD per 1M tokens

Cheapest priced model of each service
ServiceCheapest modelInputOutputModels listed
Anthropic APIClaude Haiku 5.5 (prompt <=100K tokens)$0.10$0.5021
Hugging Face Inferenceplan pricingunlistedunlistedn/a

Every model

Every model of both services, USD per 1M tokens
ModelServiceInputOutput
Claude Haiku 5.5 (prompt <=100K tokens)Anthropic API$0.10$0.50
Claude Haiku 5.5 (prompt >100K tokens)Anthropic API$0.50$2.50
Claude Haiku 3.5Anthropic API$0.80$4
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic API$1$5
Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic API$2$10
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic API$2$10
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic API$3$15
Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic API$3$15
Claude Sonnet 4Anthropic API$3$15
Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic API$4$20
Claude Opus 5Anthropic API$5$25
Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic API$5$25
Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic API$5$25
Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic API$5$25
Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic API$5$25
Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic API$10$50
Claude Mythos 5.1Anthropic API$10$50
Claude Fable 5Anthropic API$10$50
Claude Mythos 5Anthropic API$10$50
Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic API$15$75
Claude Opus 4Anthropic API$15$75

Models are compared by name and price, never by position. Pick one model per service, or "Cheapest model", in the cost table above.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of Anthropic API and Hugging Face Inference aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
PositionAnthropic APIHugging Face Inference
Freeno tierno tier
Entryno tier$9 / moPRO Account
Midno tier$20 / moTeam
Topno tier$50 / moEnterprise

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
MeasureAnthropic APIHugging Face Inference
Tightest limitunlistedunlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

  1. Anthropic API rates added
    Anthropic API added Claude Sonnet 5: $2 input, $10 output per 1M tokens
    Before not listed After $2 input, $10 output per 1M tokensnew