Anthropic Claude

Cheap Claude API

Access all Claude models — Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Opus 4.5, and Claude 3.5 Haiku — at up to 65% below Anthropic's official pricing. OpenAI-compatible proxy. No recurring subscription. Pay once with crypto.

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Claude API pricing — CheapAI vs official

CheapAI Model Official Equivalent Official Input Official Output CheapAI Discount
Claude Claude 3 Opus* Claude 3 Opus $15.00/1M $75.00/1M Up to 65% off
Claude 3.5 Sonnet* Claude 3.5 Sonnet $3.00/1M $15.00/1M Up to 65% off
Claude 3.5 Haiku* Claude 3.5 Haiku $1.00/1M $5.00/1M Up to 65% off

* CheapAI utilizes simplified marketing tier names (4.6/4.5). These route securely to the Official Equivalent Anthropic models listed. Official rates from anthropic.com/pricing as of March 2026. CheapAI discounts apply via volume aggregation. See exact plan pricing.

How cheap Claude API access works

CheapAI aggregates usage across many developers and teams, buying at volume to reduce per-unit cost. The savings are passed directly to you. You connect through our OpenAI-compatible proxy endpoint — so no code changes are needed if you're already using the Anthropic SDK or any OpenAI-compatible library.

  1. Choose a plan on the pricing page (token packs, API call plans, or subscriptions)
  2. Pay with cryptocurrency — Bitcoin, ETH, USDT, SOL and more accepted
  3. Receive your API key and proxy base URL within 24 hours (usually faster)
  4. Set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL or base_url in your OpenAI client
  5. Select any Claude model and make requests — it works exactly like the official API

Who uses cheap Claude API access?

Solo developers & freelancers

Build production apps, automate workflows, and use Claude in Cursor AI daily — without paying $20–100/month for individual model subscriptions.

Startups & product teams

Integrate Claude into your product pipeline without burning through API credits. Token packs and subscriptions scale with your usage.

Researchers & analysts

Run long-context document analysis, summarization, and research synthesis with Claude Opus at a cost that makes large-batch jobs viable.

Agentic workflow builders

Claude Code, LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen — all work with CheapAI's proxy. Build multi-agent systems without the per-agent API cost overhead.

Compatible tools & frameworks

  • Cursor AI (IDE)
  • Claude Code (CLI)
  • Anthropic SDK (Python/JS)
  • OpenAI SDK (Python/JS)
  • LangChain
  • LlamaIndex
  • Continue.dev
  • Open WebUI
  • n8n
  • Make (Integromat)
  • AutoGen
  • CrewAI

Claude Code setup guide →   Cursor AI setup guide →

Quick setup (Python)

from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic(
    api_key="your-cheapai-key",
    base_url="https://your-cheapai-proxy-url/anthropic"
)

message = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-opus-4-6-20260205",
    max_tokens=1024,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, Claude!"}]
)
print(message.content)

Full integration guide in API Docs. Your exact proxy URL will be in your delivery email.

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