Claude Instant API Pricing

As of October 10, 2026, Claude Instant costs $0.80 per 1M input tokens and $2.40 per 1M output tokens on Amazon Bedrock. It has a 100,000-token context window and returns up to 8,191 tokens per response.

By AnthropicModel ID anthropic.claude-instant-v1Prices updated October 10, 2026Checked October 10, 2026

Input: $0.80 / 1M tokens
Output: $2.40 / 1M tokens
Context window: 100,000 tokens
Max output: 8,191 tokens
Providers: 1
Added to LiteLLM: October 2023

Claude Instant pricing by provider

13 listings across 1 provider. Token prices are in US dollars per 1M tokens. The highlighted row is the price quoted above.

Provider	Model name in LiteLLM	Per second	Per minute	Input	Output	Context
Amazon Bedrock	`anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	–	–	$0.80	$2.40	100K
Amazon Bedrockap-northeast-1, 1 month commitment	`bedrock/ap-northeast-1/1-month-commitment/anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	$0.01475	$0.885	–	–	100K
Amazon Bedrockap-northeast-1, 6 month commitment	`bedrock/ap-northeast-1/6-month-commitment/anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	$0.008194	$0.4916	–	–	100K
Amazon Bedrockap-northeast-1	`bedrock/ap-northeast-1/anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	–	–	$2.23	$7.55	100K
Amazon Bedrockeu-central-1, 1 month commitment	`bedrock/eu-central-1/1-month-commitment/anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	$0.01635	$0.981	–	–	100K
Amazon Bedrockeu-central-1, 6 month commitment	`bedrock/eu-central-1/6-month-commitment/anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	$0.009083	$0.545	–	–	100K
Amazon Bedrockeu-central-1	`bedrock/eu-central-1/anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	–	–	$2.48	$8.38	100K
Amazon Bedrockus-east-1, 1 month commitment	`bedrock/us-east-1/1-month-commitment/anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	$0.011	$0.66	–	–	100K
Amazon Bedrockus-east-1, 6 month commitment	`bedrock/us-east-1/6-month-commitment/anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	$0.00611	$0.3666	–	–	100K
Amazon Bedrockus-east-1	`bedrock/us-east-1/anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	–	–	$0.80	$2.40	100K
Amazon Bedrockus-west-2, 1 month commitment	`bedrock/us-west-2/1-month-commitment/anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	$0.011	$0.66	–	–	100K
Amazon Bedrockus-west-2, 6 month commitment	`bedrock/us-west-2/6-month-commitment/anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	$0.00611	$0.3666	–	–	100K
Amazon Bedrockus-west-2	`bedrock/us-west-2/anthropic.claude-instant-v1`	–	–	$0.80	$2.40	100K

What Claude Instant costs in practice

1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each

Amazon Bedrock

$2.80

Use Claude Instant with LiteLLM

Call Claude Instant through the LiteLLM Python SDK, or put it behind the LiteLLM proxy and send OpenAI-format requests to /v1/chat/completions. LiteLLM tracks the cost of every request at these prices.

Python SDK

from litellm import completion

response = completion(
    model="anthropic.claude-instant-v1",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)

Proxy config.yaml

model_list:
  - model_name: claude-instant
    litellm_params:
      model: anthropic.claude-instant-v1
      aws_region_name: os.environ/AWS_REGION_NAME

Call the proxy

curl http://0.0.0.0:4000/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234" \
  -d '{
    "model": "claude-instant",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Claude Instant FAQ

How much does Claude Instant cost?

Claude Instant costs $0.80 per 1M input tokens and $2.40 per 1M output tokens on Amazon Bedrock.

What is the context window of Claude Instant?

Claude Instant has a 100,000-token context window and returns up to 8,191 tokens per response.

Which providers offer Claude Instant?

Claude Instant is available from Amazon Bedrock through LiteLLM, using the model name anthropic.claude-instant-v1.

How do I call Claude Instant with an OpenAI-compatible API?

Use the LiteLLM Python SDK with model="anthropic.claude-instant-v1", or add the model to the LiteLLM proxy's config.yaml and send requests to /v1/chat/completions from any OpenAI client. LiteLLM tracks the cost of every request at the prices on this page.

When did LiteLLM add Claude Instant?

Claude Instant was added to LiteLLM's model price file in October 2023.

Sources

Prices come from LiteLLM's open-source model_prices_and_context_window.json, which LiteLLM uses to calculate the cost of every request.

LiteLLM docs: Amazon Bedrock.

Provider pages: Amazon Bedrock.