Is Claude Opus 4 deprecated?
Anthropic · lifecycle status verified against the provider's own page.
Last verified pricing
historical reference — not a buy recommendationClaude Opus 4 was last priced at $15.00 per 1M input tokens and $75.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 200K-token context window. Full history stays on the Claude Opus 4 model page.
What replaced Claude Opus 4?
successor named by AnthropicAnthropic's named successorfrom the deprecation notice — not our inference
| Model | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4 Retired | $15.00 | $75.00 | 200K | |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | details → |
Picking a replacement
We don't hold a benchmark average for Claude Opus 4, so we won't claim any model is "equivalent" to it. The current Anthropic lineup below is a factual starting point, with no quality-parity claim.
Current Anthropic alternatives
same provider, sold today — no parity claim| Model | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.5 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 200K | details → |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | details → |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | details → |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | details → |
Migrating off Claude Opus 4? The migration calculator compares your exact input/output token mix against every current model we track, with benchmark tradeoffs. Lifecycle data on this page comes from Anthropic's own page and was last re-verified on . See all retired & deprecated models.