Cheapest Claude Fable 5.2 API: RunAPI is 91% below the official price
Claude Fable 5.2 costs $8.00/$40 per 1M tokens from Anthropic. The cheapest quote is RunAPI: $0.720 in, $3.60 out. Full table and buying checklist below.
| # | Provider | 1M input | 1M output | Discount | Tokens per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Official list | $8.00 | $40.00 | 0% | 7.50M |
| 1 | $0.720 | $3.60 | −91% | 83.3M | |
| 2 | $1.20 | $6.00 | −85% | 50.0M | |
| 3 | $1.20 | $6.00 | −85% | 50.0M | |
| 4 | $2.40 | $12.00 | −70% | 25.0M | |
| 5 | $11.25 | $11.25 | −16% | 8.89M | |
| 6 | $11.51 | $57.56 | — | 5.21M |
Tokens per $100 assume a “code” mix: 5 input tokens per output token. Prices are crawled; verify them on the provider page before buying.
What to check before buying
- Test the key with the free API checker — it verifies the endpoint responds, without sending tokens.
- Compare the blended cost for your workload, not just the input price: output tokens dominate in agent workloads.
- Check uptime and minimum top-up: the cheapest provider is useless if it is down half the day.