Batch API 50% discount
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- Kind
- Counting
- Statement
- Pricing (as published on 2026-09-26): "The Batch API allows asynchronous processing of large volumes of requests with a 50% discount on both input and output tokens." "Batch API and prompt caching discounts can be combined." Fast mode is not available with the Batch API.
- Applies when
- Pricing asynchronous API workloads.
- Applies to
- Claude API (not Claude Managed Agents sessions).
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