Claude Instant 1: API pricing, providers and specs
Claude Instant 1 is a text model by Anthropic. One provider serves it: AIHubMix, at $1.79 /1M.
A newer version is out: Claude Instant 1.2
Lowest price$1.79/1Mat AIHubMix
Maker's price—The maker does not sell it
Providers1
Context—
How Claude Instant 1 compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Mid-priced: its lowest price is $1.79 /1M against a median of $1.10; 61% of comparable models cost less.
- 1 providers serve it; 0% of comparable models have fewer.
Claude Instant 1 prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AIHubMix | $1.79/1M | $1.79/1M | — | — |
Prices in US dollars, updated daily from each provider. Prices last checked Oct 25, 2026.
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Anthropic
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- —
- Max output
- —
- Capabilities
- —
- Released
- —
- License
- proprietary
- Open weights
- No, API only
Alternatives to Claude Instant 1
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Instant 1this model | $1.79/1M | — | — | 1 |
 GLM-5.3 | $1.10/1M | 1.05M | 1623 | 49 |
 Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | $4.11/1M | 1M | — | 22 |
| Grok 4.7 | $4.80/1M | 500K | 1637 | 28 |
 Gemini 3 Flash | $2.40/1M | 1.05M | 1466 | 5 |
 Mistral Large 4 | $2.09/1M | 1.05M | 1543 | 13 |
 Muse Spark 1.3 | $4.25/1M | 1.05M | 1657 | 11 |
 Sonar | $1/1M | 127K | — | 9 |
| GLM-5.2 | $1.80/1M | 1M | 1604 | 44 |
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All 35 Anthropic modelsClaude Instant 1 FAQ
The lowest price for Claude Instant 1 is $1.79 /1M, at AIHubMix.
No. Claude Instant 1 is only available through an API; Anthropic does not publish its weights.
1 API providers serve Claude Instant 1. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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