Anthropic Anthropic

Anthropic is an AI safety company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Operating as a public benefit corporation, Anthropic offers the Claude family of large language models via API, emphasizing responsible AI development through Constitutional AI.

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Key Features

Claude Model Family
Access to Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3.5 Haiku, and Claude 3 Opus models
Large Context Windows
200K tokens standard with extended context options for large document analysis
Prompt Caching
Up to 90% cost savings on repeated content with cache durations
Vision Support
Process images and PDF documents natively
Tool Use
Function calling, code execution, and computer use capabilities
Batch API
50% cost reduction for asynchronous processing

Provider Comparison

Advantages

  • Excellent developer experience with clean API design
  • Superior coding performance on industry benchmarks
  • Massive context window up to 200K tokens
  • Significant cost savings via prompt caching
  • Fast integration with comprehensive documentation
  • Strong safety focus with Constitutional AI approach

Limitations

  • No image or video generation capabilities
  • Higher cost for top-tier Opus models
  • Limited third-party integrations compared to competitors
  • Closed source proprietary models

Compute Services

Pricing Options

OptionDetails
Pay-per-tokenPer million token pricing starting at $0.25/$1.25 for Haiku
Prompt Caching90% savings on cached content with 5-minute and 1-hour options
Batch API50% discount on all tokens for async processing

Getting Started

1

Create Console account

Sign up at console.anthropic.com

2

Generate API key

Create an API key from Account Settings

3

Install SDK

pip install anthropic (Python) or npm install @anthropic-ai/sdk (TypeScript)

4

Make first API call

Call the Messages API endpoint with your API key