Anthropic alternatives
Compare 11 alternatives to Anthropic: providers that serve the same models, ranked by how many they share, with live prices showing where each one is cheaper.
Anthropic's own prices →LLM API alternatives to Anthropic
11 providers serve at least one of the 14 models Anthropic prices per token, most shared first. Input and output rates are compared separately on each shared model at standard pricing.
| Provider | Shared models | Lower input price on | Lower output price on | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DigitalOcean | 14 of 14Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Opus 5 +11 more | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 OpenRouter | 14 of 14Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Opus 5 +11 more | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 Prime Intellect | 13 of 14Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Opus 5 +10 more | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 RouterPlus | 13 of 14Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Opus 5 +10 more | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 CloudGPU | 10 of 14Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Opus 5 +7 more | 10 | 10 | Compare |
 PopNow | 10 of 14Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Opus 5 +7 more | 5 | 5 | Compare |
 Deep Infra | 9 of 14Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Opus 5 +6 more | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 Amazon AWS | 4 of 14Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Sonnet 4.5 +1 more | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 Heabsy | 4 of 14Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Opus 5 +1 more | 0 | 0 | Compare |
 IteraCompute | 4 of 14Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Fable 5.1 +1 more | 4 | 4 | Compare |
 HiAPI | 3 of 14Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Opus 4.8 | 2 | 2 | Compare |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which providers serve the same models as Anthropic?
11 providers serve at least one of the 14 models Anthropic prices per token. The most overlap is at DigitalOcean (14 models), OpenRouter (14 models) and Prime Intellect (13 models).
Where are the same models cheaper than on Anthropic?
4 providers charge less per input token than Anthropic on at least one shared model, and 4 providers charge less per output token. The two are counted separately because the cheapest host for input tokens is often not the cheapest for output.
How are these Anthropic alternatives chosen?
An alternative is any provider that currently prices at least one of the same GPUs on demand or the same models at standard per-token rates. They are ordered by how many they share, using the current prices we track for every provider. Sponsorship and paid placement have no effect on the order.