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What's the cheapest way to use Claude API? Log one day of real requests before you pick a plan

Short answer: if you send hundreds of large Claude requests a day (coding agents, long-context tools), the cheapest way to use the Claude API is usually a flat plan like APIClaw ($19–$129/mo flat, 500–8,000 requests/day). If you send a few dozen small requests, it's Anthropic's own API with caching…

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  1. 2026-11-01 11:39 · DEV Community — AI
    What's the cheapest way to use Claude API? Log one day of real requests before you pick a plan

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