Pricing
Fable 5 pricing: the plan window, then $10 / $50
Fable 5 is live worldwide. Since July 20 it's in-plan on Max and Team Premium (up to 50% of weekly limits, permanent per Anthropic); Pro and Team Standard run it on metered usage credits at $10 input / $50 output per million tokens — twice Opus 4.8. Here's the math that matters and the levers that cut it.
Quick summary
- Max / Team Premium: Fable 5 stays in-plan (up to 50% of weekly limits), permanent per Anthropic.
- Pro / Team Standard: usage credits at $10 / $50 per M, with a one-time $100 credit, then metered.
- Batch API halves it to $5 / $25; cache hits cut input to $1 per million.
- Anthropic hasn't published the exact 50%-cap value or credit conversion — treat the API rate as your reference.
In-plan on Max vs the credit rate on Pro
The all-plans window ran through July 19 after two extensions. On July 18 Anthropic split the road, in effect since July 20: Max and Team Premium keep Fable 5 in-plan permanently (up to 50% of weekly limits), while Pro and Team Standard moved to metered usage credits at the $10 / $50 API rate — with a one-time $100 credit.
- What Fable 5 costs now the full pricing math and decision rules
Cost planning vs cheaper models
Estimate cost with the same input size, expected output, retry count, tool calls, and review step. Opus 4.8 is half the token price and the new Sonnet 5 is cheaper still ($2 / $10 through Aug 31), while open-weight GLM-5.2 runs about one-sixth of Opus — so reserve Fable 5 for jobs that genuinely need the top model.
Need the short answer?
Fable 5 is back worldwide as of July 1 — in-plan on Max and Team Premium, on usage credits for Pro. See the live status, or use GLM-5.2 or the new Sonnet 5 for cheaper work.
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Can I buy Fable 5 credits here?
No. Fable5.app does not sell model access or credits.
How much does Fable 5 cost now?
On Max and Team Premium it's included (up to 50% of weekly limits). On Pro it's $10 / $50 per million tokens (in / out) — twice Opus 4.8, via usage credits, after a one-time $100 credit. Batch halves it to $5 / $25 and cache hits cut input to $1/M.
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