How Much Does Claude Code Cost? Real Session Costs by Model
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Claude Code is free to install, and what you pay for is the model it calls.
We publish the median cost of real Claude Code sessions on OpenRouter by model and session length. This post shows those costs, why the first request costs the most, what a month of use comes to, and how to lower the bill.
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