Claude API access, without the Claude price.
ClaudeCheap is a drop-in proxy for the Anthropic API. Point your existing tools at our endpoint and pay a fraction of list price, with no markup games and no lock-in.
https://api.cipherdatalabs.net
Why ClaudeCheap
The same Claude, priced to actually use
A thin compatibility layer over the Anthropic API. You keep your tools and your code; we cut the bill.
Drop-in compatible
Same request and response shape as the Anthropic API. Change the base URL and key, keep everything else.
Pay per token
No seats, no subscriptions, no minimums. Top up a credit balance and spend it down as you go.
Every major client
Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Kilo, the official SDKs, and anything that speaks the Anthropic protocol.
Transparent pricing
One published rate card. The price you see is the price you pay, billed on actual token usage.
Pricing
One rate card, no surprises
Blended USD per million tokens. Billed on real usage from a pre-paid balance.
Opus
38x cheaperHardest reasoning, long agentic runs, deep refactors.
Sonnet
10x cheaperEveryday coding and chat. The default workhorse.
Haiku
5x cheaperHigh-volume, low-latency tasks and cheap classification.
Quickstart
Change one URL. Keep everything else.
ClaudeCheap speaks the Anthropic protocol. Point your client at our base URL, drop in your key, and your existing code just works.
- No SDK rewrites or new client libraries.
- Same request and response shapes you already use.
- Swap back to Anthropic any time. No lock-in.
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.cipherdatalabs.net"
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="cc-your-key-here"
claudeFAQ
Questions, answered
Is this really the same Claude?
Yes. Requests are forwarded to genuine Anthropic models. We do not retrain, distill, or substitute models. You get the same outputs you would calling Anthropic directly.
How can it be this much cheaper?
We buy capacity in bulk and pass most of the savings on. You pay a published per-token rate that sits far below list price, with a thin margin that keeps the service running.
Do I have to change my code?
Almost nothing. The API is request-and-response compatible with Anthropic. In most tools you only override the base URL and drop in your ClaudeCheap key.
How does billing work?
Pre-paid credits. Top up a balance, then spend it down based on actual token usage at the rate card price. No seats and no monthly minimums.
Stop overpaying for tokens
Wire up your favorite tool in minutes and only pay for what you use.