Claude 4 API Status
Real-time status for Claude 4 Opus and Claude Sonnet 4
🔧 How to Fix — 3 Steps
1
Change the model name
Update your model parameter. No other code changes needed.
model: "claude-4-opus" → model: "claude-opus-4-8"
model: "claude-sonnet-4" → model: "claude-sonnet-4-6"
model: "claude-sonnet-4" → model: "claude-sonnet-4-6"
2
Keep your API key
Your existing Anthropic API key works with the new models. No changes needed to authentication.
3
Test and deploy
Run a quick test call, verify the response, and deploy. The new models have identical API formats.
💡 Cheaper Alternatives
Direct Drop-In
Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
$5 / $25
67% cheaper than Claude 4 Opus
1M context window
Direct Drop-In
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic
$3 / $15
Same price, 5x context (1M)
1M context window
Budget Pick
DeepSeek V4 Pro
DeepSeek
$0.435 / $0.87
97% cheaper than Claude 4 Opus
1M context window
GPT-5
OpenAI
$1.25 / $10
92% cheaper than Claude 4 Opus
272K context window
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google
$2 / $12
87% cheaper than Claude 4 Opus
1M context window
Gemini 2.0 Flash
Google
$0.10 / $0.40
99% cheaper than Claude 4 Opus
1M context window
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