Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session

Re:Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session by ethin on Friday April 17, 2026 @01:39PM (#47808483)

I mean, the signs have been there that the costs to run and operate these models wasn't as simple as inference costs. And the signs were there (and, arguably, are still there) that it costs way, way more than many people like to claim on the part of Anthropic. So to me this price hike is not at all surprising. It was going to come eventually, and I suspect it's nowhere near over. It wouldn't surprise me if in 2-3 years the "max" plan is $800 or $2000 even.

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Re:Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session by ezst on Friday April 17, 2026 @02:33PM (#47809074)

> It wouldn't surprise me if in 2-3 years the "max" plan is $800 or $2000 even.

I'd rather be surprised if they are still doing business by then.

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Re:Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session by QuiEgo on Friday April 17, 2026 @03:11PM (#47809463)

I would not be surprised at all, a $1,000/mo tool that makes your $20,000/mo engineer a lot more productive is an easy sell.

I’m guessing we’re gonna have a world like working on cars - most people won’t have expensive tools (ex a full hydraulic lift) for personal stuff, they are gonna have to make do with lesser tools.

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Re:Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session by cyanydeez on Friday April 17, 2026 @04:09PM (#47810038)

noway.

i bought a $3k AMD395+ under the Sam Altman price hike and its got a local model that readily accomplishes medial tasks.

theres a ceiling to these price hikes because open weights will keep popping up as competitors tey to advertise their wares.

sure, we POV different capabilities but theres definitely not that much cash in propfietary models for their indererminance

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Re:Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session by selfmodruntime on Friday April 17, 2026 @05:34PM (#47810833)

No engineer will cost 20.000 bucks a month at this point in time. Offshoring is still happening aggressively.

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Re:Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session by slopinthebag on Friday April 17, 2026 @11:30PM (#47812900)

What about when there is a $100/month tool that makes your engineer 90% as productive as they were on the $1000/mo tool?

What if that tool is something you can run on prem, and over time make the investment back?

It's not so simple.

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Re:Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session by killingtime74 on Saturday April 18, 2026 @02:31AM (#47813622)

If your company is making $1 mil per employee per year, then 10% is 100k. Even at 500k employee or lesseer numbers it's almost always better to buy the $1000/month tool (break even is a measly $108k revenue per employee per year)

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Re:Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session by slopinthebag on Saturday April 18, 2026 @05:00PM (#47819487)

It's not just about cost, it's about having the control, stability, and autonomy of on-prem. Plus you can probably repurpose that compute when employees are out of the office.

Anyways, I'm just saying it's not so simple ;)

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