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title: "How Much Does Claude Code Cost? Real Session Costs by Model"
source: "OpenRouter：Announcements（RSS）"
source_tier: "t1"
url: "https://openrouter.ai/blog/insights/claude-code-cost/"
permalink: "https://feed.astralor.com/items/itm_c5e41ab4da5ece8d57791ec9"
published: "2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z"
score: 56
channel: "tech"
tags: ["Anthropic","How Much Does","Claude Code Cost","Real Session Costs","Model Claude Code","Claude Code","OpenRouter"]
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# How Much Does Claude Code Cost? Real Session Costs by Model

## At a glance

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 r…

## Key points

- Claude Code is free; the model behind it isn't.
- Median cost per session by model and session length from OpenRouter data, plus how to cut it.

## Full text

Claude Code is free; the model behind it isn't. Median cost per session by model and session length from OpenRouter data, plus how to cut it.

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