Claude Fable 5.2 vs Claude Opus 5.5. Price and specs.

For 10,000 requests of 2,000 tokens in and 500 out, Claude Opus 5.5 costs 56% less than Claude Fable 5.2 on Zurelay: $63.00 against $144.00. Both are below their labs' list prices: 60% for Claude Fable 5.2 and 65% for Claude Opus 5.5.

Side by side

Specs and prices. Live.

Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Opus 5.5 side by side
Claude Fable 5.2Claude Opus 5.5
LabAnthropicAnthropic
ReleasedNov 9, 2026Sep 22, 2026
Context window1M tokens1M tokens
Max output128K tokens128K tokens
ReadsText, Images, PDFsText, Images, PDFs
Reasoning levelslow, medium, high, xhigh, maxlow, medium, high, xhigh, max
Price per 1M, in / out$3.20 / $16.00$1.40 / $7.00
Lab list price$8.00 / $40.00$4.00 / $20.00
Cached input per 1M$0.20$0.07
10K typical requests$144.00$63.00

Prices in US dollars per 1M tokens on Zurelay, live from the catalog. A typical request is 2,000 tokens in and 500 out. Output limits are each lab's.

What they're for

As each lab describes it.

Claude Fable 5.2

Claude Fable 5.2 is Anthropic's newest Fable model, from the tier above Opus, built for demanding reasoning and long-horizon agentic work. The Zurelay Claude Fable 5.2 API serves it through OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic-compatible endpoints at 60% below Anthropic's list price, so your hardest coding, research and analysis jobs run for less.

  • Autonomous coding agents
  • Deep research
  • Science and finance
Claude Fable 5.2 API

Claude Opus 5.5

Claude Opus 5.5 is Anthropic's current Opus model, built for long-running agentic coding and knowledge work. The Zurelay Claude Opus 5.5 API serves it through an OpenAI-compatible or Anthropic-compatible endpoint at 65% below Anthropic's list price, for teams that want Opus-level results without Opus-level bills.

  • Coding agents
  • Codebase and document analysis
  • Knowledge work
Claude Opus 5.5 API

Try both

Test on your own prompts.

Specs don't say which model handles your work better. Send the same requests to both and compare the answers, the tokens and the bill. On Zurelay that's a change of model name.

To price a whole month, use the LLM cost calculator.

compare.py
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.zurelay.com/v1", api_key="YOUR_ZURELAY_KEY")
prompt = [{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this contract: ..."}]
# Same key, same code: only the model name changes
for model in ["claude-fable-5-2", "claude-opus-5-5"]:
reply = client.chat.completions.create(model=model, messages=prompt)
print(model, reply.usage.total_tokens, reply.choices[0].message.content[:200])

FAQ

Claude Fable 5.2 vs Claude Opus 5.5 questions.

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Is Claude Fable 5.2 or Claude Opus 5.5 cheaper?

For 10,000 requests of 2,000 tokens in and 500 out, Claude Opus 5.5 costs 56% less than Claude Fable 5.2 on Zurelay: $63.00 against $144.00. Per 1M tokens, Claude Fable 5.2 is $3.20 input and $16.00 output, and Claude Opus 5.5 is $1.40 and $7.00.

Which has the bigger context window?

They're the same on Zurelay: 1M tokens each.

Can I use Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Opus 5.5 with one API key?

Yes. One Zurelay key calls both. With an OpenAI SDK, point it at https://api.zurelay.com/v1 and change only the model name, claude-fable-5-2 or claude-opus-5-5, to switch.

Are these the real models?

Yes. Each model is served over several routes run by independent sellers, and every route is tested before it serves requests and every day after, with identity, dated-knowledge and reasoning checks that catch an older or different model sold under the name you asked for.

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