# What does Claude Code cost per day?

Paste your `ccusage` report or the Claude Code `/usage` block. The page prices the same tokens on Outrun and puts them beside the list-price figure your tools show. It is an estimate, worked out in your browser.

## Paste your usage

Run `npx ccusage@latest daily --json` (or plain `ccusage daily`) and paste the output. You can also paste the Session block from `/usage` inside Claude Code.

Nothing you paste leaves this page. [ccusage](https://github.com/ryoppippi/ccusage) is a free, open-source tool that reads Claude Code’s local logs.

Prices as of November 13, 2026, 01:40 UTC, from the public price feed.

(The interactive calculator runs on the web page.)

## A sample Claude Code day, priced per model

An example day of agent work: 20M cached input tokens, 1.5M cache-write tokens, 300k fresh input tokens and 400k output tokens. Coding agents reread their history on every turn, so cached input is most of the volume. Rates are per 1M tokens; the cheapest route of each Claude model is shown.

| Model | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Sample day |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (2) `claude-opus-5-5-2` | $0.80 | $4.00 | $0.04 | $1.00 | $4.14 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 (2) `claude-sonnet-5-5-2` | $0.40 | $2.00 | $0.02 | $0.50 | $2.07 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 (2) `claude-haiku-5-5-2` | $0.02 | $0.10 | $0.002 | $0.025 | $0.123 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 (2) `claude-fable-5-1-2` | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.05 | $2.50 | $9.35 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash `deepseek-v4.1-flash` | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.006 | $0.30 | $1.14 |
| GLM-5.3 `glm-5.3` | $0.6552 | $2.0592 | $0.1216 | $0.6552 | $4.44 |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro `kimi-k3.1-pro` | $1.20 | $1.20 | $0.20 | $1.20 | $6.64 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol `gpt-6.1-sol` | $0.1176 | $0.588 | $0.00588 | $0.147 | $0.609 |

For scale: Anthropic’s Claude Code docs put the average at about $13 per developer per active day at list price, and under $30 per active day for 90% of users ([Claude Code costs](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/costs)). The other models run in Claude Code through the same base URL; see [using other models in Claude Code](https://outrun.to/docs/setup/claude-code-other-models).

## How the estimate works

Claude Code reports four kinds of tokens. Each one is priced at its own Outrun rate and added up.
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### ccusage JSON

`daily` rows give tokens per day. With `modelBreakdowns`, each model is priced as its own family; days with any usage count as active days.

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### ccusage table

The dated rows of the plain table are read the same way. The Total row is skipped so nothing counts twice.

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### /usage Session block

One session, priced per model line. Claude Code works out its own figure at list price; on a Pro or Max plan that figure is not your bill.

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### Rates

The cheapest route of each Claude model in the [public price feed](https://api.outrun.to/pricing). Where a model has no cache rate, cache tokens are priced at its input rate.

## Claude Code cost questions

Other workloads? Use the [pricing calculator](https://outrun.to/pricing#calculator).

### Why is Claude Code expensive at list price?

It resends the whole conversation, including files it has read, on every turn. Most of those tokens are cache reads, which are cheaper, but a long session still moves tens of millions of tokens a day.

### Is my pasted usage sent anywhere?

No. The page reads your paste in your browser and only downloads the public price list. Nothing is uploaded.

### How do I use Claude Code with Outrun?

Set `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` to `https://api.outrun.to` and `ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN` to your Outrun key. The [setup post](https://outrun.to/blog/claude-code-custom-base-url) has the exact lines.

### Which model should I use to save the most?

Sonnet handles most coding work for less than Opus, and Haiku suits small tasks and subagents. The table above shows the same day on each model.

Canonical page: https://outrun.to/claude-code-cost