Use case
Claude Opus 4.7 streaming
streaming notes for claude-opus-4-7: the rate card, a worked volume, and when to send this ID. A sample of 1 million input tokens plus 200 thousand output tokens is about $2.00 on corouter (input $1.00, output $1.00).
How streaming is billed
A streamed response is still billed on input and output tokens, not on how long the socket stays open. Output for claude-opus-4-7 is $5.00 per million tokens.
A sample of 1 million input tokens plus 200 thousand output tokens is about $2.00 on corouter (input $1.00, output $1.00).
A field you can set
A familiar chat-completions shape often sets "stream": true next to "model": "claude-opus-4-7". On a messages shape, follow the stream field your client actually sends.
Claude Opus 4.7 is the Opus ID this site already published before Opus 5.5. The list rate matches Opus 4.8 and Opus 5. Send claude-opus-4-7 to avoid an unplanned ID change.
Questions
- Which model ID should the request send?
- Send claude-opus-4-7. Do not put a different name in the model field.
- What is the minimum top-up?
- Prepaid credits, $5 minimum top-up, no subscription tier.