Is this the real Claude API?

Yes. Your requests are processed by the same Claude models (Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5) with the same context windows and capabilities. The only difference is the price.

How do I switch from the official API?

Just change the base URL and API key. If you're using the Anthropic Python/Node SDK, it's a one-line change. Works with Claude Code too.

What payment methods do you accept?

We accept cryptocurrency — USDT (TRC20/ERC20), BTC, ETH, and 100+ other coins via Oxapay. Credits never expire.

Are there rate limits?

There are no fixed per-account caps. Throughput depends on system load, upstream provider availability, and the model in use — newer models often have tighter caps than older ones.

Do you store my prompts or data?

No. We don't log, store, or train on your API requests. Zero data retention policy on request content.

24/7 support via email at support@claudeapi.cheap. Pro users get priority response.

All tools

Terminal coding agent

Use Claude Code for 80% less.

Anthropic's official terminal coding agent — the gold standard, but $200-1000/month if you let it loose on a real project.

Anthropic direct

$600

/month, typical

Through us

$120

/month, same use

You keep

$480

/month back in pocket

Why Claude Code burns tokens

Claude Code is built for autonomous work — it reads your whole repo, plans long sessions, runs subagents in parallel, and re-sends growing context. A serious all-day session can hit 5M+ tokens. Anthropic Direct: ~$50-100/day. Through us: ~$10-20/day.

Setup — under 60 seconds

1
Get an API key
Sign up (free, no card), then generate an sk-cc-… key from your dashboard.

Configure Claude Code

Set environment variables before launching claude.

export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://claudeapi.cheap/api/proxy
export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=sk-cc-your-key-here
# Then launch as usual:
claude

3
Run as usual
Claude Code keeps every feature. Only the API endpoint changed — your prompts, tools, and behaviour are unchanged.

Recommended models for Claude Code

Claude Opus 4.7

$1/M in · $5/M out

Hard architectural work, planning

Claude Sonnet 4.6

$0.6/M in · $3/M out

Default workhorse — Claude Code's recommended

Claude Haiku 4.5

$0.2/M in · $1/M out

Subagent fan-out, cheap parallel scans

FAQ

Does ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL work with Claude Code?

Yes. Claude Code respects ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL exactly like the Anthropic SDK. Set it to https://claudeapi.cheap/api/proxy and use ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN with your sk-cc-... key.

Will subagents and tools still work?

Yes. Subagents are local orchestration in Claude Code; we just see the underlying API calls. All tools (Bash, Read, Edit, Write, WebFetch, etc.) work normally.

What about MCP servers?

MCP servers run client-side. They never touch the LLM provider's API directly — Claude Code mediates. Our proxy is invisible to MCP.

Will I lose Anthropic's prompt caching benefit?

No. Prompt caching is forwarded — you get cache writes (1.25× input) and cache reads (0.1× input) at our 80%-off price. Cache hit rate stays the same.

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