# Anthropic vs Novita AI

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/compare/anthropic-vs-novita/

Every value below is read from Anthropic's and Novita AI's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | Anthropic | Novita AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pricing model | Per million tokens, priced separately for input and output and per model, with multipliers stacked on top: prompt caching, a 50% batch discount, a 1.1x uplift for US-only inference on Claude 4.6 and later, and a fast-mode premium. | Per-token serverless inference with a cache-read rate published beside most models, and GPU instances offered at both on-demand and spot rates — the spot column is roughly half. Two models, Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Sante, are listed at no charge on both input and output. |
| Input price, top model | $10 per million input tokens for Claude Fable 5.1, the most capable model. Claude Opus 5 is $5 and Claude Sonnet 5 is $2. | $2.00 per million input tokens for Qwen3.8 Max, the most expensive model in its catalogue, with cache reads at $0.25 and output at $6.00. |
| Output price, top model | $50 per million output tokens for Claude Fable 5.1. Claude Opus 5 is $25 and Claude Sonnet 5 is $10. | $6.00 per million output tokens for Qwen3.8 Max. |
| Input price, cheapest model | $1 per million input tokens for Claude Haiku 4.5, the cheapest current model, with output at $5. | $0.075 per million input tokens for GLM 5.3 Flash at short context, rising to $0.15 above the threshold, with cache reads at $0.015 and output at $0.25. Fireworks serves the same model at $0.15. |
| Context window | 1M tokens on Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Opus 5 and Claude Sonnet 5; 200K on Claude Haiku 4.5. Anthropic states the full 1M window is billed at standard per-token rates. | 1M tokens on the DeepSeek V4 line and GLM 5.3, published as "1M" rather than an exact figure — so it is recorded at 1,000,000 and may in practice be the 1,048,576 other providers state. Qwen3.8 is listed at 977K. |
| Prompt caching | Supported | Supported |

## Where they differ

### Pricing model

- Anthropic: Per million tokens, priced separately for input and output and per model, with multipliers stacked on top: prompt caching, a 50% batch discount, a 1.1x uplift for US-only inference on Claude 4.6 and later, and a fast-mode premium. ([source](https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/about-claude/pricing))
- Novita AI: Per-token serverless inference with a cache-read rate published beside most models, and GPU instances offered at both on-demand and spot rates — the spot column is roughly half. Two models, Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Sante, are listed at no charge on both input and output. ([source](https://novita.ai/pricing))

### Input price, top model

- Anthropic: $10 per million input tokens for Claude Fable 5.1, the most capable model. Claude Opus 5 is $5 and Claude Sonnet 5 is $2. ([source](https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/about-claude/pricing))
- Novita AI: $2.00 per million input tokens for Qwen3.8 Max, the most expensive model in its catalogue, with cache reads at $0.25 and output at $6.00. ([source](https://novita.ai/pricing))

### Output price, top model

- Anthropic: $50 per million output tokens for Claude Fable 5.1. Claude Opus 5 is $25 and Claude Sonnet 5 is $10. ([source](https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/about-claude/pricing))
- Novita AI: $6.00 per million output tokens for Qwen3.8 Max. ([source](https://novita.ai/pricing))

### Input price, cheapest model

- Anthropic: $1 per million input tokens for Claude Haiku 4.5, the cheapest current model, with output at $5. ([source](https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/about-claude/pricing))
- Novita AI: $0.075 per million input tokens for GLM 5.3 Flash at short context, rising to $0.15 above the threshold, with cache reads at $0.015 and output at $0.25. Fireworks serves the same model at $0.15. ([source](https://novita.ai/pricing))

### Context window

- Anthropic: 1M tokens on Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Opus 5 and Claude Sonnet 5; 200K on Claude Haiku 4.5. Anthropic states the full 1M window is billed at standard per-token rates. ([source](https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/about-claude/models/overview))
- Novita AI: 1M tokens on the DeepSeek V4 line and GLM 5.3, published as "1M" rather than an exact figure — so it is recorded at 1,000,000 and may in practice be the 1,048,576 other providers state. Qwen3.8 is listed at 977K. ([source](https://novita.ai/pricing))

## Which should you choose?

Pick Anthropic if Teams that want the full 1M-token window at the standard per-token rate rather than a long-context surcharge, and that can use caching and batch to cut a frontier-model bill roughly in half.

Pick Novita AI if Breadth — 200+ models under one API with a cache-read rate published next to most of them, and an H100 SXM at $3.39 an hour if the same vendor should run the dedicated side too.

Consider something else: Anthropic — Its cheapest model is $1 per million input tokens, several times what the budget tiers at Google, OpenAI and DeepSeek charge, so high-volume simple work is priced against you.

Consider something else: Novita AI — It is rarely the cheapest for any given model: DeepInfra serves DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 at $0.06 against Novita's $0.44, and its H100 is $2.20 against Novita's $3.39 on demand.

## Documented by only one

- Startup credit program: Anthropic: Claude for Startups: free credits and priority rate limits, amount undisclosed until application. Open to any early-stage founder with or without VC backing per the FAQ, though the main eligibility list also requires equity funding, founding within the last 4 years, and no prior Anthropic startup credits.
- Max output tokens: Anthropic: 128K tokens on the top three models, 64K on Claude Haiku 4.5. The Batch API supports up to 300K output tokens on several models behind a beta header.
- Batch discount: Anthropic: 50% off both input and output tokens through the Batch API, for asynchronous processing.
- H100 SXM, per GPU-hour: Novita AI: $3.39 per GPU-hour for an on-demand H100 SXM 80GB, or $1.70 spot. The page names the card the site's GPU comparison is fixed on, so no substitution is involved.
- Largest GPU offered: Novita AI: 80GB per GPU on an H100 SXM, the largest card it lists; below it are an L40S 48GB, RTX 5090 32GB and RTX 4090 24GB.

## Questions this comparison answers

**Should I choose Anthropic or Novita AI?**

Pick Anthropic if Teams that want the full 1M-token window at the standard per-token rate rather than a long-context surcharge, and that can use caching and batch to cut a frontier-model bill roughly in half.
Pick Novita AI if Breadth — 200+ models under one API with a cache-read rate published next to most of them, and an H100 SXM at $3.39 an hour if the same vendor should run the dedicated side too.