Images cost 3x more in Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.7 charges three times more tokens for processing images compared to previous versions. This pricing change affects how users are billed for image-related tasks within the AI model.
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The Claude Token Counter tool has been upgraded to compare token counts across different Claude models. Opus 4.7 uses an updated tokenizer that increases token counts by 1.46x for text and up to 3.01x for images compared to Opus 4.6, potentially making it about 40% more expensive despite identical pricing.