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Anthropic API

Coding and agentic workloads.

No. 2 of 4 in LLM APIs. Prices checked 10 Nov 2026.

Why it's No. 2

Top choice for coding/agent workloads; ranked just behind OpenAI on breadth.

What's good

  • Strong tool use

What's not

  • Rate limits on new accounts

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