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Claude 2.1

Retired

An Anthropic model with a 200K-token context window. Released on the Anthropic API November 21, 2023, now retired.

Access details: Anthropic API

The model ID to use in API requests.

claude-2.1
Updated Sep 23, 2026

Capabilities & limits

Context window
200K
Maximum output
4K
Image input
Unsupported
Tool calling
—
Structured output
Unsupported

Pricing

USD / 1M tokens
Input
No longer sold
Output
No longer sold

No longer sold on the Anthropic API.

Price history
Jul 21, 2025

Input No longer sold per million tokens

Jul 21, 2025

Output No longer sold per million tokens

Technical details

Parameters
Not published
Active parameters
Not published
Architecture
Not published
Training / knowledge cutoff
Early 2023
Input modalities
Text
Output modalities
Text

Release & lifecycle

First available
Nov 21, 2023
retired
As of Sep 13, 2026

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