No longer supported

This model is deprecated (released August 2023) and is no longer actively maintained or recommended by Anthropic. Consider using their current flagship model instead.

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Claude Instant 1.0

by Anthropic· Released August 2023· Cutoff Early 2023

Claude Instant 1.0 was Anthropic's faster, lower-cost model designed for high-throughput tasks requiring quick responses. It offered a balance of speed and intelligence, making it suitable for casual conversations, text processing, and classification tasks. It has been succeeded by Claude Instant 1.2 and later Claude 3 Haiku.

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Input cost

$0.80 per 1M tokens

Output cost

$2.40 per 1M tokens

Context window

100K tokens

Max output

4096 tokens

Modalities

text

License

proprietary

Capabilities

Text GenerationCode GenerationConversationText AnalysisSummarizationClassificationStreaming

Best For

High-throughput, low-latency applications like chatbots, content classification, and real-time text processing.

Strengths

Fast inference speed
Lower cost compared to Claude 2
100K token context window
Good for simple tasks and casual conversation

Limitations

Less capable than Claude 2 on complex reasoning
No vision or multimodal support
Deprecated in favor of newer models
Limited to text-only input

Use Cases

Customer support chatbots

Content moderation and classification

Real-time text summarization

Simple code generation and debugging

Data extraction and parsing

Language translation

Sentiment analysis

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