{"id":736319,"date":"2026-06-30T05:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-seeks-cheaper-ai-alternatives-as-anthropic-shifts-to-token-based-pricing\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T05:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:30:29","slug":"amazon-seeks-cheaper-ai-alternatives-as-anthropic-shifts-to-token-based-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-seeks-cheaper-ai-alternatives-as-anthropic-shifts-to-token-based-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon seeks cheaper AI alternatives as Anthropic shifts to token-based pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aef1304424da\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aef1304424da\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-seeks-cheaper-ai-alternatives-as-anthropic-shifts-to-token-based-pricing\/#TLDR\" >TL;DR<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/2026\/06\/amazon-anthropic-token-pricing-openai-alternative.avif\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<div class=\"postContent-tldr\">\n<h4 class=\"postContent-offsetTitle\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TLDR\"><\/span>TL;DR<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em>Amazon is looking at OpenAI and other alternatives after a renegotiated contract will shift Anthropic billing to per-token pricing next year.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/anthropic-fires-back-at-snitch-amazon-ceo-2000779104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amazon is looking for cheaper alternatives to Anthropic\u2019s Claude models<\/a> after a renegotiated contract will shift to token-based pricing that could substantially increase the company\u2019s AI costs, according to The Information. The new pricing structure does not take effect until next year, but Amazon is already exploring options including OpenAI. The report highlights a deepening rift between two companies that were once inseparable partners in the AI race.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s dependence on Claude runs deep. Its coding agent Kiro, workplace assistant Quick, and consumer-facing Alexa for Shopping all rely on Anthropic\u2019s models, according to The Information. A shift to token-based billing would make that dependence far more expensive, particularly after Amazon recently scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed an internal leaderboard that encouraged employees to burn through as many AI tokens as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The search for cheaper models has sent Amazon toward OpenAI, a company it has already been growing closer to. Earlier this year Amazon committed $50 billion to OpenAI, giving the AI lab access to its cloud infrastructure in exchange for access to its models. That deal followed Amazon\u2019s initial $4 billion investment in Anthropic, which has since grown to a potential $33 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic, meanwhile, has been expanding its own relationships beyond Amazon. The company committed to spending $200 billion on Google Cloud and chips over five years, according to The Information, a deal that effectively makes Google a major infrastructure partner alongside AWS. Amazon\u2019s latest $25 billion investment in Anthropic included a reciprocal commitment of more than $100 billion in AWS spending, but the Google arrangement signals Anthropic no longer depends on a single cloud provider.<\/p>\n<p>The tension boiled over last month when the US government ordered Anthropic to shut down its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models after a security report that originated from Amazon. Andy Jassy reportedly told government officials that Amazon researchers had used Fable 5 to obtain information useful for cyberattacks. The timing raised questions, coming as Amazon was preparing to launch its own cybersecurity-focused AI agent designed to spot vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The contract dispute, the move toward OpenAI, and the Fable 5 incident together suggest the Amazon-Anthropic relationship has entered a new and more adversarial phase. Amazon remains one of Anthropic\u2019s largest investors and cloud customers, but both companies now have reasons to reduce their dependence on each other. For the broader AI industry, the fracturing of its most prominent investor-model-provider partnership would redraw the competitive map.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/amazon-anthropic-token-pricing-openai-alternative\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TL;DR Amazon is looking at OpenAI and other alternatives after a renegotiated contract will shift Anthropic billing to per-token pricing next year. Amazon is looking for cheaper alternatives to Anthropic\u2019s Claude models after a renegotiated contract will shift to token-based pricing that could substantially increase the company\u2019s AI costs, according to The Information. The new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":736320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/2026\/06\/amazon-anthropic-token-pricing-openai-alternative.avif","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-736319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}