DictionaryToken Economics
Batch Processing
Sending many requests to be processed later, in bulk, at a lower price, like standard shipping versus express.
Definition
An API tier that processes requests asynchronously at reduced cost, ideal for non-time-sensitive workloads like bulk analysis, evaluations, or testing. On the Claude API, Message Batches requests are 50% off base prices, and several current Claude models accept up to 300K output tokens per request there with the output-300k-2026-03-24 beta header.
Example
Classifying 50,000 support tickets overnight through the Message Batches API costs half the standard price on Claude.