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Claude Opus 4.6 API pricing
As of October 16, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens on the Anthropic API. Cached input is $0.50 per million.
It is the 9th cheapest of 16 Claude models tracked here, by blended price. The closest Premium-tier model from another provider is GPT-Rosalind Research (OpenAI) at $5.00 / $25.00, the same blended price. Same list price as Claude Opus 4.5, Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Opus 5, Claude Opus 4.8 and 2 more. First listed in the LiteLLM price data on February 5, 2026.
Input / 1M tokens$5.00
Output / 1M tokens$25.00
Context window1M
Max output128K
Every published rate
| Rate | Per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input (standard) | $5.00 |
| Output (standard) | $25.00 |
| Cached input (read) | $0.50 |
| Cache write | $6.25 |
| Batch input | $2.50 |
| Batch output | $12.50 |
What it costs in practice
| Task | Tokens | Per request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatbot reply | 1,000 in / 500 out | $0.02 | $17.50 |
| Summarize a long document | 20,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.13 | $125 |
| Coding agent step | 50,000 in / 2,000 out | $0.30 | $300 |
Standard rates, no caching or batch discount. Compare your own numbers across all models →
Price history
| Date | Model | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | Claude Opus 4.6 | Context window: 200K → 1M (+400%) source |
| 2026-02-05 | Claude Opus 4.6 | New model listed: $5 in / $25 out source |
Dates are when each change first appeared in the LiteLLM price data, usually within days of the provider's announcement.
Details
| Provider | Anthropic |
| Price tier | Premium |
| Features | Vision, Reasoning, Prompt caching, Tool use, PDF input, Web search |
| API model names | claude-opus-4-6, claude-opus-4-6-20260205 |
| Official pricing | platform.claude.com |
Models at a similar price
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.5 | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| Claude Opus 5 | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| GPT-Rosalind Research | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| GPT-Rosalind Discovery | $5.00 | $25.00 |
Other Anthropic models
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Fable 5 | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| Claude Mythos 5 | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| Claude Mythos 5.1 | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| Claude Opus 5 | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $4.00 | $20.00 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | $2.00 | $10.00 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $1.00 | $5.00 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | $0.10 | $0.50 |