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Claude Sonnet 4.6 API pricing
As of October 16, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens on the Anthropic API. Cached input is $0.30 per million.
It is the 6th cheapest of 16 Claude models tracked here, by blended price. The closest Premium-tier model from another provider is GPT-5.4 (OpenAI) at $2.50 / $15.00; Claude Sonnet 4.6 is 7% more expensive. Same list price as Claude Sonnet 4.5. First listed in the LiteLLM price data on February 17, 2026.
Input / 1M tokens$3.00
Output / 1M tokens$15.00
Context window1M
Max output128K
Every published rate
| Rate | Per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input (standard) | $3.00 |
| Output (standard) | $15.00 |
| Cached input (read) | $0.30 |
| Cache write | $3.75 |
| Batch input | $1.50 |
| Batch output | $7.50 |
What it costs in practice
| Task | Tokens | Per request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatbot reply | 1,000 in / 500 out | $0.01 | $10.50 |
| Summarize a long document | 20,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.07 | $75.00 |
| Coding agent step | 50,000 in / 2,000 out | $0.18 | $180 |
Standard rates, no caching or batch discount. Compare your own numbers across all models →
Price history
| Date | Model | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Context window: 200K → 1M (+400%) source |
| 2026-03-26 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Context window: 1M → 200K (-80%) source |
| 2026-03-23 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Context window: 200K → 1M (+400%) source |
| 2026-02-17 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | New model listed: $3 in / $15 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-sonnet-4-6 |
| Official pricing | platform.claude.com |
Models at a similar price
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.2 | $1.75 | $14.00 |
| GPT-5.4 | $2.50 | $15.00 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $4.00 | $20.00 |
| GPT-5.6 | $4.00 | $20.00 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | $4.00 | $20.00 |
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 4.6 | $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 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 |