Claude Sonnet 4.6 API pricing
Anthropic · Premium price tier · Proprietary · released 2026-02. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $1200.00 on Claude Sonnet 4.6; the next cheaper model in the Premium price tier for this workload, GPT-5.4, does it for $1125.00. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 3rd cheapest of 30 models in the Premium price tier. None of its 5 hosts undercuts the price we quote. It is rated a stable release but does not meet all four criteria of the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $3.00 per 1M tokens
- Output: $15.00 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): $1.50 / $7.50 per 1M tokens
- Prompt-cache read: $0.30 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 1M tokens
- Arena ELO: 1458 as of 2026-11-08
Available on
Direct API, AWS Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, Google Vertex, OpenRouter
AWS Bedrock regions: ap-northeast-1, ap-northeast-3, ap-southeast-1, eu-central-1, eu-north-1, eu-south-1, eu-south-2, eu-west-1, eu-west-3, us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-2
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Market position
On blended price ($11.40 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 79% of models in the Premium price tier: 3rd cheapest of 30, tied with 4 others. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 8% of priced text models in the catalogue: 276th cheapest of 303, tied with 4 others. Its Arena ELO of 1458 ranks 29th of the 160 models that carry one, tied with one other, above 82% of them. With an Arena score of 1458, Claude Sonnet 4.6 clears OptimNow's Standard working quality threshold: Standard (Arena 1420+), used for meeting summary, invoice processing and call summary. It is 12 points under the Strong bar (Arena 1470+), within the benchmark's 20-point noise. Each threshold is a distance below the best ranked model, which scores 1530 on Arena scores as of 8 Nov 2026.
Licence, size and capabilities
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 1M context window once costs $3.00 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 5 different hosts. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
The price we quote is already the cheapest of the 5 hosts: Anthropic at $3.00 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens. All of them charge within 10% of one another.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic (model maker, price we quote) | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Claude Platform on AWS (price we quote) | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Azure (price we quote) | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Amazon Bedrock (price we quote) | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Google (price we quote) | $3.00 | $15.00 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where Anthropic publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $971 – $1.2K |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $1.4K – $1.8K |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $2.3K – $4.8K |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $3.3K – $3.5K |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $3.5K – $3.9K |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $641 – $1.4K |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $810 – $1.6K |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $5.2K – $6.3K |
Price history
Claude Sonnet 4.6 has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $3.00 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Alternatives to Claude Sonnet 4.6
1 of the 4 comparable models below costs less than Claude Sonnet 4.6: GPT-5.4 undercuts it by 1%, for 6 Arena points less.
- Next cheaper model in the Premium price tier: Kimi K3 (Moonshot) at $11.2576 blended, 1% less.
- Next more expensive: Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic) at $15.20 blended, 33% more.
The nearest models in the Premium price tier on Arena ELO, each with its blended price and score difference against Claude Sonnet 4.6.
- GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI): $4.00 in / $20.00 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1457 (33% more expensive, 1 ELO point lower)
- Claude Opus 4.8 (Anthropic): $5.00 in / $25.00 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1454 (67% more expensive, 4 ELO points lower)
- GPT-5.4 (OpenAI): $2.50 in / $15.00 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1452 (1% cheaper, 6 ELO points lower)
- Claude Opus 4.5 (Anthropic): $5.00 in / $25.00 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1451 (67% more expensive, 7 ELO points lower)
- Cheapest within 15 Arena points: GLM 5.3 Flash (Zhipu), 99% cheaper, 13 ELO points higher, out of 29 models in that band.
- Highest Arena ELO within 20% of this price: Kimi K3 (Moonshot), 1% cheaper, 17 ELO points higher, out of 6 models in that price band.
Other models from Anthropic
The 8 nearest to Claude Sonnet 4.6 in price, of 15 other Anthropic models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Claude Haiku 4.5: $1.00 / $5.00
- Claude Sonnet 5: $2.00 / $10.00
- Claude Sonnet 5.5: $2.00 / $10.00
- Claude Sonnet 4.5: $3.00 / $15.00
- Claude Opus 5.5: $4.00 / $20.00
- Claude Opus 4.5: $5.00 / $25.00
- Claude Opus 4.6: $5.00 / $25.00
- Claude Opus 4.7: $5.00 / $25.00
All 16 Anthropic models and prices
Common questions about Claude Sonnet 4.6 pricing
- How much does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cost?
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens. That is the model maker's own rate (Anthropic). Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Claude Sonnet 4.6?
- The price we quote is already the cheapest of the 5 hosts: Anthropic at $3.00 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens. All of them charge within 10% of one another. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Claude Sonnet 4.6 offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, both. Batch API pricing is $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $7.50 per 1M output tokens, and prompt-cache reads cost $0.30 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-12.
- What would Claude Sonnet 4.6 cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $1.2K on Claude Sonnet 4.6 at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Claude Sonnet 4.6 be self-hosted?
- No, as far as this site records. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token.
- Has the price of Claude Sonnet 4.6 changed?
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $3.00 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
It publishes a batch rate, and that discount is conditional: when the batch discount applies.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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