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Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6 costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens, $0.30 cached input and $15.00 per 1M output tokens. Batch API: $1.50 input, $7.50 output.

Updated September 21, 2026
Input / 1M
$3.00
Output / 1M
$15.00
Cached Input
$0.30
Context Window
1M
Standard Input
$3.00 / 1M
Base prompt input rate
Standard Output
$15.00 / 1M
Completion output rate
Prompt Caching -90%
$0.30 / 1M
Cached prompt context
Batch API -50%
$1.50 / 1M
Asynchronous batch jobs

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Model pricing

All rates listed in USD per 1 Million (1M) tokens unless noted

Standard
Pricing Metric / Parameter
Standard RATE
(per 1M)
Base input tokens$3 / MTok
5m cache writes$3.75 / MTok
1h cache writes$6 / MTok
Cache hits and refreshes$0.30 / MTok
Output tokens$15 / MTok

Batch processing

All rates listed in USD per 1 Million (1M) tokens unless noted

Standard
Pricing Metric / Parameter
Standard RATE
(per 1M)
Batch input$1.50 / MTok
Batch output$7.50 / MTok

Source: Anthropic official pricing page, verified 2026-09-21. Prices in USD per 1M tokens.

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