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Claude Sonnet 4.6 pricing (November 2026)

Anthropic lists Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens.

On Crazyrouter the same model is $1.95 / $9.75 — 35% below list price.

That is $0.003 / $0.015 per 1K tokens. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the #31 cheapest of the 40 chat models we track, by input price. 1.5× the price of Claude Sonnet 5.5. Through Crazyrouter you save $1.05 on every 1M input tokens versus list.

Call Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $1.95 in / $9.75 out per 1M tokens. Same model, same API, no plan — pay per token.

Sign up → try this model with $2 Playground credit. For API calls, add funds and create an API key; Playground credit cannot pay for API calls.

This page lists token-based pricing for the developer API. Consumer app subscriptions are billed separately.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 price by provider

USD per 1M tokens. Cloud prices are the base tier in the default region; the linked source is authoritative.

per 1M tokensInputOutput
  • Anthropic$3.00$15.00
  • Azure$3.00$15.00
  • AWS Bedrock$3.00$15.00
  • Google Vertex AI$3.00$15.00
  • Crazyrouter$1.95$9.75
ProviderInputCached inputOutputContextSource
Anthropic$3.00$0.30$15.001MAnthropic
Azure$3.00$0.30$15.001MAzure AI Foundry
AWS Bedrock$3.00$0.30$15.001MAWS Bedrock
Google Vertex AI$3.00$0.30$15.001MGoogle Vertex AI
Crazyrouter$1.95$0.195$9.751Mcrazyrouter.com

OpenRouter: No verified quote

per 1M tokens · Snapshot Nov 13, 2026

What Claude Sonnet 4.6 costs per month

Three typical workloads, priced on each provider from the table above.

  • Prototype: 10M in / 2M out

    Input 10M · Output 2M

    $39.00

    • Anthropic$60.00
    • Azure$60.00
    • AWS Bedrock$60.00
    • Google Vertex AI$60.00
    • Crazyrouter$39.00
  • Product: 100M in / 20M out

    Input 100M · Output 20M

    $390.00

    • Anthropic$600.00
    • Azure$600.00
    • AWS Bedrock$600.00
    • Google Vertex AI$600.00
    • Crazyrouter$390.00
  • Scale: 1B in / 200M out

    Input 1,000M · Output 200M

    $3,900

    • Anthropic$6,000
    • Azure$6,000
    • AWS Bedrock$6,000
    • Google Vertex AI$6,000
    • Crazyrouter$3,900

Price changes

  • Feb 17, 2026 — Google Vertex AI started listing Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3.00 / $15.00 per 1M.
  • Feb 17, 2026 — AWS Bedrock started listing Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3.00 / $15.00 per 1M.
  • Feb 17, 2026 — Azure started listing Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3.00 / $15.00 per 1M.
  • Feb 17, 2026 — Anthropic started listing Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3.00 / $15.00 per 1M.

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Claude Sonnet 4.6 pricing FAQ

How much does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cost?

Anthropic charges $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens. Through Crazyrouter the same model is $1.95 / $9.75.

What is cached input pricing?

Tokens that repeat an earlier prompt prefix are billed at the cached rate ($0.30 per 1M when supported) instead of the full input price.

Is there a batch discount?

Yes. Anthropic offers batch pricing at $1.50 in / $7.50 out per 1M tokens for asynchronous jobs.

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 cheaper on Azure, Bedrock or Vertex?

Cloud providers usually match the list price and add regional or provisioned tiers; see the table above for the base rate on each. Crazyrouter applies its discount on top of list.

Sources and method

Provider reference prices use LiteLLM data and maintained entries. Provider links are references, not proof of daily official verification. Snapshot: Nov 13, 2026. Crazyrouter rates come from our billing table; confirm current prices, region and terms with the provider before purchase.

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