Claude Sonnet 4.6 pricing
Claude Sonnet 4.6 costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens as of October 2026. Tracked daily since 25 July 2026 across 94 snapshots.
Current rates
- Input: $3.00 per 1M tokens
- Output: $15.00 per 1M tokens
- Cached input: $0.30 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 1,000,000 tokens
No price movement recorded for Claude Sonnet 4.6 over the tracked period — the rate has held steady.
Cheaper alternatives to Claude Sonnet 4.6
Ranked by blended cost assuming a 3:1 input-to-output ratio, which is typical of chat and agent workloads. Only currently callable models with a comparable context window are listed.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cheaper by |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.4 | $2.50 | $15.00 | 6% |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | $2.00 | $12.00 | 25% |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | 33% |
| Grok 4.7 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 50% |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 50% |
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Text
YemHub (2026). Claude Sonnet 4.6 API pricing history. YemHub AI Pricing Index. Retrieved 27 October 2026, from https://yemhub.com/price-history/claude-sonnet-4-6/
BibTeX
@misc{yemhub2026claudesonnet46apipricinghistor,
author = {{YemHub}},
title = {Claude Sonnet 4.6 API pricing history},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://yemhub.com/price-history/claude-sonnet-4-6/}},
note = {YemHub AI Pricing Index, accessed 2026-10-27}
}