Anthropic Sonnet 4.6 pricing
Sonnet 4.6 is often the model teams compare against OpenAI mid-tier options when they want solid quality without premium-level spend.
Useful when you are comparing general-purpose model cost for chat, workflow automation, and app-side assistants.
How teams usually use this model
Best fit for
- general chat
- workflow automation
- product-side assistants
Decision guide
Use Sonnet 4.6 when you want dependable general-purpose quality and a cleaner cost profile than the most premium options in the market.
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Current tier breakdown
Use this table when the provider offers multiple service or context tiers and you need something more precise than one headline number.
| Service tier | Context tier | Input / 1M | Cached / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Short | $3.00 | N/A | $15.00 |
Official reference
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Open provider source2026-03-16
This page reflects the latest repo dataset snapshot for Anthropic / Sonnet 4.6.
Nearby pricing options to compare next
Use these adjacent pages when you need a faster alternative, a stronger model, or a better cost baseline before locking in a production default.
Anthropic Sonnet 4.6 API pricing
See Anthropic Sonnet 4.6 API pricing and context limits for teams benchmarking dependable mid-tier spend.
Anthropic Haiku 4.5 pricing
See Haiku 4.5 pricing and context limits when you need a faster, lower-cost Anthropic option.
OpenAI GPT-5.4 pricing
Check GPT-5.4 input, output, cached-input, and tier pricing before you estimate production cost.
Latest change signals
Detailed pricing tiers changed.
Added new model to tracked pricing dataset.
Common questions about this pricing page
How much does this model cost right now?
Sonnet 4.6 is currently listed at $3.00 input, $15.00 output, and N/A cached input per 1M tokens, with a 200,000 tokens context window. If the provider offers multiple tiers, use the tier table below for the more exact split.
When is this model usually the better fit?
Use Sonnet 4.6 when you want dependable general-purpose quality and a cleaner cost profile than the most premium options in the market. Teams usually open this page for general chat, workflow automation, product-side assistants, then decide whether to move up to a stronger option or down to a cheaper default.
What should I check before I ship with this model?
Before shipping, check the tier split, whether cached-input pricing changes your workload math, and how this model looks on the compare page and pricing tracker. If you still need context, compare it against Anthropic Sonnet 4.6 API pricing and Anthropic Haiku 4.5 pricing and then run the token calculator for a monthly estimate.