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Claude Opus 4.6 Pricing Calculator
Anthropic's early-2026 Opus model. One typical prompt costs $0.0150 (1.5¢) on Claude Opus 4.6. Paste your own prompt below to compare it with other models.
Claude Opus 4.6 is still available, but Anthropic has released newer models. Anthropic names Claude Opus 5.5 as the replacement.
Source: Anthropic official pricing · verified October 2026.
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Showing a typical prompt (500 input + 500 output tokens) across 27 models. Paste your own prompt above for an exact count.
| Model | Per Prompt | Prompts / $1 | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
Claude Opus 4.6Older Anthropic | $0.0150 | 66 | $45.00 |
GPT-6 LunaCheapest OpenAI | $0.0003000.03¢ | 3,333 | $0.9000 |
| Mistral | $0.0003750.037¢ | 2,666 | $1.13 |
| OpenAI (via Together) | $0.0003750.037¢ | 2,666 | $1.13 |
| OpenAI | $0.0007000.07¢ | 1,428 | $2.10 |
| DeepSeek | $0.0007500.075¢ | 1,333 | $2.25 |
| Meta (via Together) | $0.0009250.092¢ | 1,081 | $2.77 |
| Mistral | $0.00100.1¢ | 1,000 | $3.00 |
| $0.00140.14¢ | 714 | $4.20 | |
| xAI | $0.00190.19¢ | 533 | $5.63 |
| $0.00220.22¢ | 444 | $6.75 | |
| DeepSeek | $0.00260.26¢ | 378 | $7.92 |
| Meta | $0.00270.27¢ | 363 | $8.25 |
| Anthropic | $0.00300.3¢ | 333 | $9.00 |
| xAI | $0.00400.4¢ | 250 | $12.00 |
| Alibaba (Qwen) | $0.00400.4¢ | 250 | $12.00 |
| Mistral | $0.00450.45¢ | 222 | $13.50 |
| OpenAI | $0.00600.6¢ | 166 | $18.00 |
| OpenAI | $0.00600.6¢ | 166 | $18.00 |
| Anthropic | $0.00600.6¢ | 166 | $18.00 |
| OpenAI | $0.00700.7¢ | 142 | $21.00 |
| $0.00700.7¢ | 142 | $21.00 | |
| Moonshot AI | $0.00900.9¢ | 111 | $27.00 |
| OpenAI | $0.0120 | 83 | $36.00 |
| Anthropic | $0.0120 | 83 | $36.00 |
| OpenAI | $0.0300 | 33 | $90.00 |
| Anthropic | $0.0300 | 33 | $90.00 |
Prices from official provider pricing pages, verified October 2026.
How Much Does Claude Opus 4.6 Cost?
| Prompts | Cost (500 in + 500 out tokens each) |
|---|---|
| 1 prompt | $0.0150 |
| 100 prompts | $1.50 |
| 1,000 prompts | $15.00 |
| 10,000 prompts | $150.00 |
| 100,000 prompts | $1,500.00 |
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| Input price | $5.00 / 1M |
|---|---|
| Output price | $25.00 / 1M |
| Cached input | $0.50 / 1M |
| Typical prompt | $0.0150 |
| Batch discount | 50% off |
| Context window | 1M tokens |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | May 2025 |
| Input types | Text, Images, PDF |
| Reasoning mode | Optional |
| Open weights | No |
| Released | February 5, 2026 |
| Status | Older, still available |
Comparisons with Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 — Frequently Asked Questions
Claude Opus 4.6 is still available, but Anthropic has released newer models. Anthropic names Claude Opus 5.5 as the replacement.
A typical prompt of 500 input tokens with a 500-token answer costs $0.0150 (1.5¢) on Claude Opus 4.6. That means $1 buys about 66 prompts. Longer prompts and answers cost proportionally more.
With 500 input and 500 output tokens per request, Claude Opus 4.6 costs $15.00 per 1,000 requests. Input tokens are $5.00 per million and output tokens $25.00 per million.
Claude Opus 4.6 is more expensive than GPT-5.6 Sol — about 1.3x more for the same request. Claude Opus 4.6 costs $5.00/$25.00 per million tokens (input/output) vs GPT-5.6 Sol's $4.00/$20.00.
Claude Opus 4.6 accepts text, images and PDFs, writes up to 128,000 tokens per response, has a knowledge cutoff of May 2025 and has an optional reasoning (thinking) mode. Its context window is 1M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports 1M tokens (1,000,000) — the maximum combined length of your prompt and the model's answer in one request.
At 10,000 requests per day with 500 input + 500 output tokens each, Claude Opus 4.6 costs about $4,500.00/month. Use the calculator above with your real prompt and volume.