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Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) Pricing

Anthropic · anthropic-claude-sonnet-4-6-batch

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Input / 1M tokens

$1.50

Output / 1M tokens

$7.50

Context window

1M tokens

≈ 1,333 pages of text

Max output

128k tokens

What it costs in practice

Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0048

1,000 requests / month$4.80/mo 10,000 requests / month$48.00/mo 100,000 requests / month$480.00/mo

Estimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.

Price history

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What it excels at

Handles 1M-token context and 128k output for long-document analysis and multi-step reasoning. Batch API supports high-volume workloads at listed pricing.

The business tradeoff

Output tokens priced at 5x input rate. Batch variant introduces queue-dependent latency unsuitable for real-time applications.

Cheaper from Anthropic

Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic$0.0032/ typical request Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)Anthropic$0.0032/ typical request

Same tier from other providers

GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI$0.0027/ typical request Llama 4 MaverickMeta$0.0006/ typical request DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek$0.0005/ typical request

Head-to-head

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) vs GPT-5.4 Mini →Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) vs Llama 4 Maverick →Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) vs DeepSeek V3.2 →

Vendor list rates, as of Aug 6, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.