Claude Opus 4.6: API pricing, providers and specs
Claude Opus 4.6 is a text model by Anthropic. One provider serves it: Helicone, at $25 /1M.
A newer version is out: Claude Opus 5.5 · released Sep 22, 2026
Lowest price$25/1Mat Helicone
Maker's price—The maker does not sell it
Providers1
Context—
How Claude Opus 4.6 compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Pricey for its class: at $25 /1M, its lowest price is above 95% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- 1 providers serve it; 0% of comparable models have fewer.
Claude Opus 4.6 prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Helicone | $5/1M | From$25/1M | $0.50/1M | — |
Prices in US dollars, updated daily from each provider. Prices last checked Oct 25, 2026.
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Anthropic
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- —
- Max output
- —
- Capabilities
- —
- Released
- —
- License
- proprietary
- Open weights
- No, API only
Alternatives to Claude Opus 4.6
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.6this model | $25/1M | — | — | 1 |
| GPT-6 Astra | $25/1M | 1.05M | 1775 | 31 |
 Muse Wonder | $16/1M | 1.05M | — | 14 |
| GPT-4 | $60/1M | 8K | 1206 | 5 |
| GPT-5.6 | $10/1M | 1.05M | 1615 | 29 |
| GPT-5.6 | $30/1M | — | — | 1 |
 Gemini 3 Pro | $12/1M | — | 1479 | 1 |
| Grok 3 | $15/1M | 131K | — | 6 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | $12/1M | 1.05M | — | 4 |
More from Anthropic
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All 35 Anthropic modelsClaude Opus 4.6 FAQ
The lowest price for Claude Opus 4.6 is $25 /1M, at Helicone.
No. Claude Opus 4.6 is only available through an API; Anthropic does not publish its weights.
1 API providers serve Claude Opus 4.6. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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