Anthropic

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Anthropic's balanced tier. 1M context, vision, agentic tool use, prompt caching. The default workhorse.

Modalities

Text+Image → Text

Input

$4.05 /1M

Output

$20.25 /1M

Cached input

$0.405 /1M90% off

Context

1M

Speed

medium

Performance

Live production data from real requests on Kyma — not synthetic benchmarks.

Rank

#30

of 74 active models

Tokens served

617.4K

all-time

Total requests232
Platform share0.0%

Pricing

Pay per token. Cached input is billed at 10% of the input rate.

$4.05 /1M input$20.25 /1M output
Hobby10 req/day · 2K in / 500 out
~$5.47/mo
Production1,000 req/day · 2K in / 500 out
~$547/mo
Scale20,000 req/day · 2K in / 500 out
~$10,935/mo
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Estimated monthly cost

$481

$16.04 / day on Claude Sonnet 4.6

Same workload on:

Claude Opus 4.7$911+89%
Claude Haiku 4.5$182-62%

Estimates use list pricing with cached input billed at the 90%-discount rate. Actual bills depend on real token counts — every response includes its exact cost.

How it compares

Against the peers people actually weigh it against.

SpecClaude Sonnet 4.6Claude Opus 4.7Claude Haiku 4.5
Input /1M$4.05$6.75$1.35
Output /1M$20.25$33.75$6.75
Context1M1M200K
ToolsYesYesYes
ReasoningYesYesYes
Speedmediummediumfast

Quick start

Up and running in under two minutes.

  1. 1

    Create an API key

    Sign up and grab a key from the dashboard — $0.50 free credit, no card required.

    Get API key →
  2. 2

    Make your first request

    Drop in your key and send a chat completion — fully OpenAI-compatible.

    curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{
        "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6",
        "messages": [
          {"role": "user", "content": "Explain prompt caching in one paragraph."}
        ]
      }'
  3. 3

    Stream responses

    Add "stream": true to receive tokens as they arrive.

    curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{
        "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6",
        "stream": true,
        "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
      }'

FAQ

Common questions about this model.

What is the context window of Claude Sonnet 4.6?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 has a 1M-token context window — roughly 1471 pages of text in a single request.

How much does the Claude Sonnet 4.6 API cost?

$4.05 per 1M input tokens and $20.25 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.405/1M — a 90% discount on repeated prompt prefixes. No subscription; you pay only for what you use.

Does Claude Sonnet 4.6 support function calling?

Yes — Claude Sonnet 4.6 supports tool/function calling and structured outputs (JSON mode), so it works with agent frameworks out of the box.

How do I use Claude Sonnet 4.6?

Kyma is OpenAI-compatible: point your SDK's base URL at https://kymaapi.com/v1, use your Kyma API key, and set the model to claude-sonnet-4-6. Signing up is free and includes $0.50 of credit — no card required.

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