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Why use Claude Opus 4.6 on GCP Vertex AI?
GCP Vertex AI offers Claude Opus 4.6 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $15.00/1M input tokens. Vertex AI is Google Cloud's managed AI platform, offering access to Gemini models and hundreds of partner models alongside tools for fine-tuning, grounding, vector search, and end-to-end MLOps pipelines.
Compare Claude Opus 4.6 across 6 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$15.00
Output / 1M
$75.00
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install google-cloud-aiplatformAuth
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=...Call
import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")Model ID
claude-opus-4-6Request example
import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel
# Reads GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT from env; authenticates via Application Default Credentials
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")
model = GenerativeModel("claude-opus-4-6")
response = model.generate_content("Hello")
print(response.text)Gotchas
- For Google-published models use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash-001". For third-party publishers (Anthropic, Meta, etc.) use the full publisher path, e.g. "publishers/anthropic/models/claude-3-5-sonnet-v2@20241022".
- The examples expect GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Claude Opus 4.6 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| AWS Bedrock | $15.00 | $75.00 |
| GCP Vertex AI | $15.00 | $75.00 |
| Microsoft Foundry | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| OpenRouter | $5.00 | $25.00 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $15.00 |
| Output tokens | $75.00 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured OutputsCode Execution
About Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 is Anthropic's Claude 4.6 model with multimodal text and image input and an optional reasoning mode. It offers a 1M-token context window and scores 80.8 on SWE-bench Verified.
Model Specs
Released2026-02-05
Context1m
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2025-12