Last refreshed 2026-07-26. Next refresh: weekly.
Why use Claude Opus 4.6 on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers Claude Opus 4.6 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $5.00/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
Compare Claude Opus 4.6 across 6 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$5.00
Output / 1M
$25.00
Cache
read $0.50 / 5m $6.25
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Docs fallbackInstall
Use the provider REST API or SDKAuth
Create a provider API keyCall
model: anthropic/claude-opus-4.6Model ID
anthropic/claude-opus-4.6Request example
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anthropic/claude-opus-4.6.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "anthropic/claude-opus-4.6", not the LLMReference slug "claude-opus-4-6".
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 | $5.00 |
| Output tokens | $25.00 |
| Image input | $1.00 |
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.
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Model Specs
Released2026-02-05
Context1m
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2025-12