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Why use Claude Sonnet 4.6 on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers Claude Sonnet 4.6 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $3.00/1M 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 Sonnet 4.6 across 6 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$3.00
Output / 1M
$15.00
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Docs fallbackInstall
Use the provider REST API or SDKAuth
Create a provider API keyCall
model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6Model ID
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6Request example
Curated snippets for this provider are not sourced yet. Use OpenRouter documentation with model ID
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6", not the LLMReference slug "claude-sonnet-4-6".
Compare Claude Sonnet 4.6 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Anthropic | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| AWS Bedrock | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| GCP Vertex AI | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Microsoft Foundry | $3.00 | $15.00 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $3.00 |
| Output tokens | $15.00 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt CachingBatch API
About Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is Anthropic's best combination of speed and intelligence. Proprietary decoder-only model with 1M-token context, 64K max output, multimodal vision, extended thinking, and function calling. Available via Anthropic API, AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex AI, and OpenRouter at $3/1M input and $15/1M output tokens.
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Model Specs
Released2026-02-17
Context1m
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2025-08