Claude Opus 4.6 introduced (1M context beta, 128k output, $5/$25 per MTok)
Anthropic introduced Claude Opus 4.6 with improved coding, long-horizon agentic work, and a 1M token context window (beta). Standard API pricing remains $5/$25 per million input/output tokens, with premium long-context pricing above 200K input tokens.
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Significant cost savings
Significant cost savings
Significant cost savings
Significant cost savings
Significant cost savings
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Pricing remains the same at $5/$25 per million tokens; Opus 4.6 adds 1M context (beta) and 128k output tokens.
Long context pricing: Opus 4.6 standard $5/$25 per MTok; premium long-context above 200K input tokens $10/$37.50.
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