claude-opus-4-6-thinking API price comparison

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6—an upgrade over Opus 4.5 focused on complex multi-step work and long-horizon coding/agent workflows, with improved tool use. Supports 200K context window, with a 1M-token context window available in preview/beta depending on platform.

Provider: Anthropic · Category: chat

Cheapest overall

DMXAPI

30.00 USD/M tokens combined per 1M tokens

Lowest input

DMXAPI

5.00 USD/M tokens input per 1M tokens

Lowest output

DMXAPI

25.00 USD/M tokens output per 1M tokens

Last refreshed

Jun 10, 2026

1 listed platform

Best listed option

claude-opus-4-6-thinking is currently cheapest overall on DMXAPI, with input at 5.00 USD/M tokens and output at 25.00 USD/M tokens per million tokens.

Pricing insight

Across 1 listed routes, claude-opus-4-6-thinking is cheapest overall on DMXAPI at 30.00 USD/M tokens.

  • Lowest total cost

    DMXAPI

    Best first check for balanced coding-agent sessions: 30.00 USD/M tokens.

  • Prompt-heavy work

    DMXAPI

    Useful for large repositories and long context reads: 5.00 USD/M tokens input.

  • Response-heavy work

    DMXAPI

    Useful for long answers, edits, and agent loops: 25.00 USD/M tokens output.

Median combined price

30.00 USD/M tokens

Baseline for judging whether the cheapest route is unusually low.

Cache price coverage

100%

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Fresh rows

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Use case fit

claude-opus-4-6-thinking is commonly used for reasoning, Claude Code, and long-context developer work. Check both prompt-heavy and output-heavy pricing before choosing a platform.

Platform price comparison

PlatformRatioInputOutputTotal
DMXAPI 1.00x 5.00 USD/M tokens 25.00 USD/M tokens 30.00 USD/M tokens

FAQ

Where is claude-opus-4-6-thinking cheapest?

DMXAPI has the lowest listed combined price at 30.00 USD/M tokens per 1M tokens.

What do input and output prices mean?

Input is charged for prompt tokens you send. Output is charged for tokens generated by the model.

How often are prices refreshed?

Prices are crawler-backed and this page was last refreshed Jun 10, 2026. Always confirm before large purchases.

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