AI Model Profile
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is Anthropic's Sonnet-tier model described in official docs as combining speed and intelligence.
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Buying details reviewed 2026-10-23. Price, included amounts and access are dated observations; check the official source for current terms. This date does not review the whole fact ledger or renew historical demonstrations.
Best for: Candidate for balanced Claude API workflows that need reasoning, coding, and business task coverage.
Price: USD API: US$3 input / US$15 output per 1M tokens
Included: Claude Sonnet 4.6 is Anthropic's Sonnet-tier model described in official docs as combining speed and intelligence.
Main limits: Standard token rates; caching, batch, service tier and hosted tools are separate. API access does not include a Claude app subscription or establish entitlement to a restricted model.
What Kingy showed: Related coverage: How to Choose an AI Inference Provider. This review does not treat that article as a new test of this exact model, plan or current release.
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- Family
- Claude
- Release date
- Unknown
- Status
- Deprecated
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Output limit
- Unknown
- API
- yes
- Open weights
- no
- Local/self-hosted
- no
- Pricing
- input $3; output $15 per million tokens (published list price, observed 2026-06-30)
- Evidence state
- Recheck due
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Best for
Candidate for balanced Claude API workflows that need reasoning, coding, and business task coverage.
Skip if
Skip if your team needs independently benchmarked performance claims or contractual guarantees not present in the official provider documentation.
Strengths
Official docs list fast comparative latency and 1M-token context for Sonnet 4.6.
Weaknesses
Not open-weight in this profile; quality and latency should be tested against task-specific requirements.
Agent suitability
Candidate for agent workflows where a balance of speed and intelligence matters.
Kingy AI take
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Kingy AI Product Facts
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Current statusUnknown
- Company
- Not yet reviewed
- Primary job
- Not yet reviewed
- Audience
- Not yet reviewed
- Evidence
- Source-backed; coverage expanding
- Latest source check
- October 23, 2026
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Sources and checks
- Coverage
- 1 of 88 tracked fields currently verified
- Sources
- 1
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Plans and pricing units
Not yet structured in this Kingy record.
Where it runs
- Availability
- Not yet reviewed
Stack and integrations
- Model / provider dependencies
- Not yet reviewed
- Integrations
- Not yet reviewed
Data and regions
- Vendor data-use claim
- Not yet reviewed
- Vendor retention claim
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- Regions
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- Latest material update
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Full Model Notes
Who should consider it
Candidate for balanced Claude API workflows that need reasoning, coding, and business task coverage. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is Anthropic's Sonnet-tier model described in official docs as combining speed and intelligence.
Plan, price and billing scope
USD API: US$3 input / US$15 output per 1M tokens. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is Anthropic's Sonnet-tier model described in official docs as combining speed and intelligence. Prices use the currency and billing term stated here. Where a numeric rate, region or current entitlement could not be verified, it remains explicit; no checkout was completed.
Limits that affect the decision
Standard token rates; caching, batch, service tier and hosted tools are separate. API access does not include a Claude app subscription or establish entitlement to a restricted model.
What the existing evidence shows
Related coverage: How to Choose an AI Inference Provider. This review does not treat that article as a new test of this exact model, plan or current release. Related workflow reading; not a demonstration of this exact product. Read the related article.
Sources and buying-review date
Buying review completed October 23, 2026. This is a source-based buying assessment. No paid product test, new generation, checkout or performance benchmark was performed. Vendor descriptions and historical examples remain distinct from independently measured results. The date does not renew the broader canonical fact ledger.
- Official source: platform.claude.com
- Official source: platform.claude.com
- Official source: www.anthropic.com
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Claude Sonnet 4.6 is Anthropic’s Sonnet-tier model described in official docs as combining speed and intelligence.
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Coding notes
Useful to evaluate for coding tasks in Claude-based developer workflows.
Reasoning notes
Official docs list extended/adaptive thinking support for Sonnet 4.6.
Creative notes
Supports text and image input according to Anthropic Claude docs.
Research notes
Candidate for long-context research and synthesis workflows subject to source and cost review.
API pricing notes
$3 input MTok and $15 output MTok in Anthropic model overview as checked on 2026-06-18.
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