Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.6

FrontierProprietaryReasoningProprietary
Input Price
$5.00
/M tokens
Output Price
$25.00
/M tokens
Intelligence
72
/100
Arena Rank
#52
Overall
Coding Rank
#43
Arena
Context
1M
tokens

One9Founders Verdictmoderate

The most capable model in the Claude family — and arguably the smartest AI available today. Opus 4.6 dominates coding benchmarks and leads Arena overall. Its computer use and MCP support make it the premier choice for autonomous agents. The price is steep, but you're paying for the frontier.

The frontier isn't cheap, but nothing else thinks quite like Opus.

Best For

  • complex AI agents
  • autonomous coding workflows
  • enterprise knowledge work
  • research with extended thinking
  • computer use automation

Not Great For

  • high-volume simple tasks (use Haiku instead)
  • budget-constrained prototyping

Startup Recommendation

Enterprise teams building AI-native products or Series B+ startups where AI quality directly drives revenue.

Pricing Details

Input
$5.00
per 1M tokens
Output
$25.00
per 1M tokens
Cached Input
$0.50
per 1M tokens
Batch Input
$2.50
per 1M tokens

Capabilities

Function Calling
Structured Output
Vision
-Web Search
-Code Execution
MCP
-Audio Input
-Video Input
Reasoning
Streaming
Batch API
Computer Use

Chatbot Arena Rankings

Overall
#52
Coding
#43
Math
#63
Creative
#20

Security & Compliance

SOC 2 Type II
GDPR
HIPAA
Enterprise SSO
Audit Logs

Training data policy: API data NOT used for training by default

DPDP Act (India): Data processed in US. No India data center. Compliant via DPA.

Data residency: US

India Availability

Available. API accessible from India. Payments via international card. Also on AWS Bedrock (Mumbai).