Anthropic Unveils Claude Haiku 5.5 with Major Price Reductions
- Claude Haiku 5.5 is now priced at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens for prompts up to 100,000 tokens, a significant reduction from the previous rates of $1 and $5.
- The model achieved a score of 72.4% on OSWorld 2.1 and outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-6 Luna with a score of 39.2% on Terminal-Bench 4.0.
- Anthropic has halved the cache-read price for Sonnet 5.5 to $0.10 per million tokens and introduced monthly API credits for Max and Team subscribers.
Claude Haiku 5.5 is designed for high-volume tasks like document summarization and database querying, offering substantial cost savings compared to its predecessor, Haiku 4. The new pricing structure makes it one of the most affordable models in its category, enhancing its appeal for businesses requiring efficient AI solutions.
With its competitive performance metrics and reduced costs, Claude Haiku 5 emerges as a strong contender in the AI landscape, providing users with an economical option without compromising on capability (Source).
