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Anthropic launches Claude Haiku 5.5 at lower API prices
Anthropic has launched Claude Haiku 5.5, marking a significant advancement in its AI offerings. This release is designed primarily for cost-sensitive tasks such as summarization and customer support, and it optimizes API usage with lower pricing tiers. Users can benefit from monthly credits as part of their subscription plans, catering to varying levels of demand.
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Published 7 Oct 2026, 22:55 UTC3 min read
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Brief
NewsBite reading:Anthropic unveils Claude Haiku 5.5 with reduced API pricing and enhanced features
TL;DR
- Claude Haiku 5.5 is the cheapest and fastest small model released by Anthropic.
- The model targets cost-sensitive applications like database queries and customer support.
- API pricing includes $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens.
- Monthly credits of $100 for Max plans and up to $500 for Teams have been introduced.
- Performance significantly improved with scores reaching 72.4% on OSWorld 2.1, up from 15.7% with Haiku 4.5.
Interesting facts
- Haiku 5.5 can handle prompts of up to 100,000 tokens.
- The average running costs of Haiku 5.5 are approximately 75% lower than Haiku 4.5.
- The model integrates cyber safeguards to allow defensive applications.