"Opus 5.5 is the cheapest model" — human hours saved beat token pricing
CamBrazy3 · x · 2026-10-01
Developer anthdm argues model cost shouldn't be judged by per-token pricing but by human hours saved — making Anthropic's Opus 5.5, counterintuitively, "the cheapest model on the market," since fewer rework cycles and less hand-holding cut total cost.
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