Opus 5.5 is efficient on subscription, not via API — 6.1 remains the workhorse
haider1 · x · 2026-10-06
The author compares positioning of Claude Opus 5.5 vs 6.1: Opus 5.5 is actually pretty efficient on the subscription plan, just not through the API. If you vibe code for a living, you want the SOTA (currently 5.5), but you still can't treat it as a workhorse; with 6.1 you can.
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