Opus 5.5 is now the best value by subscription cost, says analyst
PawelHuryn · x · 2026-10-07
Across multiple effort levels and scores, Paweł Huryn finds Opus 5.5 is now the best value for money when benchmark costs are computed via subscription prices.
For a cheap daily-work agent, he recommends Muse Spark 1.3 + Contributor (requires sharing data with Meta, listed as a separate model in the picker) over GPT-6.1 Sol.
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