Anthropic launches Claude Haiku 5.5, roughly 75% cheaper to run than Haiku 4.5
ClaudeDevs · x · 2026-10-08
Anthropic announced Claude Haiku 5.5, now available in the Claude Platform and Claude Code, billed as its cheapest, fastest, and most capable small model—running about 75% cheaper on average than Haiku 4.5.
Anthropic recommends pairing it with Opus 5.5 or Sonnet 5.5 as a subagent for high-volume, cost-sensitive tasks like summaries, compactions, and database queries.
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