Claude Haiku 5.5 ships with ~75% lower cost than 4.5, pitched as a subagent workhorse
cedric_chee · x · 2026-10-08
- Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5, now available in the Claude Platform and Claude Code, running on average 75% cheaper than Haiku 4.5.
- It targets high-volume, cost-sensitive tasks like summaries, compactions and database queries, and pairs well with Opus 5.5 or Sonnet 5.5 as a subagent.
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