Haiku 5.5's low price hides a 5x surge once context exceeds 100K
dotey · x · 2026-10-08
- Users found Anthropic's Haiku 5.5 uses tiered pricing: cheap below 100K context, but the price jumps 5x once above that threshold — a detail buried on the pricing page.
- By comparison, OpenAI's GPT tier boundary sits at 272K context.
- Critics argue the low headline price is essentially benchmark-optimized: cheap short-context runs look great in rankings, while real long-context workloads cost far more than advertised.
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