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Claude Haiku 5.5 Cuts Small-Model Costs by About 75%
The short answer
Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5, its fastest and cheapest model, aimed at high-volume work like customer support and classification. Fast, cheap models make high-volume jobs like sorting inbound email or answering routine questions inexpensive.
- Anthropic
- Claude
- pricing
What happened
Anthropic says Haiku 5.5 costs around 75% less to run than Haiku 4.5 and has a 1 million token context window. It also halved Sonnet 5.5 cache-read prices and added monthly API credits for Max and Team subscribers.
What it means for your business
Fast, cheap models make high-volume jobs like sorting inbound email or answering routine questions inexpensive. Start there, with a person reviewing anything that goes out.
Source: Anthropic