# Anthropic — Introducing Claude Haiku 5.5

- Company: Anthropic (anthropic.com)
- Announced: 2026-10-07
- Category: new-model
- Coverage: 6 outlets
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-haiku-5-5
- Record: https://forck.live/items/16435-introducing-claude-haiku-5-5
- Subject: Claude
- Models affected: Claude Haiku 5.5, Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Opus 5
- Pricing: Claude Haiku 5.5 is priced 90% lower than Claude Haiku 4.5 for requests up to 100,000 tokens, and 50% lower for requests over 100,000 tokens. Cache reads on Claude Sonnet 5.5 now cost $0.10 per million tokens rather than $0.20.

Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5, described as its cheapest, fastest, and most capable small model, priced 90% lower than Haiku 4.5 for requests up to 100,000 tokens and 50% lower for longer requests. The model includes an adjustable effort setting and is available on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and the Claude Platform. Anthropic also halved the cache-read price for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and introduced monthly API credits for Max and Team subscribers.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://www.anthropic.com/claude-haiku-5-5:

> Claude Haiku 5.5 is priced 90% lower than Claude Haiku 4.5 for requests up to 100,000 tokens, and 50% lower for requests over 100,000 tokens.

## Around this story

Outlets this record can name and link:

- 9to5Mac — Anthropic upgrades Claude with new Haiku 5.5 model, details here: https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/07/anthropic-upgrades-claude-with-new-haiku-5-5-model-details-here
- Unite — Anthropic Releases Claude Haiku 5.5, Cutting Small-Model API Prices: https://unite.ai/anthropic-releases-claude-haiku-5-5-cutting-small-model-api-prices
- RuntimeWire — Anthropic launches Haiku 5.5, says it costs 75% less to run: https://runtimewire.com/article/anthropic-launches-haiku-5-5-at-luna-s-price-not-below-it-claude-code-reveals
- Ithinkdiff — Claude Haiku 5.5 Launches at 75% Lower Cost: https://ithinkdiff.com/claude-haiku-5-5-launches-75-percent-lower-cost

## Follow-ups

- The Decoder (reported, 7 Oct): Claude Haiku 5.5 arrives with massive price cuts proving the AI pricing arms race is far from over — https://forck.live/items/16456-claude-haiku-5-5-arrives-with-massive-price-cuts-proving-the-ai-pricing-arms
- The New Stack (reported, 7 Oct): Anthropic launches Haiku 5.5 at a much lower price — https://forck.live/items/16444-anthropic-launches-haiku-5-5-at-a-much-lower-price

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