Anthropic launches Claude Haiku 5.5, about 75% cheaper to run than Haiku 4.5
Anthropic's smallest model now starts at $0.10 per million input tokens and adds adjustable effort settings for the first time in a Haiku.
Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5, its smallest and cheapest AI model. It costs about 75% less to run than the one before it. That helps companies add AI to things like customer chat without spending much.
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Why it matters
Cheap, fast models decide what AI features cost to run. Haiku 5.5 targets high-volume jobs like support chats and subagents.
Skip: it is a cheaper small model. You may see it inside apps without noticing.
The details
- Input costs $0.10 to $0.50 per million ; output $0.50 to $2.50, depending on prompt length.
- Anthropic says it costs around 75% less to run than Haiku 4.5.
- Scores 72.4% on OSWorld 2.1 (computer use) and 45.9% on Humanity's Last Exam without tools.
- First Haiku with effort settings from Low to Max.
- Available on Claude Platform (claude-haiku-5-5), AWS, Google Cloud and Azure.
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