Anthropic Releases Claude Haiku 5.5 with 75% Cost Reduction and Halved Cache Reads
Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 5.5, cutting inference costs by roughly 75% compared to Haiku 4.5 while making it their fastest model to date. The update also halves Sonnet 5.5 cache read pricing, making Sonnet 5.5 around 20% cheaper on most agentic work, and introduces a new monthly API credit for Claude Max and Team subscribers to support building new agents and applications on the Claude Platform.
Why it matters
Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 5.5, cutting inference costs by roughly 75% compared to Haiku 4.5 while making it their fastest model to date. The update also halves Sonnet 5.5 cache read pricing, making Sonnet 5.5 around 20% cheaper on most agentic work, and introduces a new monthly API credit for Claude Max and Team subscribers to support building new agents and applications on the Claude Platform.