Pricing change·Oct 5 → Oct 12, 2026·Oct 12, 2026·AI & Machine Learning
Anthropic API launches Haiku 5.5 at $0.10/$0.50 per MTok, Haiku 4.5 goes Legacy
Haiku 5.5 replaces Haiku 4.5 at lower rates ($0.10/$0.50 per MTok in/out, tiered at 100K prompts); Haiku 4.5 moved to Legacy. Sonnet 5.5 cache read $0.20 to $0.10 per MTok.
What changed
Price decrease
Haiku 5.5 replaces Haiku 4.5 at lower rates ($0.10/$0.50 per MTok in/out, tiered at 100K prompts); Haiku 4.5 moved to Legacy. Sonnet 5.5 cache read $0.20 to $0.10 per MTok.
Before and after
Oct 5, 2026 vs Oct 12, 2026Pulse.
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What changed
Haiku 5.5 replaces Haiku 4.5 at lower rates ($0.10/$0.50 per MTok in/out, tiered at 100K prompts); Haiku 4.5 moved to Legacy. Sonnet 5.5 cache read $0.20 to $0.10 per MTok.
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