Haiku 5.5 launches with prompt-length pricing and migration changes
Task cost depends on prompt tokens, effort, output acceptance and credit boundaries; a lower rate is not a guaranteed workflow saving.
Anthropic Haiku launch — 7 October 2026 ↗
Model AI · PROFILE REVIEWED 8 OCTOBER 2026
Claude Haiku 5.5
A pilot candidate for bounded, high-volume tasks. Recount tokens, inspect the 100K price boundary and migrate request behaviour before changing production routing. Independent same-task Test pending; no HubAI Score.
BEST FORNarrow, repeated classification, extraction, routing, compaction and subagent work with measured acceptance rulesNOT IDEAL FORPrompts over 100K use higher listed rates; full cost includes retries and review
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- Price
- USD per million tokens: prompts up to 100K input $0.10/output $0.50; above 100K input $0.50/output $2.50. Cache reads $0.01/$0.05; five-minute writes $0.125/$0.625. Cloud routing, tools and taxes can differ. · Recorded check: 8 October 2026. USD list price; UK price/VAT to confirm. Official pricing source ↗
- Access
- Metered API access; no unmetered free trial verified. Eligible Max/Team API credits have separate rollout, eligibility and expiry rules. UK account and regional provisioning must be confirmed.
BEFORE YOU BUY
Independent test pendingClaude Haiku 5.5: evidence before purchase
What we can verify
Not yet scored. No completed HubAI same-task test record is published. The supplier information below is separate from independent test results.
What an independent test needs to cover
Test output accuracy, retries, reviewer effort, data handling and total cost using the pilot below. No completion date is scheduled; a score will require a published method and results.
- Supplier facts recorded
- 8 October 2026
- Within 30-day review window. This is not an independent test date.
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Price and UK access check
USD per million tokens: prompts up to 100K input $0.10/output $0.50; above 100K input $0.50/output $2.50. Cache reads $0.01/$0.05; five-minute writes $0.125/$0.625. Cloud routing, tools and taxes can differ. · Recorded check: 8 October 2026. USD list price; UK price/VAT to confirm.
Pricing freshness: Within 30-day review window.
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VERIFIED CHANGE HISTORY
Open Change Radar →What changed for Claude Haiku 5.5.
EDITOR VERDICT
A pilot candidate for bounded, high-volume tasks. Recount tokens, inspect the 100K price boundary and migrate request behaviour before changing production routing. Independent same-task Test pending; no HubAI Score.
Claude Haiku 5.5, explained.
Haiku 5.5 is a candidate for bounded repeated work, not proof that every task should leave a larger model. Define exceptions and escalation before routing a queue.
Best forNarrow, repeated classification, extraction, routing, compaction and subagent work with measured acceptance rulesTrialMetered API access; no unmetered free trial verified. Eligible Max/Team API credits have separate rollout, eligibility and expiry rules. UK account and regional provisioning must be confirmed.
Where Claude Haiku 5.5 fits—and where it does not.
Narrow, repeated classification, extraction, routing, compaction and subagent work with measured acceptance rules
accepted classifications or extracted records with tracked exceptions and reviewer time
Prompts over 100K use higher listed rates; full cost includes retries and review
Run a frozen labelled queue on the existing route and Haiku with the same acceptance rules; include ambiguous inputs and the prompt pricing boundary.
PRODUCT PROOF
PROFILE REVIEW · 8 OCTOBER 2026See the workflow before you buy.
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Bring one representative input
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Run the same job three times
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Measure accepted output and cost
Confirm API retention, processing region, linked Console organisation and key-holder spend controls. Model safeguards are supplier policy, not an independent workflow safety certificate.
First-party model ID claude-haiku-5-5; one-million-token context, 128K standard output, adaptive thinking and medium default effort. Metered Claude API and named cloud routes; UK provisioning and regional terms untested.
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HUBAI PROCUREMENT PASSPORT
A buying record your team can challenge.
One compact record for price, access, data handling, deployment and the test that must pass before adoption.
BUY FORNarrow, repeated classification, extraction, routing, compaction and subagent work with measured acceptance rulesCOMMERCIAL ROUTEUSD per million tokens: prompts up to 100K input $0.10/output $0.50; above 100K input $0.50/output $2.50. Cache reads $0.01/$0.05; five-minute writes $0.125/$0.625. Cloud routing, tools and taxes can differ. · Recorded check: 8 October 2026. USD list price; UK price/VAT to confirm.Metered API access; no unmetered free trial verified. Eligible Max/Team API credits have separate rollout, eligibility and expiry rules. UK account and regional provisioning must be confirmed.TEST PENDING
Confirm API retention, processing region, linked Console organisation and key-holder spend controls. Model safeguards are supplier policy, not an independent workflow safety certificate.
First-party model ID claude-haiku-5-5; one-million-token context, 128K standard output, adaptive thinking and medium default effort. Metered Claude API and named cloud routes; UK provisioning and regional terms untested.
Claude Messages API · Claude Console Playground · Named AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft model routes · Route-specific computer/browser toolsets
Pin one labelled extraction or routing queue; recount tokens and check the 100K threshold, request compatibility, effort, refusals, escalation, review time and billed cost.
No launch-day score.
HubAI will publish a score only after the same representative tasks have been run against current alternatives. Vendor benchmarks are not treated as an editorial rating.
Cost reality
The subscription price is only the starting point. HubAI evaluates usage limits, failed attempts and the work needed to produce one usable result. Pricing changes frequently, so the structure and verification date matter more than a headline price.
Budget for the result, not the plan badge.
- Published structure
- USD per million tokens: prompts up to 100K input $0.10/output $0.50; above 100K input $0.50/output $2.50. Cache reads $0.01/$0.05; five-minute writes $0.125/$0.625. Cloud routing, tools and taxes can differ. · Recorded check: 8 October 2026. USD list price; UK price/VAT to confirm.
- Free or trial route
- Metered API access; no unmetered free trial verified. Eligible Max/Team API credits have separate rollout, eligibility and expiry rules. UK account and regional provisioning must be confirmed.
- Primary cost driver
- prompt-price tier, token recount, effort, retries, tools, review and applicable credits
- Budget test
- Record the total cost, attempts and human correction needed to produce ten accepted results.
Pricing checked for editorial use on 8 October 2026. Confirm live price, VAT, region, usage rights and cancellation terms with the vendor before purchase.
HUBAI TRUE COST LAB
What does one accepted result really cost?
Model your own usage. HubAI separates subscription cost from retries and human review—without pretending a headline plan price tells the whole story.
DERIVED VALUE · EFFECTIVE COST / ACCEPTED OUTPUT£3.414286Human review dominates
PRACTICAL GUIDE
Where Claude Haiku 5.5 earns its place.
Classify a labelled support queue with escalation
Test this job with your own inputs and judge the finished result—not the first draft.
Extract known fields from an approved document set
Test this job with your own inputs and judge the finished result—not the first draft.
Summarise short routine records with exception checks
Test this job with your own inputs and judge the finished result—not the first draft.
A safer four-step trial
- Freeze task inputs and acceptance rules
- Pin API route, effort, tools and model
- Migrate requests and recount prompt tokens
- Measure accepted outputs, retries, review and billed cost
Start with a better brief.
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Extract the listed fields from the supplied record; return null for missing evidence and flag contradictions.02
Assign each supplied ticket to one approved category; flag unclear cases for review rather than guessing.RISK & GOVERNANCE
What to check before adoption.
Cheap token prices do not establish accuracy or safe actions. Keep tools narrowly scoped and test refused requests, malformed output, sensitive data and downstream escalation.
What HubAI checked—and when.
This is HubAI's editorial record, not the vendor's product changelog or a live uptime claim.
Buying checks prepared
Pilot acceptance, applicable access and complete-cost checks prepared; no independent result or thin comparison assigned.
Scoped official update checked
Current release, pricing or feature boundary checked against the linked official sources; unrelated features were not retested.
Independent test pending
No completed independent same-task record; HubAI Score remains withheld.
Alternatives to Claude Haiku 5.5
CLClaude Sonnet 5.5Test pending
Coding, agentic and professional knowledge work that needs a large context window at lower token rates than the Opus tier
L6GPT-6 LunaTest pendingHigh-volume extraction, classification, transformation and first-pass agent work that needs low token cost and a large context window
Claude Haiku 5.5 against its closest shelf.
Scores are editorial signals, not a universal winner. Choose around the exact job and run the same proof test.
| Product | HubAI score | Best for | Price structure | Access | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5 CURRENT | Test pending | Narrow, repeated classification, extraction, routing, compaction and subagent work with measured acceptance rules | USD per million tokens: prompts up to 100K input $0.10/output $0.50; above 100K input $0.50/output $2.50. Cache reads $0.01/$0.05; five-minute writes $0.125/$0.625. Cloud routing, tools and taxes can differ. · Recorded check: 8 October 2026. USD list price; UK price/VAT to confirm. | Metered API access; no unmetered free trial verified. Eligible Max/Team API credits have separate rollout, eligibility and expiry rules. UK account and regional provisioning must be confirmed. | Current profile |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Test pending | Coding, agentic and professional knowledge work that needs a large context window at lower token rates than the Opus tier | $2/1M input and $10/1M output at standard API rates; cache reads cost $0.10/1M, five-minute writes $2.50/1M and one-hour writes $4/1M · Recorded check: 8 October 2026. USD list price; UK price/VAT to confirm. | Metered API and cloud-platform access; availability across Claude and paid GitHub Copilot plans depends on entitlement, rollout, route and administrator policy | Compare → |
| GPT-6 Luna | Test pending | High-volume extraction, classification, transformation and first-pass agent work that needs low token cost and a large context window | $0.10/1M input, $0.01/1M cached input, $0.125/1M cache write and $0.50/1M output at standard API rates; requests above 272K input use higher rates · Profile record only; separate pricing check not recorded: 23 September 2026. USD list price; UK price/VAT to confirm. | Metered API access; gradual rollout through ChatGPT Work, Codex and eligible GitHub Copilot plans, with Luna desktop access announced for Free and Go users | Compare → |
Questions to answer before adoption.
- 01Which API route, effort and tools are pinned?
- 02How many actual prompt tokens are billed?
- 03Do legacy request parameters or replay rules break?
- 04Who owns rejected outputs, escalation and spend limits?
Claude Haiku 5.5 FAQ.
What is Claude Haiku 5.5 best for?
Claude Haiku 5.5 is best suited to narrow, repeated classification, extraction, routing, compaction and subagent work with measured acceptance rules. HubAI's current verdict is: A pilot candidate for bounded, high-volume tasks. Recount tokens, inspect the 100K price boundary and migrate request behaviour before changing production routing. Independent same-task Test pending; no HubAI Score.
Does Claude Haiku 5.5 have a free plan or trial?
Metered API access; no unmetered free trial verified. Eligible Max/Team API credits have separate rollout, eligibility and expiry rules. UK account and regional provisioning must be confirmed.. Check the official product page before buying because allowances, regions and eligibility can change.
How much does Claude Haiku 5.5 cost?
USD per million tokens: prompts up to 100K input $0.10/output $0.50; above 100K input $0.50/output $2.50. Cache reads $0.01/$0.05; five-minute writes $0.125/$0.625. Cloud routing, tools and taxes can differ. · Recorded check: 8 October 2026. USD list price; UK price/VAT to confirm.. The useful comparison is total cost per accepted result, including retries, limits and human correction—not the advertised entry price alone.
What should I compare with Claude Haiku 5.5?
Compare products in the same Code AI shelf against one identical task, acceptance rule and cost window. Focus on accepted classifications or extracted records with tracked exceptions and reviewer time.
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