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Why use Claude Haiku 5.5 on Anthropic?
Anthropic offers Claude Haiku 5.5 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.10/1M input tokens. Anthropic is a safety-focused AI research company and creator of the Claude model family, offering API access through the Anthropic Console for text generation, analysis, and coding tasks.
Compare Claude Haiku 5.5 across 6 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install anthropicexport ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=...import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic() # reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from env
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-haiku-5-5",claude-haiku-5-5Request example
import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic() # reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from env
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-haiku-5-5",
max_tokens=1024,
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(message.content[0].text)Gotchas
- Use the versioned model ID, e.g. "claude-sonnet-4-6" or "claude-opus-4-7-20251101".
- The examples expect ANTHROPIC_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Claude Haiku 5.5 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $0.10 | $0.50 |
| AWS Bedrock | $0.10 | $0.50 |
| GCP Vertex AI | $0.10 | $0.50 |
| Microsoft Foundry | $0.10 | $0.50 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.10 | $0.50 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.10 |
| Output tokens | $0.50 |
Capabilities
About Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5, third model in the Claude 5.5 family, released October 7, 2026. First-party positioning: cheapest, fastest, and most capable small model yet; built for high-volume, cost-sensitive work (summaries, compaction, classification, routing, subagents, live support, browser/computer use). First Haiku with effort controls and adaptive thinking (default effort medium). Claude API id claude-haiku-5-5. Prompt-length pricing: ≤100K tokens $0.10/$0.50 per 1M input/output; >100K $0.50/$2.50. Cache (≤100K): 5m write $0.125, 1h write $0.20, read $0.01; (>100K): $0.625/$1/$0.05. Batch API 50% off.