Claude Opus 5.5 pricing
Claude Opus 5.5 costs $4.00 per 1M input tokens and $20.00 per 1M output tokens as of October 2026. Tracked daily since 29 September 2026 across 27 snapshots.
Current rates
- Input: $4.00 per 1M tokens
- Output: $20.00 per 1M tokens
- Cached input: $0.20 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 1,000,000 tokens
No price movement recorded for Claude Opus 5.5 over the tracked period — the rate has held steady.
Cheaper alternatives to Claude Opus 5.5
Ranked by blended cost assuming a 3:1 input-to-output ratio, which is typical of chat and agent workloads. Only currently callable models with a comparable context window are listed.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cheaper by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 25% |
| Kimi K3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 25% |
| GPT-5.4 | $2.50 | $15.00 | 30% |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | $2.00 | $12.00 | 44% |
| Grok 4.7 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 62% |
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Text
YemHub (2026). Claude Opus 5.5 API pricing history. YemHub AI Pricing Index. Retrieved 26 October 2026, from https://yemhub.com/price-history/claude-opus-5-5/
BibTeX
@misc{yemhub2026claudeopus55apipricinghistory,
author = {{YemHub}},
title = {Claude Opus 5.5 API pricing history},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://yemhub.com/price-history/claude-opus-5-5/}},
note = {YemHub AI Pricing Index, accessed 2026-10-26}
}