Commercial software intelligenceEvidence checked · 26 September 2026
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SK-2026-210 · Pricing, billing & commercial terms

Anthropic prices Claude Opus 5.5 below Opus 5 and raises five-hour usage limits

Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5.5 at $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens, with $0.20 cache reads, $5 cache writes, optional fast mode at $8/$40, and higher five-hour limits on Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise.

New price and higher five-hour limits available

Commercial transition

Previous stateClaude Opus 5 carried standard API pricing of $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, with $0.50 cache reads and $6.25 cache writes.
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New stateClaude Opus 5.5 standard pricing is $4/M input, $20/M output, $0.20/M cache reads and $5/M cache writes; optional fast mode is $8/M input and $40/M output, and five-hour limits are higher on Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise.

Who is affected

Claude API and Claude Code users, plus Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise subscribers using Claude Opus 5.5.

Action required

Update cost models and usage controls for Opus 5.5, distinguish standard from fast mode, and review the higher five-hour allowances for affected subscriptions.

Evidence boundary

Anthropic proves the listed prices and allowance changes from 22 September 2026. No negotiated enterprise rate, promotion or tenant-specific availability is inferred.

Timeline

  1. Opus 5.5 launched

    Anthropic published the standard and fast-mode prices and higher five-hour subscription allowances.

Official sources

  • Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic · 2026-09-22 · Official Anthropic pricing and subscription-allowance authority