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Claude Haiku 5.5: specs, API pricing and data

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Context window
1M tokens
Maximum output
128k tokens
Input cost per 1M tokens
$0.10
Output cost per 1M tokens
$0.50
Knowledge cutoff
June 2026

You use it and pay per use through the vendor's API, per million tokens: there is no shop. The list prices are in the data sheet below.

Data sheet · Claude Haiku 5.5

Every figure is quoted from the vendor's official page, with the date we read it. If a row is missing, the source does not state it and we do not estimate it.

Memory and answer length

Context window
1M tokensRank 8 of 21
What it means and the source

How much text the model keeps in view in a single request, question and answer included. It matters for long documents and whole code projects. A token is a fragment of a word.

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Maximum output
128k tokensRank 3 of 16
What it means and the source

The longest answer it can write in one go: useful for reports, long code or translations of whole documents.

platform.claude.comOpens the source in a new tab Oct 23, 2026

API prices

Input cost per 1M tokens
$0.10Rank 1 of 21
What it means and the source

What it costs to have the model read a million tokens (your question, the documents, the code). It is the official list price, before discounts.

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Cached input cost per 1M tokens
$0.01Rank 2 of 20
What it means and the source

The reduced price when part of the request is identical to one sent recently, for example the same instructions or the same document: the vendor keeps it in memory and charges less for it.

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Output cost per 1M tokens
$0.50Rank 1 of 21
What it means and the source

What a million tokens written by the model cost. It usually costs more than the input and is the figure to watch when answers are long.

platform.claude.comOpens the source in a new tab Oct 23, 2026

Knowledge and abilities

Knowledge cutoff
June 2026Rank 1 of 9
What it means and the source

The month up to which the model's knowledge reaches. For more recent facts it needs web search or your documents.

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Reads images
Yes13 models out of 23
What it means and the source

The model can take images (photos, screenshots, charts) as well as text.

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Calls tools and functions
Yes12 models out of 23
What it means and the source

The model can call functions and tools (search, calculations, other applications) to take actions and not only write text: it matters for assistants and agents.

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Questions and answers

Claude Haiku 5.5: how much does it cost through the API?

The official list price is $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output tokens.

Claude Haiku 5.5: how much text can it read at once?

The context window is 1M tokens. It can write answers of up to 128k tokens.

Claude Haiku 5.5: how recent is its knowledge?

Its knowledge reaches June 2026. For more recent facts it needs web search or your documents.

The short version

On Anthropic Claude Haiku 5.5 the figure that actually matters is Context window: 1M tokens. I took that figure from Anthropic – Models overview. Among the 21 I checked, 7 do better. The other figure to look at is Output cost per 1M tokens: 0.5.

The numbers on Anthropic Claude Haiku 5.5

I put them in order of importance, with the value and the standing against the others I checked.

Context window: 1M tokens. Rank 8 of the 21 I compared.

Output cost per 1M tokens: 0.5. That is the best value among the 21 I compared.

Input cost per 1M tokens: 0.1. That is the best value among the 21 I compared.

Cached input cost per 1M tokens (USD): 0.01. Rank 18 of the 20 I compared.

Calls tools and functions: 1. That is the best value among the 12 I compared.

Knowledge cutoff: Jun 2026. That is the best value among the 9 I compared.

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Who it is for

Take it if Output cost per 1M tokens is your priority: 0.5, and none of the ones I checked does better.

It suits you if you are after Input cost per 1M tokens: 0.1.

Look elsewhere if what matters to you is Context window: here it is 1M tokens, and 7 products do better.

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