I rarely post about our model launches, but I truly enjoy Claude 5.5 and I am really glad it is finally available to everyone. It communicates more clearly, is much more concise and is a very capable model, all of it while being much cheaper. I found myself using it quite a lot.
Introducing Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in our new Claude 5.5 family.
It performs at the level of Claude Fable 5.1 for most tasks, and costs 40% less to run than Opus 5.