Claude Haiku 5.5 is out: what it costs and how to try it

In brief

Claude Haiku 5.5 is an Anthropic model released on October 7, 2026. You can use it in Whizi today at 1 credit per message on the Pro plan and above, next to 280 plus other models on one login. List rates are $0.1 per million input tokens and $0.5 per million output tokens, with a 1M token context window.

What Claude Haiku 5.5 is

Claude Haiku 5.5 is an Anthropic model that went live on OpenRouter on October 7, 2026. It follows Claude Haiku 4.5. Per standard answer it costs 10.0 times less, $0.0003 against $0.0035, and its context window is 1M tokens against 200K.

ReleasedOctober 7, 2026
ProviderAnthropic
Context window1M tokens
Input, per million tokens$0.1
Output, per million tokens$0.5
Credits per message in Whizi1
Minimum Whizi planPro

How to try Claude Haiku 5.5 in Whizi

Whizi puts Claude Haiku 5.5 in the same model picker as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, so there is no separate Anthropic account or API key to set up. Pick a plan on the pricing page, open a new chat, choose Claude Haiku 5.5 in the model picker and send your first message.

Each message costs 1 credit, whatever its length. If a question turns out to suit another model better, switch in the same conversation and the thread carries across. See switching models mid-conversation.

What Claude Haiku 5.5 costs

List rates are what the provider charges per token. The cost of one standard answer is the more useful number, because it prices the same unit of work across every model regardless of how each one is billed.

Input, per million tokens$0.1
Output, per million tokens$0.5
One standard answer$0.0003
One thousand answers$0.3500
Context window1M tokens
Credits per message in Whizi1
Minimum Whizi planPro
Rank by cost, of 117 priced models19

Prices are the published Anthropic rates as carried by OpenRouter, last refreshed 2026-10-08. The full dataset covering all 128 models from 33 providers is the AI model cost index, which is free to reuse with attribution.

What it costs inside Whizi

Whizi meters messages in credits rather than tokens, and Claude Haiku 5.5 is charged at 1 credit per message. The cost does not change with the length of your message or the length of the answer, so a one line question and a long document analysis cost the same.

PlanPrice per monthMonthly creditsMessages on this model
Pro$29.99, or $19.99 billed yearly2,0002,000
Powerhouse$49.99, or $34.99 billed yearly8,0008,000

Claude Haiku 5.5 is included from the Pro plan up. Pro is a curated tier rather than everything cheap: one or two current flagships per model family, each fast tier, and the high volume workhorses. See plans and limits.

Workflow checklist
  • Input $0.1 and output $0.5 per million tokens
  • $0.0003 for one standard answer, $0.3500 for a thousand
  • 1M token context window
  • 1 credit per message inside Whizi
  • Requires the Pro plan or above
  • Ranks 19 of 117 priced models by cost per answer
Common questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Claude Haiku 5.5?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is an Anthropic model released on October 7, 2026, with a 1M token context window. It follows Claude Haiku 4.5. Per standard answer it costs 10.0 times less, $0.0003 against $0.0035, and its context window is 1M tokens against 200K.

How do I use Claude Haiku 5.5?

Sign up for Whizi, open a new chat and choose Claude Haiku 5.5 in the model picker. It is available on the Pro plan and above at 1 credit per message, with no Anthropic account or API key needed.

How much does Claude Haiku 5.5 cost?

$0.1 per million input tokens and $0.5 per million output tokens at list rates, which works out to $0.0003 for one standard answer of 1,000 tokens in and 500 out, or $0.3500 for a thousand of them. Inside Whizi it is 1 credit per message on a monthly allowance, rather than metered per token.

Which Whizi plan includes Claude Haiku 5.5?

Pro and above, which is $29.99 per month or $19.99 billed yearly. At 1 credits per message, a Pro allowance of 2,000 credits covers 2,000 messages on this model if you spend the whole allowance here, and most people mix in a 1 credit model for routine work so it goes further.

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