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

In brief

Claude Opus 5.5 is an Anthropic model released on September 22, 2026. You can use it in Whizi today at 20 credits per message on the Powerhouse plan and above, next to 280 plus other models on one login. List rates are $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens, with a 1M token context window.

What Claude Opus 5.5 is

Claude Opus 5.5 is an Anthropic model that went live on OpenRouter on September 22, 2026. It follows Claude Opus 5. Per standard answer it costs 1.3 times less, $0.0140 against $0.0175, and it keeps the same 1M token context window.

ReleasedSeptember 22, 2026
ProviderAnthropic
Context window1M tokens
Input, per million tokens$4
Output, per million tokens$20
Credits per message in Whizi20
Minimum Whizi planPowerhouse

How to try Claude Opus 5.5 in Whizi

Whizi puts Claude Opus 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 Opus 5.5 in the model picker and send your first message.

Each message costs 20 credits, 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 Opus 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$4
Output, per million tokens$20
One standard answer$0.0140
One thousand answers$14.00
Context window1M tokens
Credits per message in Whizi20
Minimum Whizi planPowerhouse
Rank by cost, of 113 priced models106

Prices are the published Anthropic rates as carried by OpenRouter, last refreshed 2026-09-26. The full dataset covering all 124 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 Opus 5.5 is charged at 20 credits 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
Powerhouse$49.99, or $34.99 billed yearly8,000400

Claude Opus 5.5 is part of the Powerhouse catalogue. Anything not explicitly listed on the Starter or Pro tiers resolves to Powerhouse, which is the deliberate default for the frontier and specialist models. See plans and limits.

Workflow checklist
  • Input $4 and output $20 per million tokens
  • $0.0140 for one standard answer, $14.00 for a thousand
  • 1M token context window
  • 20 credits per message inside Whizi
  • Requires the Powerhouse plan or above
  • Ranks 106 of 113 priced models by cost per answer
Common questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Claude Opus 5.5?

Claude Opus 5.5 is an Anthropic model released on September 22, 2026, with a 1M token context window. It follows Claude Opus 5. Per standard answer it costs 1.3 times less, $0.0140 against $0.0175, and it keeps the same 1M token context window.

How do I use Claude Opus 5.5?

Sign up for Whizi, open a new chat and choose Claude Opus 5.5 in the model picker. It is available on the Powerhouse plan and above at 20 credits per message, with no Anthropic account or API key needed.

How much does Claude Opus 5.5 cost?

$4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens at list rates, which works out to $0.0140 for one standard answer of 1,000 tokens in and 500 out, or $14.00 for a thousand of them. Inside Whizi it is 20 credits per message on a monthly allowance, rather than metered per token.

Which Whizi plan includes Claude Opus 5.5?

Powerhouse and above, which is $49.99 per month or $34.99 billed yearly. At 20 credits per message, a Powerhouse allowance of 8,000 credits covers 400 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.