AI BriefingAnthropic Halves Sonnet 5.5 Cache Read Prices on Claude Platform
Key point
Anthropic has reduced the price of Sonnet 5.5 cache reads by 50% on the Claude Platform, bringing the rate to $0.10 per million tokens.
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Anthropic announced a 50% price cut for Sonnet 5.5 cache reads on the Claude Platform. The new rate is $0.10 per million tokens, while standard input remains at $2 and output at $10 per million tokens. This adjustment is expected to make Sonnet 5.5 approximately 20% cheaper for most agentic workloads. The change applies exclusively to the API and does not affect usage limits for Claude Code.
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