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Claude
Anthropic's model family, offered in four tiers that trade speed and cost against depth: Haiku for high-volume work, Sonnet as the balanced option, Opus as Anthropic's recommended starting point, and Fable for the longest, most demanding tasks.
Summary is our draft- Sources checked
- 11 Nov 2026
- Our testing
- Not started
Current lineup
Claude Fable 5.2
For demanding reasoning and long-horizon agentic work
claude-fable-5-2Claude Opus 5.5
For long-running agentic coding and knowledge work
claude-opus-5-5Claude Sonnet 5.5
The best combination of speed and intelligence
claude-sonnet-5-5Claude Haiku 5.5
For high-volume, latency-sensitive tasks such as classification, extraction, and routing
claude-haiku-5-5
Verified 12 Nov 2026Anthropic: Models overview (opens in a new tab)
Which one for you
Each line says whether it comes from the provider or is our own judgment from the checked facts. None of it is from our own testing yet.
Not sure where to start (developers)
Opus 5.5. Anthropic says: “If you're unsure which model to use, start with Claude Opus 5.5 for most workloads.”
Provider saysAnthropic: Models overview (opens in a new tab)
High-volume, repetitive jobs
Haiku 5.5, which Anthropic describes as for classification, extraction and routing. Check it on your own examples first.
Provider saysAnthropic: Models overview (opens in a new tab)
Long, hard tasks where quality matters most
Fable 5.2 costs twice Opus 5.5 per token. Try Opus first and move up only if its results fall short on your work.
Our judgment
Everyday personal use
Start on the free app plan; Pro at $20 a month is the first paid step. All four models share a 1M-token context, so the plan's usage limits matter more than the window.
Our judgment
Key facts
By task
We haven't run our own tests yet, so this shows only what the provider claims and the test every family will get. Results will appear here, labelled as ours.
Coding
The provider saysFor long-running agentic coding and knowledge work (Opus 5.5)
Anthropic: Models overview (opens in a new tab)The test we’ll runRefactor a 400-line TypeScript module with an existing test suite, then fix one failing test.
Writing
The provider saysNo specific claim capturedThe test we’ll runTurn a rough 600-word draft into a 300-word brief without losing any of its facts.
Research
The provider saysNo specific claim capturedThe test we’ll runSummarise three supplied PDFs and cite the page for every claim.
Reasoning
The provider saysFor demanding reasoning and long-horizon agentic work (Fable 5.2)
Anthropic: Models overview (opens in a new tab)The test we’ll runPlan a five-step project with dependencies and explain which step blocks which.
Pricing and access
Pricing
- Fable 5.2
- $8 in / $40 out per million tokensSource, 12 Nov 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- Opus 5.5
- $4 in / $20 out per million tokens
- Sonnet 5.5
- $2 in / $10 out per million tokens
- Haiku 5.5
- $0.10 in / $0.50 out per million tokens for prompts up to 100K tokens; $0.50 in / $2.50 out above thatSource, 12 Nov 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- App plans
- Free; Pro $20 a month ($17 a month billed yearly); Max $100 a month; Ultra $200 a month
Where you can use it
- Developer platforms
- Claude API. Cloud platforms such as Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud: not re-checked: not yet checked
- Consumer apps
- Claude web, desktop and mobile apps: not yet checked
Before you choose
- All four current models share the same context window, so the choice is mostly about speed, depth and cost.
- API prices are per million tokens. App subscriptions are priced separately and have their own usage limits.
Put it to work
What changed
- 12 Nov 2026Pre-launch re-check. Haiku 5.5's price now shows Anthropic's two bands (up to and above 100K-token prompts). The models page no longer lists cloud platforms, so that line is marked not yet checked. Max plan is $100 a month, not "from" $100.
- 11 Nov 2026Claude Fable 5.1 replaced by Fable 5.2 in Anthropic's lineup. Top-tier price now $8 in / $40 out (was $10 / $50).
- 11 Nov 2026Added app plan prices from Anthropic's pricing page.
Sources
- Anthropic: Models overview (opens in a new tab)Checked 12 Nov 2026
- Claude: Plans and pricing (opens in a new tab)Checked 12 Nov 2026