Claude Opus Will Stay Below $50 Output Price

Claude Opus's output price will not reach $50 in 2026. Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5.5 on September 22, 2026 and the model was listed at $20 per million tokens on the API pricing page as of October 1, 2026, a 20% drop from Claude Opus 5's $25 per million. With Anthropic committed to keeping Opus…