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1. pookieinc · 1790100388 · focus · HN ↗

   I don't see how anyone can be using Claude with prices like this, it's pretty incredible what the OpenAI team is doing, w.r.t model quality and pricing.

     Prices per 1M tokens     Claude Opus 5.5    Claude Opus 5
      Cache reads              $0.20              $0.50
      Input tokens             $4                 $5
      Output tokens            $20                $25
      Cache writes             $5                 $6.25
   
   
   

   Model

   Input

   Output

   Price reduction

   GPT‑6 Sol vs. GPT‑5.6 Sol

   $4 → $2

   $20 → $10

   50% cheaper

   GPT‑6 Luna vs. GPT‑5.6 Luna

   $0.20 → $0.10

   $1.20 → $0.50

   50% cheaper

   1. bitmasher9 · 1790100563 · focus · HN ↗

      GPT would charge more if they could. Both companies need way way more revenue. GPT simply made a calculation that they can earn more money by charging less than their competitors.

      1. blovescoffee · 1790101399 · focus · HN ↗

         Of course they'd charge more if they could... Of course they're pricing to outcompete their competitor...

         1. blubber · 1790101735 · focus · HN ↗

            They also have postponed their IPO. So they don't have to be profitable that soon. Anthropic on the other hand plans to do the IPO this fall.
         2. vanuatu · 1790102354 · focus · HN ↗

            HN discovers competition leads to lower prices

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