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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. an0malous · 1790101437 · focus · HN ↗

      These are the pre rug pull prices. They'll increase prices 10x and nerf the models after they IPO.

      1. selectodude · 1790102239 · focus · HN ↗

         Okay? I didn’t sign a 10 year contract. We’re month to month and I use my own harness.

         If they’re subsidizing my usage, that’s great.

         1. infinitezest · 1790103069 · focus · HN ↗

            You're building your livelihood/workflows on a set of inputs that you have no idea what they actually cost or how reliable they'll be when the VC cash stops flowing. If you're OK with that, do your thing but it seems a little foolish to me.

            1. slopinthebag · 1790116267 · focus · HN ↗

               huh? i use the plans because they're cheap and i get strong models, but i could go back to deepseek flash on commodity api pricing and be just fine

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