Two Weeks With Claude Opus 5: Where Near-Frontier at Half Price Actually Lands
Claude Opus 5 brings near-frontier capability at half the price, with effort levels and a fast mode. What that means in daily work, judged by cost per finished task.
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Claude Opus 5: Near-Frontier AI Just Got Twice as Cheap
Claude Opus 5 launched July 24, 2026 at Opus 4.8 pricing with near-Fable-5 performance. What changed, what it costs, and how operators should use it.
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Claude Fable 5: What Anthropic’s New Top-Tier AI Means for Your Business
Claude Fable 5 is Anthropic's first public Mythos-class model. What shipped June 9, 2026, how it beats Opus 4.8, real costs, and who should skip it.
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Claude Opus 4.8: The Everyday Flagship Behind Serious AI Coding and Agents
Claude Opus 4.8 shipped May 28, 2026 at unchanged $5/$25 pricing, with 4x fewer unflagged code errors and parallel subagent workflows. What it changes.
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Claude Sonnet 5: Near-Flagship AI Agents at a Small-Business Price
Claude Sonnet 5 launched June 30, 2026 at $2/$10 intro API pricing. What the 60% discount vs Opus 4.8 buys, the tokenizer catch, and who can skip it.
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