Claude Opus 5 Near-Fable 5 intelligence at half the price
SummaryClaude Opus 5 launch at lower cost is a major product update—immediate value for AI-using professionals.
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Posted on X · 2026-07-28"Near the intelligence of our flagship at half the price" is the pitch.
The question production cares about: half the price per what? Per token, per task, or per reliably-correct output?
Those aren't the same cost.