ClaudeDevs Halves Sonnet 5.5 Cache Reads to $0.10 per Million Tokens
Summary
ClaudeDevs says it halved Sonnet 5.5 cache read pricing to $0.10 per million tokens on the Claude Platform, with input at $2 and output at $10. The company says the change makes Sonnet 5.5 about 20% cheaper for most agentic work. The cut applies to the API only, with no change to Claude Code usage limits.
Key Points
- ClaudeDevs tags the Sonnet 5.5 price cut as ICYMI, posted 18 hours before the thread page capture.
- ClaudeDevs says Opus 5.5 runs about 40% cheaper per task than Opus 5.
- ClaudeDevs says Pro, Max, and Team users get a Claude Code usage reset they can apply until Oct 22.