Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, a cheaper AI model for coding, agents and enterprise workflows

Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5, a lower-cost model built for coding, agents, and enterprise workflows.

The company says Opus 5 delivers strong results on coding and knowledge-work benchmarks while reducing per-task cost.

Claude Opus 5 is now available across Anthropic’s products, as the default on Claude Max and the top option on Claude Pro.

The launch underscores a broader market shift toward cost-efficient AI performance, especially for enterprise buyers.