Muse Wonder vs Claude Opus 5.5
There is no quality verdict yet: the AIGROW small-business benchmark has not run either model. On price they match: both cost $4 in and $20 out per million tokens.
Muse Wonder is still a preview, so its price can change. US dollars, standard rate, shortest context band. Price only: the benchmark has not run both.
- Muse Wonder
- $20.00
- Claude Opus 5.5
- $20.00
- Muse Wonder, per M tokens
- $4 / $20
- Claude Opus 5.5, per M tokens
- $4 / $20
3,000 tokens in and 400 out each, at list price.
Meta's new model for coding and agent work against Anthropic's flagship, at the same $4 / $20. 1,000 support replies cost $20.00 on either. Prices are the makers’ own, checked on 15 October 2026. Muse Wonder reads up to 1.05M tokens at once, Claude Opus 5.5 up to 1M.
What each one costs
The API price per million tokens and the cheapest app plan with each model, from the makers’ own pages. Each name opens that model’s full price page.
- Muse Wonder
- On the Meta API, Muse Wonder costs $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens.
- Claude Opus 5.5
- On the Anthropic API, Claude Opus 5.5 costs $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens. In Claude, the cheapest plan with it is Pro at $20/mo. Plan prices read 20 October 2026. AIGROW API credit runs Claude Opus 5.5 at $1.00 / $5.00 per million input / output tokens, up to 75% below list price. See API credit
Side by side
Each maker’s published rate for its standard tier. Cached input is what a repeated prompt prefix costs once the provider has stored it.
| Fact | Muse Wonder | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta | Anthropic |
| Tier | Flagships | Flagships |
| Input, per M tokens | $4.00 | $4.00 |
| Output, per M tokens | $20.00 | $20.00 |
| Cached input | $0.20 | $0.20 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Released | Not published | 22 Sep 2026 |
| Weights | Closed weights | Closed weights |
What a job costs on each
1,000 runs of each job at the two list prices. The gap moves from job to job because the models price input, output and cached context differently.
| Job | Muse Wonder | Claude Opus 5.5 | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support reply3,000 in, 400 out. | $20.00 | $20.00 | Even |
| Document summary25,000 in, 1,000 out. | $120 | $120 | Even |
| Agent task80,000 in (70,000 cached), 3,000 out. | $114 | $114 | Even |
The token counts are ours, chosen to look like real work; the prices are the makers’. A model with no published cache price bills the agent task’s repeated context at its full input rate.
The small print
What each base rate leaves out, from the makers’ own pages: surcharges, discounts, promotions and cache pricing.
- Muse Wonder
- In preview. No long-context premium and no Contributor tier. Muse Wonder Full is sold only inside Muse Code with a subscription. Release date not stated on the official pages. Meta’s pricing page
- Claude Opus 5.5
- Cache read is 0.05x input on this model ($0.20). Cache write $5 (5 min) or $8 (1 h). Fast mode $8 / $40. Batch API 50% off. US-only inference bills 1.1x. Full context window billed at standard rates. Max output 128K. Anthropic’s pricing page
Other comparisons
Every head to head on the list that involves Muse Wonder or Claude Opus 5.5.
Run Claude Opus 5.5 up to 75% below list price
AIGROW API credit covers Claude Opus 5.5 at published rates never above the list prices here, and $25 buys $100 of credit.
Prices checked 15 October 2026