[ricardobeat]

The whole Opus family has exactly the same cost structure [1]. Since Opus 5 is smarter, you can use lower effort levels (= less tokens) making it cheaper to run than 4.8.

[1] https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing

[greenchair]

5 definitely burns through my 5 hour quota quicker than 4.8 did.