Weekly snapshot
Editorial shortlist of catalog changes worth checking now — launches, billing shifts, and one live switch question. Snapshot as of October 1, 2026. This is research, not private traffic or usage analytics.
Last verified:Editorial weekly snapshot date — not vendor-page recency for every catalog row.
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Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic's recommended starting point for many workloads at $4/$20 per MTok. The 26 September AA v4.3.2 and CursorBench 4.0 figures are dated, source-specific snapshots, not a current universal ranking.
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GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI released GPT-6.1 Sol on 2026-09-29 at $2/$10 per MTok, with $0.10 cached input. Its 1.05M context and 128K output are API model limits; ChatGPT availability is a separate Work/Codex rollout.
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Claude Sonnet 5.5Released 2026-09-28 at Sonnet 5's $2/$10 base token rates. Anthropic reports up to 30% lower cost per task for most work; that is a vendor result, not a guaranteed workload saving.
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Gemini 4 ArgonAnnounced 2026-09-30 for restricted Fairwind access. No general API ID, input-context limit, or currently purchasable price is verified, so this is a release-watch item rather than a buyable shortlist pick.
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Grok 4.7Standard Grok 4.7 is documented on the public API at $2/$6 per MTok. CursorBench 4.0’s 46.3% Extra High row is harness-specific. Copilot rollout is gradual on eligible tiers; the separate Fast variant is restricted to Cursor and Grok Build.
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DeepSeek V4.1-FlashMIT checkpoint, 1M context and first-party peak/off-peak API rates. DeepSeek says legacy V4-Flash IDs are temporarily rerouted; verify exact host, model ID and reseller behavior separately.
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