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Re:Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session by minimaxir on Friday April 17, 2026 @02:16PM (#47808911)
Many people were hoping that Sonnet 4.6 was "Opus 4.5 quality but with Sonnet speed/cost" but unfortunately that didn't pan out.
Re:Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session by malfist on Friday April 17, 2026 @04:07PM (#47810014)
You can already see people here saying the same stuff about opus 4.7, saw a comment claiming that Opus 4.7 on low thinking was better than 4.6 on high.

I'm not seeing that in my testing, but these opinions are all vibe based anyway.