Amazon Web Services announced that AWS GovCloud (US) now offers Claude Haiku 5.5, the fastest and most efficient model in the Claude 5.5 family.
Model Capabilities and Use Cases
According to Amazon Web Services, Claude Haiku 5.5 is built for subagents and high-volume, cost-sensitive work. Anthropic stated that the model costs around 75% less than Claude Haiku 4.5 for most tasks.
The model is Anthropic's most capable Haiku yet, featuring improvements across coding, tool use, computer use, and agents. It also introduces effort controls, allowing teams to tune cost against intelligence for each task.
Deployment via Amazon Bedrock
Users can access Claude Haiku 5.5 through Amazon Bedrock. The service keeps data within AWS infrastructure with regional data residency.
Amazon Bedrock provides access through a unified service with AWS-managed features like Guardrails and Knowledge Bases. To learn more, users can consult the Amazon Bedrock documentation and regional availability.
Key facts and where they come from
- AWS GovCloud (US) now offers Claude Haiku 5.5.
AWS GovCloud (US) now offers Claude Haiku 5.5
- Anthropic states it costs around 75% less than Claude Haiku 4.5 for most tasks.
it costs around 75% less than Claude Haiku 4.5 for most tasks.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 is the first Haiku model with effort controls.
It's also the first Haiku with effort controls