Claude Haiku 4.5
Fastest, cheapest Claude tier; ideal for latency-sensitive and high-volume use.
Claude Haiku 4.5 strengths
- Low latency
- Cheapest Claude tier
- Good reasoning for its size
- Strong tool use
Pricing & context
| Context window | 200K tokens |
| Input price /1M | $1.00 |
| Output price /1M | $5.00 |
| Modalities | text, image |
Cost guide: a typical call of ~10K input + 2K output tokens runs roughly $1.00 × 0.01 + $5.00 × 0.002 — worth modelling against cheaper tiers before committing high-volume traffic.
When to choose Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 is best for Real-time chat, routing, classification, and high-throughput pipelines on a budget. If your workload is more cost-sensitive, weigh it against Llama 4 Scout (~$0.08 (varies by host) input /1M) first.
Claude Haiku 4.5 FAQ
How much does Claude Haiku 4.5 cost?
Claude Haiku 4.5 is priced at $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $5.00 per 1M output tokens (public API list price), with a 200K tokens context window.
What is Claude Haiku 4.5 best for?
Claude Haiku 4.5 by Anthropic is best for Real-time chat, routing, classification, and high-throughput pipelines on a budget.
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 multimodal?
Claude Haiku 4.5 supports text, image.
Tools that use Claude Haiku 4.5
Other models
All models →| 01 | GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | $5.00 | → |
| 02 | GPT-5.4 | OpenAI | $2.50 | → |
| 03 | GPT-5.4 mini | OpenAI | $0.75 | → |
| 04 | Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | $5.00 | → |