Claude Haiku 4.5
$1.00 per 1M input tokens and $5.00 per 1M output tokens · 200K context · vision, tools, reasoning, JSON.
Prices checked Oct 21, 2026 · tracked by LLM Cost Index since Oct 21, 2026
Cheaper ways to run the same model: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch) at $0.50 / $2.50 — same model, different service (e.g. batch processing with a delay).
What Claude Haiku 4.5 costs per month
Estimated monthly bill for typical workloads, using the cached-input price for repeated context. Try your own numbers in the cost calculator.
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Customer chatbot 1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each | $586 |
| Document Q&A (RAG) 500 questions a day over retrieved documents | $119 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 200 tasks a day, long tool-heavy contexts | $237 |
| Content generation 30 long articles a day | $13.95 |
| Classification / extraction 100,000 short items a day | $1,125 |
Price history
We started tracking Claude Haiku 4.5 on Oct 21, 2026; the chart appears as soon as there is a second data point. See all recent price changes.
Where to run Claude Haiku 4.5: 8 providers
Amazon Bedrock is the cheapest at $1.00 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens. Uptime is the average over the last 30 days as reported by OpenRouter; see provider reliability.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Uptime | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Bedrock | $1.00 | $5.00 | 200K | 100% | — |
| Anthropic | $1.00 | $5.00 | 200K | 100% | — |
| Azure | $1.00 | $5.00 | 200K | 100% | — |
| $1.00 | $5.00 | 200K | 100% | — | |
| Amazon Bedrock | $1.10 | $5.50 | 200K | 100% | — |
| Amazon Bedrock | $1.10 | $5.50 | 200K | 100% | — |
| $1.10 | $5.50 | 200K | 100% | — | |
| $1.10 | $5.50 | 200K | 100% | — |
Cheaper alternatives to Claude Haiku 4.5
Models with the same tool calling, image input, structured output for at least 20% less (3:1 input/output mix), most capable first.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi | $0.435 | $0.87 | 1.05M | visionaudiotoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| Step 5 Preview Stepfun | $1.00 | $2.70 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| GLM 5.3 Flash Z.ai | $0.041 | $0.12 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | $0.75 | $3.75 | 1.05M | visionaudiotoolsreasoningJSON |
How to pay less for Claude Haiku 4.5
For a customer chatbot (1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each) that costs $780 a month at list price without caching:
| Option | Per month | You save |
|---|---|---|
| Move to MiMo-V2.6-Pro (similar capabilities) | $136 | $644 (83%) |
| Switch to Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch) | $390 | $390 (50%) |
| Use prompt caching (60% of input cached) | $586 | $194 (25%) |
Other workloads: cut-your-bill tool for Claude Haiku 4.5.
Specifications
| Model ID | anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 |
| Input | text, image, file |
| Output | text |
| Tool calling | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | Yes |
| Open weights | No |
| Released | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Web search | $0.01 per request |
FAQ
- How much does Claude Haiku 4.5 cost?
- $1.00 per million input tokens and $5.00 per million output tokens; cached input costs $0.10 per million. Prices as of Oct 21, 2026.
- What is the context window of Claude Haiku 4.5?
- 200K tokens, with up to 64K output tokens per response.
- Does Claude Haiku 4.5 support images, tools and structured output?
- Images as input: yes. Tool calling: yes. Structured (JSON) output: yes. Reasoning mode: yes.
- What are cheaper alternatives to Claude Haiku 4.5?
- Models with the same key capabilities for at least 20% less include MiMo-V2.6-Pro ($0.435 / $0.87), Step 5 Preview ($1.00 / $2.70), Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.10 / $0.50).
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