claude-mythos-5
Input price$10
Output price$50
AnthropicTextVision
claude-haiku-4-5
claude-haiku-4-5 is Anthropic's model at $1.00 input and $5.00 output per million tokens, with a 200K context window. On a typical 3:1 input-to-output mix that blends to roughly $2.00 per million tokens, placing it in the mid-range band of the 68 models tracked here — cheaper than 36% of them.
Context window200K
Input price$1 / 1M
Output price$5 / 1M
Output speed180 tok/s
Quality score82
Data updatedUpdated Jun 2026
Price verified2026-08-19 · Official
By price, claude-haiku-4-5 ranks 40th cheapest of 68 on input and 44th on output. Its quality score of 82 ranks 45th of 68, and on value (quality score ÷ output price) it ranks 41st of 68. Its blended rate sits 32% below the catalog average.
In real billing terms: a support chatbot handling 50,000 turns a month (2,000 input / 500 output tokens each) costs about $225 per month on claude-haiku-4-5, while a RAG workload of 20,000 queries (8,000 input / 800 output tokens each) runs about $240. Because output is priced 5.0× input here, long-generation tasks scale cost fastest — cap output length before you optimise anything else.
A 200K context window holds roughly 267 pages of A4 text (at ~750 tokens per page), ranking 44th of 68 here. That covers typical RAG and multi-turn chat, though book-length inputs still need retrieval and chunking. Output runs at about 180 tok/s (11th fastest of 68), fast enough for real-time interaction and high-throughput batches.
We track 8 Anthropic models, and claude-haiku-4-5's blended rate sits 80% below that provider's average. If your task tolerates a little less headroom, qwen3.5-flash (Alibaba) blends about 97% cheaper at a quality score of 82, and is worth benchmarking first. Going the other way, Hunyuan HY3 scores 87 on quality for about 95% less.
The closest model in Anthropic's line-up is claude-sonnet-5 ($2.00 input / $10.00 output, quality 92). Against it, claude-haiku-4-5 scores 10 points lower on quality, runs 85 tok/s faster (about 89%), has a 849K smaller context window, costs 100% less blended. When two models sit this close on price, the deciding factor is usually the quality ceiling — run both against your real prompts before picking.
Estimated monthly cost
Monthly API spend across four common workloads, next to the cheapest model we track.
| Workload | Usage assumption | This model | Cheapest model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot | 2,000 input / 500 output tokens per turn, 50,000 turns per month | $225 | $3.00 |
| RAG document Q&A | 8,000 input / 800 output tokens per query, 20,000 queries per month | $240 | $3.84 |
| Coding assistant | 12,000 input / 2,000 output tokens per request, 10,000 requests per month | $220 | $3.20 |
| Batch summarization | 4,000 input / 400 output tokens per item, 200,000 items per month | $1,200 | $19 |
Derived directly from the rates on this page. Excludes prompt caching, batch discounts and free tiers.
How it compares
The alternatives worth benchmarking alongside it, from the same dataset.
| Model | Provider | Blended /1M | Quality | Price delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude-haiku-4-5 | Anthropic | $2.00 | 82 | — |
| qwen3.5-flashCheaper option | Alibaba | $0.055 | 82 | -97% |
| Hunyuan HY3Higher quality | Tencent | $0.10 | 87 | -95% |
| claude-sonnet-5Same provider | Anthropic | $4.00 | 92 | +100% |
Best for
ChatbotAffordableFast
Modalities
TextVision
Where it fits — and where it doesn't
Good fit
- Chat and support: natural multi-turn conversation for user-facing products.
- High throughput and real-time UX: 180 tok/s keeps streamed responses feeling instant.
- Multimodal input: handles images, screenshots and scanned documents directly.
Poor fit
- No obvious disqualifiers — still benchmark on your own data before committing.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the claude-haiku-4-5 API cost?
claude-haiku-4-5 costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $5.00 per million output tokens. On a 3:1 input-to-output mix that blends to about $2.00 per million tokens.
What does claude-haiku-4-5 cost per month?
It depends on volume. Using the four worked scenarios on this page: a support chatbot runs about $225/month, RAG document Q&A about $240/month, a coding assistant about $220/month, and batch summarization about $1,200/month. Plug your own token counts into the cost calculator for a tailored figure.
How large is the claude-haiku-4-5 context window?
200K tokens — roughly 267 pages of A4 text at ~750 tokens per page, ranking 44th of the 68 models tracked here.
claude-haiku-4-5 or qwen3.5-flash — which is better value?
qwen3.5-flash blends to about $0.055 per million tokens versus $2.00 for claude-haiku-4-5 — roughly 97% cheaper — at a quality score of 82 against 82. If that quality gap does not show up on your task, take the cheaper one; if it does, stay with claude-haiku-4-5. Benchmark both on your own data before deciding.
What is claude-haiku-4-5 best suited for?
Tagged use cases: chatbot, cheap, fast. Chat and support: natural multi-turn conversation for user-facing products. Less suitable: No obvious disqualifiers — still benchmark on your own data before committing.
How current is this claude-haiku-4-5 pricing?
Pricing here was last verified on 2026-08-19 against official documentation. llmprice.app runs a daily collection job, but providers can change rates between runs — confirm against Anthropic's official pricing page before you commit.
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