claude-haiku-4 pricing
claude-haiku-4 costs $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens as of 2026-09-12. A workload of 10M input and 2M output tokens per month runs $4.00. The cheapest comparable alternative is gemini-2.5-flash at $0.60 per 1M output tokens.
claude-haiku-4 is priced at $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens, with roughly 100 ms to first token and about 140 tokens/sec output throughput.
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Price per 1M tokens
Input $0.20 · Output $1.00 · Output/input ratio 5.0x.
- 1M input + 1M output tokens: $1.20
- 10M input + 2M output tokens/month: $4.00
- 100M input + 20M output tokens/month: $40.00
Cheaper alternatives to claude-haiku-4
Same workload, lower output price. Validate quality before switching.
- amazon-nova-lite — $0.80/1M output (20% cheaper)
- mistral-small-3 — $0.80/1M output (20% cheaper)
- llama-3.3-70b — $0.60/1M output (40% cheaper)
- gemini-2.5-flash — $0.60/1M output (40% cheaper)
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Frequently asked questions
How much does claude-haiku-4 cost per million tokens?
$0.20 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens, as listed on 2026-09-12.
What does claude-haiku-4 cost per month at typical usage?
At 10M input and 2M output tokens per month, claude-haiku-4 costs about $4.00. At 100M input and 20M output tokens it costs about $40.00.
Is there a cheaper alternative to claude-haiku-4?
Yes. amazon-nova-lite at $0.80/1M output, mistral-small-3 at $0.80/1M output, llama-3.3-70b at $0.60/1M output, gemini-2.5-flash at $0.60/1M output. Validate quality on your own evaluation set before switching.
How fast is claude-haiku-4?
Roughly 100 ms to first token and about 140 output tokens per second.