claude-haiku-4.5 pricing
claude-haiku-4.5 costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens as of 2026-09-12. A workload of 10M input and 2M output tokens per month runs $10.00. The cheapest comparable alternative is gpt-4o-mini at $1.50 per 1M output tokens.
claude-haiku-4.5 is priced at $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens, with roughly 90 ms to first token and about 160 tokens/sec output throughput.
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Price per 1M tokens
Input $0.50 · Output $2.50 · Output/input ratio 5.0x.
- 1M input + 1M output tokens: $3.00
- 10M input + 2M output tokens/month: $10.00
- 100M input + 20M output tokens/month: $100.00
Cheaper alternatives to claude-haiku-4.5
Same workload, lower output price. Validate quality before switching.
- deepseek-r2 — $2.20/1M output (12% cheaper)
- gpt-4.1-mini — $2.00/1M output (20% cheaper)
- mistral-medium-3 — $2.00/1M output (20% cheaper)
- gpt-4o-mini — $1.50/1M output (40% cheaper)
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Frequently asked questions
How much does claude-haiku-4.5 cost per million tokens?
$0.50 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens, as listed on 2026-09-12.
What does claude-haiku-4.5 cost per month at typical usage?
At 10M input and 2M output tokens per month, claude-haiku-4.5 costs about $10.00. At 100M input and 20M output tokens it costs about $100.00.
Is there a cheaper alternative to claude-haiku-4.5?
Yes. deepseek-r2 at $2.20/1M output, gpt-4.1-mini at $2.00/1M output, mistral-medium-3 at $2.00/1M output, gpt-4o-mini at $1.50/1M output. Validate quality on your own evaluation set before switching.
How fast is claude-haiku-4.5?
Roughly 90 ms to first token and about 160 output tokens per second.