AiGanakClaude Haiku 4.5 API pricing
Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens at Anthropic's standard list price, checked 26 October 2026. One typical support answer costs about $0.00490.
Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic) costs $1 input, $0.1 cached input and $5 output per million tokens at standard list price, checked 26 October 2026. Batch: $0.5 input and $2.50 output. A typical support answer costs $0.00490.
Claude Haiku 4.5 price per million tokens
Model ID claude-haiku-4-5. Source: Anthropic's pricing page, checked 26 October 2026. AiGanak re-checks every price weekly.
| Standard | Batch | |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $1 | $0.5 |
| Cached input | $0.1 | $0.05 |
| Output | $5 | $2.50 |
- Writing to the prompt cache costs $1.25 per million tokens.
- Batch requests return within 24 hours at the batch rate.
- Previous generation.
What Claude Haiku 4.5 costs per request
Token counts are stated so you can check the arithmetic.
| Task | Tokens | Per request | Per 1,000 | $100 buys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply | 2,000 input tokens, none cached, 300-token reply | $0.00350 | $3.50 | 28,571 |
| Support answer | 6,000 input tokens (4,000 cached instructions and help text), 500-token answer | $0.00490 | $4.90 | 20,408 |
| Document summary | 20,000-token document, no caching, 800-token summary | $0.024 | $24.00 | 4,166 |
Claude Haiku 4.5 compared with similar models
Cost of the same support answer (6,000 input tokens (4,000 cached instructions and help text), 500-token answer). Cheaper is not better unless quality holds on your own examples.
| Model | Input / output per 1M | Support answer | vs Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Luna | $0.1 / $0.5 | $0.00049 | 90% cheaper |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | $0.1 / $0.5 | $0.00049 | 90% cheaper |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | $0.25 / $1.50 | $0.00135 | 72% cheaper |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.3 / $2.50 | $0.00197 | 60% cheaper |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $1 / $5 | $0.00490 | — |
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Claude Haiku 4.5 pricing questions
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How much does Claude Haiku 4.5 cost per million tokens?
Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1 input, $0.1 cached input and $5 output per million tokens at Anthropic's standard list price, checked 26 October 2026. Batch processing costs $0.5 input and $2.50 output per million tokens. Writing to the prompt cache costs $1.25 per million tokens.
How much does one request cost on Claude Haiku 4.5?
A support answer with 6,000 input tokens (4,000 of them cached) and a 500-token reply costs about $0.00490, or $4.90 per 1,000 answers, at standard list prices.
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 getting more expensive?
No price change was announced on Anthropic's pricing page when AiGanak checked it on 26 October 2026. AiGanak re-checks prices weekly and emails alerts when one changes.
What is a cheaper alternative to Claude Haiku 4.5?
Among small models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, GPT-6 Luna is the cheapest for the same support answer at $0.00049 per request, against $0.00490 on Claude Haiku 4.5. Test quality on your own examples before switching.
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