claude-haiku-4-5 · Anthropic
Fast, cheap Claude tier for high-throughput chat, tool routing and sub-agents on a 200K window.
Last checked Aug 16, 2026. Calculations use the listed base rates; provider-specific tiers, cache writes, batch pricing, and long-context rules may differ. Confirm the current rate at the official provider source.
Input
$1.00
per 1M tokens
Output
$5.00
per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.10
per 1M tokens
Context window
200K
max output 64K
Claude Haiku 4.5 cost calculator
What Claude Haiku 4.5 costs per task
| Use case | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / request | Monthly @ 1K req/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer support chatbot | 3,500 | 350 | $0.003045 | $91.35 |
| RAG / search-augmented answers | 8,000 | 500 | $0.0069 | $207.00 |
| AI coding assistant | 12,000 | 2,000 | $0.0155 | $465.60 |
| Document summarization | 25,000 | 600 | $0.0258 | $772.50 |
| Agentic workflow | 40,000 | 1,500 | $0.0241 | $723.00 |
| Content generation | 800 | 1,200 | $0.006584 | $197.52 |
| Data extraction & tagging | 2,000 | 250 | $0.00289 | $86.70 |
| Translation | 5,000 | 5,500 | $0.0318 | $954.75 |
Assumes each use case's typical cacheable share of input. See full cost scenarios.
Compare with alternatives
| Model | Input /M | Output /M | Context | Chat request* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $1.00 | $5.00 | 200K | $0.0062 |
| GPT-5.6 Lunacompare | $0.20 | $1.20 | 1.1M | $0.0014 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.30 | $2.50 | 1M | $0.00266 |
| Mistral Small 4 | $0.15 | $0.60 | 131.1K | $0.00081 |
*4,000 in + 800 out tokens, 50% cached input where available.
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FAQ
Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $5.00 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.10 per 1M tokens. Verified Aug 16, 2026 against https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/docs/about-claude/pricing.
Claude Haiku 4.5 supports a 200,000-token context window with up to 64,000 output tokens per request, tokenized with Claude BPE (~100K vocab).
At $1.00/M input and $5.00/M output, Claude Haiku 4.5 sits above GPT-5.6 Luna ($0.20/M in, $1.20/M out) — see the comparison table for full-workload differences.