Cheapest Anthropic Models
The cheapest Anthropic model is Claude 3 Haiku at $0.250 per million input tokens. Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch) ($0.500) and Claude Sonnet 5 (batch) ($1.00) round out the top three.
AI models ranked by input token price. The cheapest LLM APIs and most affordable AI models, from budget open-weight models to discounted frontier models.
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claude-3-haikuToolsVision3.9 intel · 200K ctx$0.250Input /M - 2claude-haiku-4.5:batchReasoningToolsJSON+123.7 intel · 200K ctx$0.500Input /M
- 3claude-sonnet-5:batchReasoningToolsJSON+153.4 intel · 1M ctx$1.00Input /M
- 4claude-haiku-4.5ReasoningToolsJSON+123.7 intel · 200K ctx$1.00Input /M
- 5claude-sonnet-4.5:batchReasoningToolsJSON+129.3 intel · 1M ctx$1.50Input /M
- 6claude-sonnet-5ReasoningToolsJSON+153.4 intel · 1M ctx$2.00Input /M
- 7claude-opus-4.8:batchReasoningToolsJSON+155.7 intel · 1M ctx$2.50Input /M
- 8claude-opus-4.7:batchReasoningToolsJSON+153.5 intel · 1M ctx$2.50Input /M
- 9claude-opus-4.6:batchReasoningToolsJSON+137.8 intel · 1M ctx$2.50Input /M
- 10claude-opus-4.5:batchReasoningToolsJSON+134.7 intel · 200K ctx$2.50Input /M
- 11claude-sonnet-4.6ReasoningToolsJSON+135.9 intel · 1M ctx$3.00Input /M
- 12claude-sonnet-4.5ReasoningToolsJSON+129.3 intel · 1M ctx$3.00Input /M
- 13claude-sonnet-4ReasoningToolsVision25.5 intel · 1M ctx$3.00Input /M
- 14claude-opus-5ReasoningToolsJSON+160.7 intel · 1M ctx$5.00Input /M
- 15claude-fable-5:batchReasoningToolsJSON+159.9 intel · 1M ctx$5.00Input /M
- 16claude-opus-4.8ReasoningToolsJSON+155.7 intel · 1M ctx$5.00Input /M
- 17claude-opus-4.7ReasoningToolsJSON+153.5 intel · 1M ctx$5.00Input /M
- 18claude-opus-4.6ReasoningToolsJSON+137.8 intel · 1M ctx$5.00Input /M
- 19claude-opus-4.5ReasoningToolsJSON+134.7 intel · 200K ctx$5.00Input /M
- 20claude-opus-4.1:batchReasoningToolsJSON+128.2 intel · 200K ctx$7.50Input /M
- 21claude-opus-5-fastReasoningToolsJSON+11M ctx$10.00Input /M
- 22claude-fable-5ReasoningToolsJSON+159.9 intel · 1M ctx$10.00Input /M
- 23claude-opus-4.8-fastReasoningToolsJSON+11M ctx$10.00Input /M
- 24claude-opus-4.1ReasoningToolsJSON+128.2 intel · 200K ctx$15.00Input /M
- 25claude-opus-4ReasoningToolsVision25.5 intel · 200K ctx$15.00Input /M
Frequently asked
What is the cheapest Anthropic model?
The cheapest Anthropic model is Claude 3 Haiku at $0.250 per million input tokens. Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch) ($0.500) and Claude Sonnet 5 (batch) ($1.00) round out the top three.
What's a good alternative to Claude 3 Haiku?
Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch) ($0.500) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Claude Sonnet 5 (batch) ($1.00). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.
How many Anthropic models are there?
modelgrep tracks 26 Anthropic models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by Claude Opus 5. 25 of them qualify for this ranking.