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Claude 3 Haiku Pricing

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Anthropic · 200K tokens context

Claude 3 Haiku from Anthropic costs $0.250 per 1 million input tokens and $1.25 per 1 million output tokens as of May 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 200,000-token context window (approximately 150,000 words) with a 4K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0003 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0025.

Claude 3 Haiku pricing and capability summary
Input price$0.250 / 1M tokens
Output price$1.25 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio5.0×
Context window200,000 tokens (~150,000 words)
Maximum output4,096 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)$0.0003
TierFast
Last verified

Claude 3 Haiku is the previous-generation small model from Anthropic — cheap, fast, and reliable for simple tasks. Largely replaced by Claude Haiku 4 at the same price point.

Live pricing from OpenRouter

Input Price

$0.250

per 1 million tokens

Output Price

$1.25

per 1 million tokens

Context Window

200K tokens

max 4K output

Cost Examples

Request TypeTokensInput CostOutput Cost
1,000 word article1,333$0.000333$0.0005
10-page document (2,500 words)3,333$0.000833$0.00125
1,000 lines of code5,000$0.00125$0.00187
100K token document100,000$0.025$0.0375

Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.

Strengths

  • Same price as Haiku 4 with proven track record
  • Low latency
  • Solid extraction and routing

Limitations

  • Older generation than Haiku 4
  • Lower output quality on nuanced tasks

Best Use Cases

Legacy pipelines
Cheap classification
Lightweight chat

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