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Claude Haiku 5.5 API Cost Calculator

Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $0.1 per 1M input tokens and $0.5 per 1M output tokens at official Anthropic API prices, verified 2026-10-24. Estimate your own usage below — the calculator is preset to this model.

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Prompts over 100,000 tokens are billed entirely at the higher tier ($0.50 input / $2.50 output per 1M) on this model. This calculator uses the base tier.

Claude Haiku 5.5 price facts

Input$0.1 per 1M tokens
Output$0.5 per 1M tokens
Cached input$0.01 per 1M tokens
Batch tier$0.05 in / $0.25 out per 1M tokens
Context window1,048,576 tokens
Released2026-10-07
Price verified2026-10-24 · source

What Claude Haiku 5.5 costs in practice

WorkloadPer callPer month
Chat assistant
2,000 input / 500 output tokens per call, 10,000 calls a month
$0.00045$4.50
Document processing
50,000 input / 2,000 output tokens per call, 1,000 calls a month
$0.006$6.00
Agent loop with prompt caching
10,000 fresh input / 100,000 cached input / 2,000 output tokens per call, 500 calls a month
$0.003$1.50

Frequently asked questions

How much does Claude Haiku 5.5 cost per month?

It depends entirely on token volume. As worked examples: a chat assistant doing 10,000 calls a month costs $4.50, while a document pipeline doing 1,000 long calls costs $6.00. Use the calculator above with your own numbers for an exact figure.

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 cheaper than Claude Sonnet 5.5?

At a blended workload of 1M input and 250K output tokens, Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $0.225 and Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs $4.50 — so Claude Haiku 5.5 is the cheaper of the two at this mix. The answer can flip if your workload is mostly output or mostly cached input, which is exactly what the calculator is for.

Does Claude Haiku 5.5 have batch or caching discounts?

Yes — batch processing is $0.05 / $0.25 per 1M tokens, half the standard rate. Cached input is billed at $0.01 per 1M tokens.Prices verified 2026-10-24.

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