// alternatives · October 2026
Claude Haiku 4.5 alternatives
Cheaper models that come close, budget substitutes, and the cheapest step up — chosen on published LiveBench scores and live list price, never on our opinion. Every model here supports tool calling and image input, as Claude Haiku 4.5 does.
LiveBench hasn't published a run for Claude Haiku 4.5. The strongest benchmarked model at a similar or lower price is GPT-6.1 Terra, scoring 77.8 overall.
Claude Haiku 4.5: no published LiveBench run, $2.00 per 1M blended tokens, about $740.00/mo for a RAG assistant.
Benchmarked models at or below its price
Claude Haiku 4.5 has no published LiveBench run, so these are the highest-scoring benchmarked models priced no more than 25% above it — a known quantity to test against.
| Model | Overall | vs Claude Haiku 4.5 | Blended / 1M | RAG assistant | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6.1 Terraopenai the same list price. Head to head → | 77.8 | — | $2.00 | $720.00/mo | 1.1M |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017deepseek 74% cheaper. Head to head → | 74.0 | — | $0.525−74% | $194.40/mo | 1.0M |
| Claude Haiku 5.5anthropic 90% cheaper. Head to head → | 69.8 | — | $0.200−90% | $74.00/mo | 1M |
| MiMo-V2.6-Proxiaomi 73% cheaper. Head to head → | 68.5 | — | $0.544−73% | $227.64/mo | 1.1M |
| MiniMax M3.1 Flashminimax 87% cheaper. Head to head → | 66.9 | — | $0.262−87% | $102.00/mo | 1.0M |
| GPT-6 Lunaopenai 90% cheaper. Head to head → | 64.6 | — | $0.200−90% | $74.00/mo | 1.1M |
Claude Haiku 4.5 alternatives FAQ
What is the best alternative to Claude Haiku 4.5?
GPT-6.1 Terra. the same list price. Every suggestion supports tool calling and image input, like Claude Haiku 4.5.
How alternatives are chosen
- Scores — LiveBench release 2026-10-25. Only models with a published run are suggested on quality; a missing model means “not evaluated”, not “worse”.
- Prices — live list prices from OpenRouter, blended 3:1 input:output. Monthly figures price a RAG assistant with the published cached-input rate where there is one.
- Same job — suggestions must support every capability Claude Haiku 4.5 has among tool calling and image input. Other listings of the same model (free or batch tiers) are variants, not alternatives, and are left out.
A few points on a public benchmark can hide large differences on your own tasks. Shortlist here, then decide with an eval — how to build one.