Side by side pricing and context for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite. Rates are curated catalog values with last verified dates on each model page.
Claude Haiku 4.5
Fast, cheaper Claude for high-volume chat and light tasks. Strong Anthropic budget pick. Token counts are Approx in-browser.
Input $1.00 / Output $5.00 per 1M
Context 200K · Approx (Anthropic family)
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Cheapest Gemini Flash tier for routing, moderation, and simple extraction. Use when Flash quality is more than you need.
Input $0.100 / Output $0.400 per 1M
Context 1M · Approx (Gemini family)
Quick take
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper on input in this catalog snapshot.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper on output in this catalog snapshot.
- Both last verified on their model pages (2026-08-02 / 2026-08-02).
Rate table
| Metric | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M | $1.00 | $0.100 |
| Output / 1M | $5.00 | $0.400 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.100 | $0.010 |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Tokenizer | Approx (Anthropic family) | Approx (Gemini family) |