Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Claude Haiku 5.5 API pricing
Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper on every example workload below. Prices last checked 2026-10-15.
| Gemini 3.8 Flash (Google) | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic) | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/1M tokens | $0.75 | $0.1 |
| Output $/1M tokens | $3.75 | $0.5 |
| Context | — | — |
| Our tier (1–4) | 2 | 1 |
Example monthly bills
| Workload | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat / Q&A 10M in / 2M out per month | $15.00 | $2.00 | Claude Haiku 5.5 saves $13.00/mo (87%) |
| Coding 20M in / 5M out per month | $33.75 | $4.50 | Claude Haiku 5.5 saves $29.25/mo (87%) |
| Output-heavy (reasoning, long answers) 10M in / 10M out per month | $45.00 | $6.00 | Claude Haiku 5.5 saves $39.00/mo (87%) |
Fine print
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: Promo through 2026-12-31; $1.50/$7.50 from 2027-01-01
- Claude Haiku 5.5: Prompts ≤100K tokens; prompts >100K $0.50/$2.50
Cost only, not quality. “Tier” is our rough capability judgment, not a benchmark, and different tokenizers count the same text differently. Reasoning models may bill extra thinking tokens as output. Official sources: Google, Anthropic.
See all models on the full price table, the Google and Anthropic pricing pages, or try the savings calculator with your own numbers.