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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash: pricing comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash costs 12.5× less than Claude Haiku 4.5 for a typical 1,000-input, 500-output request. Here is how the two compare on price, context and discounts.

Prices last updated:

Claude Haiku 4.5DeepSeek V4 Flash
ProviderAnthropicDeepSeek
Input per 1M tokens$1.00$0.14
Output per 1M tokens$5.00$0.28
Context window200K1M
Batch discount50% offNot offered
Typical request (1,000 in / 500 out)$0.0035$0.00028
Monthly at 1,000 requests/day$105.00$8.40

DeepSeek V4 Flash: Open-weight model; price shown is DeepSeek's first-party API (cache-miss input).

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Claude Haiku 4.5 per request
$0.0035
Per month
$105.00
DeepSeek V4 Flash per request
$0.00028
Per month
$8.40

Cost by task

Cost per 1,000 requests at standard prices.
TaskTokens (in / out)Claude Haiku 4.5DeepSeek V4 Flash
Short chat reply500 / 300$2.00$0.154
RAG answer6,000 / 600$9.00$1.01
Summarize a long document12,000 / 1,000$17.00$1.96
Output-heavy generation1,000 / 4,000$21.00$1.26

Output tokens usually dominate the bill — see input vs output token cost.

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek V4 Flash cheaper?
DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper for a typical request of 1,000 input and 500 output tokens: $0.00028 versus $0.0035 for Claude Haiku 4.5, about 92% less.
What are the per-token prices of Claude Haiku 4.5 and DeepSeek V4 Flash?
Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 input and $5.00 output per million tokens. DeepSeek V4 Flash costs $0.14 input and $0.28 output per million tokens.
Which has the larger context window, Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek V4 Flash?
DeepSeek V4 Flash has the larger context window: 1M tokens versus 200K for Claude Haiku 4.5.

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