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Feb 2, 2025Nikhil Rao

Anthropic Claude Pricing Guide
Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs. Haiku in one lead-friendly rundown.
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Why Claude comes up

Claude 3.5 offers thoughtful answers with strong guardrails. Picking the right tier keeps that value without overspending.

Rate card at a glance

  • Claude 3.5 Sonnet - $0.003 input / $0.015 output per 1K tokens. Go-to for executive assistants and regulated workflows.
  • Claude 3.5 Haiku - $0.0008 input / $0.004 output per 1K tokens. Ideal for daily summaries, tagging, and fast replies.

Mini comparison loop

  1. Label your top three workflows "high stakes" or "high volume."
  2. Run both tiers in the LLM cost calculator and export the chart.
  3. Email the chart with one ask: "Approve Haiku for the high-volume lanes, keep Sonnet for premium touchpoints."

Lines for stakeholders

  • Sonnet = polished tone and policy comfort for customer-facing teams.
  • Haiku = 70%+ savings for operational work that needs speed over nuance.
  • Routing rules inside LLM Cost Optimizer keep every request on the smartest tier.

Next step

Contact our team and we'll bundle Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini into one simple approval guide.

Need numbers to back this up? The LLM Cost Calculator shows the price per token and per request for each model mentioned here.

Questions? Contact our team and we'll send a short reply with next steps.

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