Alternatives

What are the alternatives to Claude Haiku 4.5?

Claude Haiku 4.5 ranks 85 of 94 in the overall index and costs $2 per million tokens.

Muse Ember 1.0: Ahead in the overall index (110.4 vs. 54.1) and cheaper ($0.20 vs. $2 per million tokens).

GPT OSS 120B: Level in the overall index (43.4 vs. 54.1) but cheaper: $0.20 instead of $2 per million tokens.

The alternatives by reason

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Stronger, not much pricier
Muse Ember 1.0
Ahead in the overall index (110.4 vs. 54.1) and cheaper ($0.20 vs. $2 per million tokens).
Overall index
110.4
Price (3:1)
$0.20
Speed
n/a
Rank 14 · Middle group
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Similar strength, cheaper
GPT OSS 120B
Level in the overall index (43.4 vs. 54.1) but cheaper: $0.20 instead of $2 per million tokens.
Overall index
43.4
Price (3:1)
$0.20
Speed
92
Rank 93 · Lower group
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With open weights
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
The best model with open weights, stronger: 106.7 vs. 54.1 in the overall index.
Overall index
106.7
Price (3:1)
$0.26
Speed
126
Rank 20 · Middle group
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Similar strength, faster
Mistral Medium 3.5
Level in the overall index (46.3 vs. 54.1) and faster: 118 instead of 84 tokens per second.
Overall index
46.3
Price (3:1)
$3
Speed
118
Rank 88 · Lower group
Head to head: Claude Haiku 4.5 vs. Mistral Medium 3.5 Open the profile
The successor
Claude Haiku 5.5
The successor to Claude Haiku 4.5. Overall index 102.8 vs. 54.1.
Overall index
102.8
Price (3:1)
$0.20
Speed
164
Rank 23 · Middle group
Head to head: Claude Haiku 4.5 vs. Claude Haiku 5.5 Open the profile

The nearest generally available models by overall index, with rank, price and speed. Models with limited access and retired models are left out.

Rank	Model	Overall index	Price (3:1)	Speed
80	MiniMax M2.5	61.5	$0.52	49
82	Grok 4.20 Reasoning	58.3	$1.56	66
83	MiniMax M2.1	57.3	$0.52	n/a
85	Claude Haiku 4.5this model	54.1	$2	84
86	Kimi K2 Thinking	53.2	$1.08	43
87	GLM-4.5	48.8	$1	28
88	Mistral Medium 3.5	46.3	$3	118
89	GLM-4.6	45.9	$0.88	28

Price in dollars per million tokens, mixed from 3 parts input and 1 part output. Speed in tokens per second.