Claude 3 Haiku

Claude 3 Haiku by Anthropic excels in the Coding category, where it ranks #160 with a composite score of 51/100. Claude 3 Haiku is Anthropic's fastest and most compact model for near-instant responsiveness. Quick and accurate targeted performance. See the launch announcement and benchmark results [here](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-3-haiku) #multimodal It is particularly strong in areas highlighted by its top benchmark performance and adoption metrics, making it suitable for both individual developers and enterprise teams looking for a reliable coding solution.

Claude 3 Haiku is priced at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens (USD). Contact the provider for volume discounts and enterprise pricing. Pricing is competitive within the coding category and reflects the model's quality-to-cost ratio.

In the Coding category, Claude 3 Haiku holds rank #160 out of 316 models tracked. Its quality rank is #160 and adoption rank is #160. You can use our comparison tool at /compare to see detailed side-by-side metrics with specific alternatives. Key differentiators include its composite scoring across benchmarks, community sentiment, and real-world adoption rates.

Claude 3 Haiku has been evaluated across 6 different signals. Its strongest areas include Capabilities (67/100), Benchmarks (48/100), Pricing (99/100). These scores are derived from industry-standard benchmarks, community ratings, and real-world performance metrics. The composite score of 51/100 reflects a weighted combination of all tracked signals.

Claude 3 Haiku is a paid model, though some providers may offer trial credits or limited free tiers for evaluation. Check Anthropic's website for current free tier availability and promotional offers.

Claude 3 Haiku supports a 200K token context window (200,000 tokens total). That translates to roughly 150,000 words in a single prompt. This is large enough to process entire codebases, research papers, or long conversation histories in one shot.

Claude 3 Haiku can generate up to 4K output tokens (4,096 tokens) per response. That is roughly 3,072 words. Sufficient for typical conversations, code snippets, and summaries.

Claude 3 Haiku supports image understanding (vision), function/tool calling, web search, streaming responses. Function calling lets you integrate it with external APIs and tools programmatically. Vision support means it can analyze images, screenshots, and diagrams alongside text. These capabilities determine which workflows and integrations the model can handle natively.

Claude 3 Haiku was developed by Anthropic. It was released on March 13, 2024. You can access it through Anthropic's API. Check our provider page for all models from Anthropic and how they compare against each other.

Pick Claude 3 Haiku when you need a budget-friendly option for high-volume, simpler tasks where you prioritize cost over peak performance. If your task is straightforward text completion or classification, a cheaper model might give you 90% of the quality at a fraction of the price. Run a quick benchmark on your actual use case before committing.

You can access Claude 3 Haiku through Anthropic's API using standard HTTP requests or their official SDK. Most providers support OpenAI-compatible endpoints, so switching between models often requires changing just the model name in your API call. Streaming is supported for real-time token-by-token output. For production use, implement proper error handling, rate limiting, and cost monitoring.