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Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Fast and lightweight model ideal for summarization, routing, support tasks, and budget-sensitive assistants.
Overall score
84
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Context window
200K
Speed
Fast
Input pricing
$0.8 / 1M tok
Output pricing
$4 / 1M tok
Score breakdown
Capability78
Use-case fit85
Cost efficiency92
Speed96
Reliability88
Agent readiness80
Ecosystem85
Scores combine benchmark signals, product experience, and editorial weighting. Use them as a practical guide, not an absolute truth claim.
Best for
researchagent-automation
Works with
LangGraphSerpApiSlack assistants
Modalities
textimage
Strengths
- Responsive and economical for high-volume operations
- Strong default tone quality for concise outputs
Things to watch
- Limited ceiling for complex multi-step planning
- Less appealing for agent workflows that require richer tool state
Best for
Research synthesis & analyst workflows
Prioritize source grounding, multilingual reading, long-context reasoning, and a retrieval stack that stays inspectable.
Agent automation & operations
Prioritize tool reliability, composability, secret handling, and robust state management across long-running flows.