Claude · Fast / Budget · 200K context window

Claude Haiku 4.5 pricing for legal analysis

$0.0300 per call at 10,000 input / 4,000 output tokens.

Per call

$0.0300

10K calls/mo

$300

Cache savings

90% off input

Batch savings

50% off all

Calculate your Claude Haiku 4.5 costs

Adjust token counts, volume, and discount toggles to model your legal analysis spend. Prices verified daily against provider pricing pages.

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Estimated cost

Monthly cost
$300
10,000 calls/month
Cost per call$0.03
Daily cost$10
Input rate$1.00/MTok
Output rate$5.00/MTok
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Quick start

Call Claude Haiku 4.5 with the Anthropic Python SDK:

from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic()
response = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-haiku-4-5",
    max_tokens=4000,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Your prompt here"}]
)
# Cost: ~$0.0300 per call at standard rates
# Input:  $1.00/MTok
# Output: $5.00/MTok

How Claude Haiku 4.5 compares on cost

Per-call cost for all models scoring 50+ on legal analysis benchmarks. Hover for details.

Cheapest viable option: Claude Sonnet 5 at $0.0600/call (-100% less, 90/100 quality).

What drives legal analysis cost

Legal work is heavy on both sides: long source documents in, detailed analysis out. It is also the case where accuracy is worth the most, so the cheapest-viable-model logic that works for classification does not apply. Long contracts frequently cross long-context pricing thresholds, which can re-rate the entire request rather than just the excess.

For Claude Haiku 4.5 specifically, that means output tokens cost 5.0x more than input, at $5.00 vs $1.00 per MTok. At this use case’s 10,000/4,000 token split, output accounts for 67% of the $0.0300 per-call cost.

Complete Claude Haiku 4.5 pricing breakdown

Standard token rates

Direction$/MTokTokens per call
Input$1.0010,000
Output$5.004,000

Prompt caching: 90% off input tokens

Caching drops input cost from $1.00 to $0.10/MTok. For repeated system prompts, that saves $0.009000 per call.

Batch API: 50% off all tokens

Submit requests asynchronously and receive 50% off all token costs. This works best for offline pipelines where latency requirements are flexible.

Monthly cost projections

Monthly volumeCost per callStandard monthlyCached monthlyYou save with caching
10,000 calls$0.0300$300$210$90
50,000 calls$0.0300$1,500$1,050$450
100,000 calls$0.0300$3,000$2,100$900
500,000 calls$0.0300$15,000$10,500$4,500
1,000,000 calls$0.0300$30,000$21,000$9,000

Claude Haiku 4.5 quality benchmarks for legal analysis

Consider alternatives for legal analysis

Scores 65/100 (rank #7 of 20). Better options exist at similar price points for legal analysis.

Top-ranked: Claude Fable 5 (98/100) at $0.3000/call

Performance across all task types

Claude Haiku 4.5 scores by task type. Legal Analysis highlighted.

Classification90Extraction88Q&A86Summarization82Code Generation72Code Review70Reasoning *65Creative Writing60
Task typeConfidence scoreRank out of 20
Classification90/100#2
Extraction88/100#2
Q&A86/100#4
Summarization82/100#5
Code Generation72/100#6
Code Review70/100#7
Reasoning(current page)65/100#7
Creative Writing60/100#7

Confidence scores are a third-party benchmark snapshot from week 29 of 2026. This snapshot is 8 weeks old, so treat the scores as directional and validate against your own evals.

Alternative models for legal analysis

9 models score 80+ on legal analysis benchmarks, sorted by input rate. Cheapest: Claude Sonnet 5 (-100% less, 90/100 quality).

ModelProviderInput $/MTokOutput $/MTokQualityPer callvs Claude
Claude Sonnet 5Claude$2.00$10.0090/100$0.0600100% more
GPT 5.6 TerraGPT$2.00$12.0082/100$0.0680127% more
Gemini 3.1 ProGemini$2.00$12.0090/100$0.0680127% more
GPT 5.4GPT$2.50$15.0080/100$0.0850183% more
Claude Sonnet 4.6Claude$3.00$15.0088/100$0.0900200% more
GPT 5.6 SolGPT$4.00$20.0096/100$0.1200300% more
Claude Opus 4.8Claude$5.00$25.0097/100$0.1500400% more
GPT 5.5GPT$5.00$30.0095/100$0.1700467% more
Claude Fable 5Claude$10.00$50.0098/100$0.3000900% more

About Claude Haiku 4.5

Provider

Claude

Tier

Fast / Budget

Context

200K tokens

Released

Oct 2025

Other models from Claude

ModelTierInput $/MTokOutput $/MTokContext
Claude Opus 4.8Flagship$5.00$25.00200K
Claude Sonnet 4.6Mid-tier$3.00$15.00200K
Claude Sonnet 5Mid-tier$2.00$10.00200K
Claude Opus 5Flagship$5.00$25.001,000K
Claude Fable 5.1Flagship$10.00$50.001,000K
Claude Fable 5Flagship$10.00$50.001,000K

You can compare Claude Haiku 4.5 head-to-head against any other model on our model comparison pages, or track how pricing has changed over time on the pricing history tracker.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Claude Haiku 4.5 cost for legal analysis per API call?

A typical legal analysis call using Claude Haiku 4.5 costs about $0.0300 per call. This estimate uses 10,000 input tokens and 4,000 output tokens at standard rates. Standard rates are $1.00 per million input tokens and $5.00 per million output tokens.

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 the best model for legal analysis?

Claude Haiku 4.5 scores 65 out of 100 on legal analysis benchmarks overall. It ranks #7 across all 20 models in our cross-provider registry. The highest-ranked model for this task is Claude Fable 5 from Claude. That model scores 98/100 on this task type. Confidence scores are a third-party benchmark snapshot from week 29 of 2026. This snapshot is 8 weeks old, so treat the scores as directional and validate against your own evals.

What is the cheapest model for legal analysis with good quality?

The most affordable model for legal analysis above 80/100 quality is Claude Sonnet 5. It comes from Claude at $2.00 per million input tokens. Output costs $10.00 per million tokens with a quality score of 90/100. Switching from Claude Haiku 4.5 to Claude Sonnet 5 saves about -100% per API call.

How can I reduce my Claude Haiku 4.5 costs for legal analysis?

Three strategies lower Claude Haiku 4.5 costs for this task type effectively. Prompt caching gives a 90% discount on input tokens when reusing system prompts. The batch API gives 50% off all tokens for asynchronous processing workloads. Prompt optimization reduces token counts through more concise instructions and context windows. Combining caching with batching brings your cost from $0.0300 to about $0.001500 per call.

How does Claude Haiku 4.5 pricing compare to other Claude models?

Claude has 6 other models alongside Claude Haiku 4.5 today: Claude Opus 4.8 at $5.00/$25.00 per million tokens (flagship), Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3.00/$15.00 per million tokens (mid-tier), Claude Sonnet 5 at $2.00/$10.00 per million tokens (mid-tier), Claude Opus 5 at $5.00/$25.00 per million tokens (flagship), Claude Fable 5.1 at $10.00/$50.00 per million tokens (flagship), Claude Fable 5 at $10.00/$50.00 per million tokens (flagship). The right choice depends on whether your legal analysis workload prioritizes quality, cost, or speed.

What context window does Claude Haiku 4.5 support?

Claude Haiku 4.5 supports a context window of 200K tokens per API call. This sets the maximum combined length of your input prompt and generated response. For legal analysis, typical calls use 10,000 input and 4,000 output tokens. That is well within this limit, leaving room for longer prompts or multi-turn conversations.

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