Claude 3 Haiku vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash.
model vs model · prices as of
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash takes 3 of 5 rounds against Claude 3 Haiku. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.70 per million tokens against $2.
AnthropicClaude 3 Haiku
$2/M tokens
Anthropic list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.225 per 1,000 pages
200k context · tool calling · reads images
DeepSeekwins 3 roundsDeepSeek V4.1 Flash
$0.70/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at AMD · $0.101 per 1,000 pages
1M context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$0.25/M
$0.30/M
List price out (lower wins)
$1.25/M
$1.20/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
$0.70/M at AMD
Standard price (lower wins)
$2/M
$2.10/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.225
$0.101
Context
200k tokens
1M tokens
Open weights
not stated
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
no
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
no
yes
Released
13 Mar 2024
10 Sept 2026
Providers selling it
7
58
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
not stated
Providers selling both · 4
Nous Portal$2 / $1.04
Kilo Gateway$2 / $2.10
OpenRouter$2 / $2.10
Vercel AI Gateway$2 / $2.10
Claude 3 Haiku then DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, per million tokens
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek$0.15 / $0.60 $0.30 / $1.20100% dearer ·
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
io.net Intelligence$0.31 / $1.24 $0.31 / $1.221.0% cheaper · - DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeekDeepSeek's list price, in and out per million tokens$0.15 / $0.60 $0.30 / $1.20100% dearer ·
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Morph$0.24 / $0.96 $0.15 / $0.5938% cheaper · - DeepSeek V4.1 FlashNous Portal$0.15 / $0.60 $0.15 / $0.591.0% cheaper ·
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Novita$0.30 / $1.20 $0.28 / $1.145% cheaper · - DeepSeek V4.1 FlashOpenRouter$0.15 / $0.60 $0.30 / $1.20100% dearer ·
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Requesty$0.15 / $0.60 $0.50 / $1.50186% dearer · - DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Wafer$0.30 / $1.20 $0.20 / $0.6043% cheaper · - DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Charm Hyper$0.33 / $1.31 $0.30 / $1.208% cheaper · - DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Eden AI$0.50 / $1.50 $0.30 / $1.2030% cheaper · - DeepSeek V4.1 FlashVercel AI Gateway$0.15 / $0.60 $0.30 / $1.20100% dearer ·
- Claude 3 HaikuNous Portal$0.20 / $1 $0.25 / $1.2525% dearer ·
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
GMI Cloud$0.30 / $1.20 $0.28 / $1.145% cheaper · - DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Kenari$0.35 / $0.70 $0.01 / $0.0396% cheaper · - DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
TrustedRouter$0.16 / $0.63 $0.04 / $0.0881% cheaper · - DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepInfra$0.30 / $1.20 $0.20 / $0.6043% cheaper ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Claude 3 Haiku or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, at $0.70 per million tokens against $2 for Claude 3 Haiku, three parts input to one part output, read on 18 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Claude 3 Haiku: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $2 is the number to beat. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: $0.70 at AMD.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: Nous Portal, Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
- Which holds more context?
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, at 1M tokens against 200k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 18 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.