Claude Haiku 5.5 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
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Data updated on October 22, 2026· 222 models
Claude Haiku 5.5 is Anthropic's small, fast model for high-volume, cost-sensitive work such as summarization, subagents, and browser use.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- Input
- Output
- Context
- 1 M tokens
- Max output
- 128 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$0.100
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$0.500
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.010
- Batch (input / output)
- $0.050 / $0.250
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- ▲10/07/2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2026-06
- API id
- anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is a sparse mixture-of-experts model from DeepSeek, with 13B active parameters out of 284B total.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- Input
- Output
- Context
- ▲1 M tokens
- Max output
- ▲131 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- $0.440
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- $1.32
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.014
- Batch (input / output)
- —
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- 07/31/2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2025-05
- API id
- deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731
Which is the better API choice: Claude Haiku 5.5 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731?
- Claude Haiku 5.5: cheapest input (77% less than DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731)
- Claude Haiku 5.5: cheapest output
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: largest context (1 M)
- Claude Haiku 5.5: the newest (10/07/2026)
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs 77% less on input and 62% less on output than DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 ($0.100 / $0.500 versus $0.440 / $1.32 per million tokens). DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, Claude Haiku 5.5 accepts images. Claude Haiku 5.5 offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
What would your product cost?
Estimate the monthly cost with your app's real volume. List prices, no cache or batch discounts.
With Claude Haiku 5.5 you save $8.38 a month versus DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (71% less).
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Paste your prompt: tokens and cost per model
Rough estimate (about 4 characters per token). Nothing is sent to any server.
Cost of sending it 1,000 times (input only)
- 1Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic$0.008
- 2DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 DeepSeek$0.033
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Frequently asked questions
Which is the better API choice: Claude Haiku 5.5 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731?
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs 77% less on input and 62% less on output than DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 ($0.100 / $0.500 versus $0.440 / $1.32 per million tokens). DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, Claude Haiku 5.5 accepts images. Claude Haiku 5.5 offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
Which is cheaper: Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731?
Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper: $0.100 per million input tokens and $0.500 per million output tokens, versus $0.440 / $1.32 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731.
Which has more context: Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731?
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 accepts 1 M tokens of context; Claude Haiku 5.5 accepts 1 M.
Which is newer: Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731?
Claude Haiku 5.5 was released on 10/07/2026; DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 on 07/31/2026.
What would 10,000 requests a month cost with Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731?
With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: Claude Haiku 5.5: $3.50; DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: $11.88 a month, at list price.
Where do the prices come from and how often are they updated?
From the public catalogs of OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM, which publish each provider's list prices. They sync once a day and the last update date is shown above the comparison.
What does price per million tokens mean?
It is what the provider charges per million tokens you send (input) or the model generates (output). A token is roughly 4 characters. Output almost always costs more than input.
Sources: OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM. Prices in USD per million tokens, list price, no volume discounts. Prompt tokens are an estimate; each provider's tokenizer may differ.