o1 Paid vs 
Claude Haiku 4.5 Paid
o1 vs Claude Haiku 4.5 compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.
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Prices & specs refreshed from live data · olud.ai
Open-model prices = cheapest provider via OpenRouter; official maker rates may be higher.
$60 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
$5 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
o1 vs Claude Haiku 4.5 specs
| Spec | o1 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Anthropic | – |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary | – |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 200K tokens | = Tie |
| Input price | $15/M | $1/M | |
| Output price | $60/M | $5/M | |
| Vision / multimodal | Yes | Yes | = Tie |
| Tool / function calling | Yes | Yes | = Tie |
| Self-hostable | No (API only) | No (API only) | – |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary | – |
Price gap & when to choose each
Claude Haiku 4.5 is ~12× cheaper than o1 on output tokens ($5 vs $60 per M tokens).
- You want frontier performance through a managed API
- You value reliability & ecosystem
- You don't want to manage infrastructure
- You want frontier performance through a managed API
- You want the lower output price
- You value reliability & ecosystem
- You don't want to manage infrastructure
Feature comparison
| Capability | o1 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Open weights (downloadable) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Self-hostable | ✗ | ✗ |
| Runs fully offline | ✗ | ✗ |
| Vision / multimodal | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tool / function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1M+ context window | ✗ | ✗ |
Benchmarks: o1 vs Claude Haiku 4.5
Independent benchmark scores measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better (except latency).
Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis.
How o1 and Claude Haiku 4.5 score
| Criterion | o1 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-efficiency | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Context window | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Openness | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Self-hosting | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Multimodality | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.
What each model is
o1 Paid
The latest and strongest model family from OpenAI, o1 is designed to spend more time thinking before responding. The o1 model series is trained with large-scale reinforcement learning to reason...
Claude Haiku 4.5 Paid
Claude Haiku 4.5 is Anthropic’s fastest and most efficient model, delivering near-frontier intelligence at a fraction of the cost and latency of larger Claude models. Matching Claude Sonnet 4’s performance...
Other models in these families
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Frequently asked questions
o1 vs Claude Haiku 4.5 — which is cheaper?
Claude Haiku 4.5 is cheaper on output ($5/M vs $60/M).
Which has the larger context window?
o1 offers the larger context window (200K tokens).
o1 vs Claude Haiku 4.5 — which should I pick in 2026?
Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 for the lower output price ($5/M vs $60/M). Choose o1 if you need the larger 200K context window.
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