Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Claude Opus 4.8

Comparing two large language models (llm) models: features, pricing, pros and cons.

	Claude Haiku 4.5	Claude Opus 4.8
Provider	Anthropic	Anthropic
Pricing	$15–100/mo	$150–700/mo
Quality	8.2/10	9.8/10
Speed	9.4/10	7.8/10
Ease of use	8.5/10	8/10
Value	8/10	2/10
Context	200K	1000K
Tasks	Text Generation, Chatbots, Coding, Data Analysis, Translation, RAG / Search	Text Generation, Chatbots, Coding, Data Analysis, Translation, RAG / Search
Pros	+ Cheap + Fast + Good for volume	+ Top code quality + 1M context + Strong judgment
Cons	− Weaker on hard reasoning	− Most expensive tier − Cloud only

Claude Haiku 4.5

Fast budget Claude for simple and high-volume tasks.

Anthropic flagship: best for deep refactoring and judgment; ~4× fewer missed code defects.