Cheapest Claude Haiku 4.5 API: XCLI is 98% below the official price
Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00/$5.00 per 1M tokens from Anthropic. The cheapest quote is XCLI: $0.020 in, $0.100 out. Full table and buying checklist below.
| # | Provider | 1M input | 1M output | Discount | Tokens per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Official list | $1.00 | $5.00 | 0% | 60.0M |
| 1 | $0.020 | $0.100 | −98% | 3.00B | |
| 2 | $0.090 | $0.450 | −91% | 667M | |
| 3 | $0.090 | $0.450 | −91% | 667M | |
| 4 | $0.150 | $0.750 | −85% | 400M | |
| 5 | $0.150 | $0.750 | −85% | 400M | |
| 6 | $1.47 | $7.34 | — | 40.8M |
Tokens per $100 assume a “code” mix: 5 input tokens per output token. Prices are crawled; verify them on the provider page before buying.
What to check before buying
- Test the key with the free API checker — it verifies the endpoint responds, without sending tokens.
- Compare the blended cost for your workload, not just the input price: output tokens dominate in agent workloads.
- Check uptime and minimum top-up: the cheapest provider is useless if it is down half the day.