Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Grok 4.7: pricing and benchmarks
Claude Haiku 4.5 is 50% cheaper on input tokens ($1.00 vs $2.00 per 1M). Claude Haiku 4.5 is 17% cheaper on output tokens ($5.00 vs $6.00 per 1M). On our document Q&A workload (50,000 questions a month), Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $550.00 a month versus $980.00 for Grok 4.7, 44% less. Grok 4.7 scores 154.4 on the Epoch Capabilities Index vs 142.4 for Claude Haiku 4.5.
Which should you choose?
Grok 4.7 scores 154.4 on the Epoch Capabilities Index vs 142.4 for Claude Haiku 4.5.
Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $2.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 input-to-output mix) vs $3.00 for Grok 4.7, 33% less.
A trade-off: Grok 4.7 is 12.0 ECI points more capable but costs 1.5x as much as Claude Haiku 4.5.
Pricing and specs
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Grok 4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | xAI |
| API model ID | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | grok-4.7 |
| Input / 1M tokens | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | $0.10 | $0.50 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $5.00 | $6.00 |
| Long-context rates | — | $4.00 in / $12.00 out above 200K prompt tokens |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 500K tokens |
| Max output | 64K tokens | — |
| Batch discount | 50% off | — |
Benchmarks
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Grok 4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.4 | 154.4 |
| GPQA Diamond· Science reasoning | 71.2% | 92.7% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1–3)· Advanced math | — | 53.0% |
| SimpleQA Verified· Factual accuracy | 13.2% | 56.0% |
| ARC-AGI-2· Abstract reasoning | 4.0% | 61.4% |
| DeepSWE· Coding | — | — |
| APEX-Agents· Agentic work | — | 54.6% |
Source: Epoch AI, best recorded result per model (CC BY 4.0). A dash means no published score. See all benchmarks
Monthly cost for real workloads
| Workload | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Grok 4.7 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
Support chatbot 100,000 replies a month, ~1,500 input tokens (system prompt + history) and ~400 output tokens each. | $350.00 | $540.00 | Claude Haiku 4.5 35% cheaper |
Document Q&A (RAG) 50,000 questions a month with ~8,000 tokens of retrieved context and ~600 output tokens each. | $550.00 | $980.00 | Claude Haiku 4.5 44% cheaper |
Coding agent 10,000 agent steps a month, ~40,000 input tokens each (70% read from the prompt cache) and ~2,000 output tokens. | $248.00 | $500.00 | Claude Haiku 4.5 50% cheaper |
Cached chatbot The same 100,000-reply support chatbot, but 60% of each prompt (system prompt + conversation history) is served from the prompt cache. | $269.00 | $405.00 | Claude Haiku 4.5 34% cheaper |
Meeting notes 10,000 meetings a month summarized from ~12,000-token transcripts, ~1,000 output tokens each. | $170.00 | $300.00 | Claude Haiku 4.5 43% cheaper |
Bulk translation 200,000 short translations a month, ~800 input and ~800 output tokens each. | $960.00 | $1,280 | Claude Haiku 4.5 25% cheaper |
Content moderation 1,000,000 classifications a month, ~400 input tokens and ~80 output tokens each. | $800.00 | $1,280 | Claude Haiku 4.5 38% cheaper |
Article drafting 300 long-form articles a month written from a ~4,000-token brief and outline, ~5,000 output tokens each. | $8.70 | $11.40 | Claude Haiku 4.5 24% cheaper |
Code review bot 30,000 pull-request reviews a month, ~5,000 input tokens each (30% cached repository context) and ~700 output tokens. | $214.50 | $358.50 | Claude Haiku 4.5 40% cheaper |
Invoice extraction 100,000 documents a month parsed into structured JSON, ~1,200 input and ~250 output tokens each. | $245.00 | $390.00 | Claude Haiku 4.5 37% cheaper |
Estimates use standard list prices and ignore cache-write surcharges. Different tokenizers can count the same text differently, so test with your own prompts.
Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Grok 4.7 cost calculator
- $550.00/mo$0.01 / req
- Grok 4.7xAI$980.00/mo$0.02 / req
Standard-tier list prices. Long-context rates apply automatically where the provider publishes a threshold. Excludes cache-write surcharges, taxes, batch and volume discounts.
Claude Haiku 4.5 pricing notes
Anthropic’s previous-generation Haiku model, with a 200K-token context window.
- Cache writes cost $1.25 (5-minute cache) or $2 (1-hour cache) per 1M tokens.
- Uses Anthropic’s previous tokenizer.
Grok 4.7 pricing notes
xAI’s newest flagship for coding and general use, with agentic tool calling and configurable reasoning.
- Requests with 200K or more prompt tokens are billed at $4 input / $1 cached / $12 output for all tokens.
- Web Search costs $5 per 1,000 calls; X Search is billed per item fetched, at $5 per 1,000 posts and $10 per 1,000 user profiles.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Claude Haiku 4.5 cheaper than Grok 4.7?
- Claude Haiku 4.5 is 50% cheaper on input tokens ($1.00 vs $2.00 per 1M). Claude Haiku 4.5 is 17% cheaper on output tokens ($5.00 vs $6.00 per 1M). On our document Q&A workload (50,000 questions a month), Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $550.00 a month versus $980.00 for Grok 4.7, 44% less.
- Which is more capable, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Grok 4.7?
- Grok 4.7 scores 154.4 on the Epoch Capabilities Index vs 142.4 for Claude Haiku 4.5.
- How much does Claude Haiku 4.5 cost per 1M tokens?
- Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $5.00 per 1M output tokens, and $0.10 per 1M cached input tokens on Anthropic’s standard tier.
- How much does Grok 4.7 cost per 1M tokens?
- Grok 4.7 costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens, and $0.50 per 1M cached input tokens on xAI’s standard tier.
- Which has the larger context window, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Grok 4.7?
- Grok 4.7 has the larger context window: 500K tokens versus 200K for Claude Haiku 4.5.