Alternatives to

Claude Haiku 5.5 and what to use instead

For customer support replies, Claude Haiku 5.5 scores 34 and costs $0.35 per 1,000 replies. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Cheaper at similar quality

At least 30% cheaper and within 5 points.

Nothing we track fits this today.

Better at a similar price

At least 5 points stronger and no more than 20% dearer.

Nothing we track fits this today.

Open weights you can host

Ranked by value: quality for the money.

glm-5.3-flash.app
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weightsAbout 21% dearer per reply, and 34 points stronger.$0.43 per 1,000 replies · score 67Compare side by side →
kimi-k3.app
Kimi K3Moonshot AI · open weightsAbout 2900% dearer per reply, and 39 points stronger.$10.50 per 1,000 replies · score 73Compare side by side →
glm-5.3.app
GLM-5.3Z.ai · open weightsAbout 1003% dearer per reply, and 34 points stronger.$3.86 per 1,000 replies · score 67Compare side by side →

Scores are provisional (Arena and Epoch AI) and prices are list prices. Rankings never take money into account. Thresholds are in the methodology.

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