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Alternatives to Claude Haiku 5.5

For writing marketing and blog copy, Claude Haiku 5.5 scores 24 and costs $0.68 per 1,000 drafts. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 44$0.20 / 1M
93% similarGPT-6 LunaOpenAI
Overall37−7
Blended / 1M$0.20±0%
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GPT-6 Luna vs Claude Haiku 5.5Overall−7Coding−4Writing+7Support−3Value−8Context1.1M
91% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA
Overall27−17
Blended / 1M$0.24+19%
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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Claude Haiku 5.5Overall−17Coding−26Writing+9Support±0Value−19Context1M
74% similarOpen weightsGemma 4 31B ITGoogle
Overall28−16
Blended / 1M$0.25+25%
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Gemma 4 31B IT vs Claude Haiku 5.5Overall−16Coding−22Writing+26Support+17Value−18Context262K
72% similarMistral Large 4Mistral AI
Overall37−7
Blended / 1M$2.07+932%
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Mistral Large 4 vs Claude Haiku 5.5Overall−7Coding+3Writing+10Support+12Value−20Context1M
70% similarOpen weightsMiniMax-M3MiniMax
Overall31−13
Blended / 1M$0.53+163%
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MiniMax-M3 vs Claude Haiku 5.5Overall−13Coding−7Writing+22Support+15Value−18Context1M
68% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA
Overall34−10
Blended / 1M$1.05+425%
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Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs Claude Haiku 5.5Overall−10Coding−1Writing+19Support+4Value−20Context262K
66% similarOpen weightsMistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI
Overall18−26
Blended / 1M$3.00+1400%
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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Claude Haiku 5.5Overall−26Coding−33Writing+11Support+6Value−41Context262K
66% similarGrok 4.7xAI
Overall35−9
Blended / 1M$3.00+1400%
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Grok 4.7 vs Claude Haiku 5.5Overall−9Coding±0Writing+12Support−3Value−24Context500K
63% similarGPT-6 SolOpenAI
Overall52+8
Blended / 1M$4.00+1900%
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GPT-6 Sol vs Claude Haiku 5.5Overall+8Coding+10Writing+12Support+3Value−8Context1.1M

Similarity is closeness in writing marketing and blog copy score and in price. Cheaper means at least 30% less for within 5 points. Scores are provisional.

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