Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Claude Haiku 5.5 pricing questions
Is Gemini 3.8 Flash cheaper than Claude Haiku 5.5?
Per million tokens, Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.75 input and $3.75 output, and Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.10 input and $0.50 output. For an agent task (80,000 input tokens, 60,000 of them cached, and 6,000 output), Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 7.5× as much: $42.00 against $5.60 per 1,000 tasks.
How much does Gemini 3.8 Flash cost per million tokens?
$0.75 input and $3.75 output per million tokens on Google Gemini's API, with cached input at $0.075 and Batch at $0.375 input and $1.875 output. The rate is the same at any prompt length.
How much does Claude Haiku 5.5 cost per million tokens?
$0.10 input and $0.50 output per million tokens on Anthropic's API, with cached input at $0.01 and Batch at $0.05 input and $0.25 output. Prompts over 100,000 tokens cost $0.50 input and $2.50 output.
Which is cheaper for long prompts, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Claude Haiku 5.5?
For a 300,000 input tokens, 2,000 output request, Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.233 and Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.155: Claude Haiku 5.5 costs 33% less. On Gemini 3.8 Flash, one rate at any prompt length; on Claude Haiku 5.5, prompts over 100,000 tokens cost $0.50 input and $2.50 output for the whole request.
Is Gemini 3.8 Flash getting more expensive?
Yes. On Jan 1, 2027, Gemini 3.8 Flash goes from $0.75 input and $3.75 output to $1.50 input and $7.50 output per million tokens. After the change, the agent task costs $0.084 on Gemini 3.8 Flash against $0.0056 on Claude Haiku 5.5.
How do I compare Gemini 3.8 Flash and Claude Haiku 5.5 on my own traffic?
Record what each call actually used, then price the same usage on both models. Ganivra does this from your recorded calls: it shows what each customer, feature and workflow would cost on Gemini 3.8 Flash and on Claude Haiku 5.5, next to what each customer pays you.