API Cost Check
Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3.8 Max: cost
For a typical support chatbot, Claude Haiku 5.5 is about 13.8× cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max ($38.51 vs $531 per month). Price is only one factor: test both on your own prompts before switching.
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $0.10 | $2.00 |
| Output /1M | $0.50 | $6.00 |
| Cached input /1M | $0.01 | $0.25 |
| Batch input /1M | $0.05 | — |
| Batch output /1M | $0.25 | — |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max input | 1,000,000 | 991,808 |
| Max output | 128,000 | 131,072 |
Monthly cost by workload
| Scenario (per month) | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Customer support chatbot 5,000 req/day · 1,200 in · 400 out · cache 60% | $38.51 | $531 |
| RAG over documents 2,000 req/day · 8,000 in · 600 out · cache 30% | $53.64 | $924 |
| Coding agent 1,500 req/day · 25,000 in · 2,000 out · cache 80% | $79.31 | $1,215 |
| Deep reasoning 800 req/day · 3,000 in · 6,000 out · cache 20% | $77.90 | $983 |
| Batch processing 50,000 req/day · 1,500 in · 150 out · batch | $169 | $5,850 |