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Migrate off Claude Haiku 3

Retired

Claude Haiku 3 has been retired and shut down on 20 Apr 2026. Anthropic's official replacement is Claude Haiku 4.5. The cheapest comparable model we track is Ministral 3 3B (Mistral) at $0.1 per 1M tokens blended.

Last verified: 13 Aug 2026 · sourced from official provider documentation

StatusRetiredAnthropic
Shut down20 Apr 2026deprecated 19 Feb 2026
Official replacementClaude Haiku 4.5$2 /M blendedCheapest alternativeMinistral 3 3B$0.1 /M blended
What changes

Claude Haiku 3 → Claude Haiku 4.5

SpecClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 4.5
StatusRetiredGA
Blended price /1M—$2
Input / output /1M—$1 / $5
Context window—200K
Max output—64.000
Modalitytext, image, visiontext, image, vision
Knowledge cutoff—Feb 2025

API string was claude-3-haiku-20240307 → switch to claude-haiku-4-5-20251001. See Claude Haiku 4.5's full spec sheet →

Cheapest alternatives

Budget-friendly replacements for Claude Haiku 3

Generally-available models that match Claude Haiku 3's capabilities, ranked by blended price. Every number is computed from official catalog prices.

ModelBlended /1MInput / outputContext
Ministral 3 3B
Mistral
$0.1$0.1 / $0.1—
Amazon Nova Lite
Amazon
$0.105$0.06 / $0.24300K
Llama 4 Scout (17B-16E Instruct)
Meta
$0.15$0.1 / $0.310M
FAQ

Migrating off Claude Haiku 3

What replaces Claude Haiku 3?

Anthropic's recommended migration for Claude Haiku 3 is Claude Haiku 4.5. The cheapest comparable model in our catalog is Ministral 3 3B (Mistral) at $0.1/1M blended.

Is Claude Haiku 3 still available?

No — Claude Haiku 3 has been retired (shut down 20 Apr 2026) and is no longer available via Anthropic's API.

What is the cheapest alternative to Claude Haiku 3?

Ministral 3 3B (Mistral) is the cheapest generally-available alternative we track that matches Claude Haiku 3's capabilities, at $0.1 per 1M input and $0.1 per 1M output tokens ($0.1/1M blended).

Browse the full deprecation watch → or see Claude Haiku 3's full spec sheet →