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Claude Haiku 4.5
by Anthropic
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RANKED #72 OF 316 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #97 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 6.1 · 1,726 VOICES ·
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Claude Haiku 4.5 is Anthropic’s fastest and most efficient model, delivering near-frontier intelligence at a fraction of the cost and latency of larger Claude models. Matching Claude Sonnet 4’s performance...
HAPPY8.4
73 mentions
SAD6.6
75 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 1,995 voices in this window
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. Anthropic hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Claude Haiku 4.5 is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.4
Qwen3.8 FlashAlibabaFast multimodal MoE for responsive daily visual tasks and coding at lower cost.⚡ FAST💻 STRONG AT CODE💸 COST EFFICIENT8.2k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.2
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeekStrong multimodal agent and coding performance rivaling closed lightweight models.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE💸 COST EFFICIENT5.5k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.3Dots3 NoteXiaohongshuExceptional multimodal everyday agency and coding logic for local self-hosting.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE💻 STRONG AT CODE2.9k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with Claude Haiku 4.5 right now. Biggest gripe: working when you need it.
1655 POSTS · 71 COMMENTS · HACKER NEWS · REDDIT · GITHUB · X · DEV.TO · LEMMY · BLUESKY · BLOG
PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (2 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (10 mentions)
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (5 mentions)
- People find it expensive (3 mentions)
- Sometimes makes things up (3 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 10 thumbs down
- PriceMIXED FEELINGS
2 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 5 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
- Help with codeA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM REDDIT >
“Claude Haiku 4.5 is laughably terrible, why can't they make Raptor Mini (which is actually good) an "auto" choice in place of it given it seemingly costs less than Haiku 4.5?.”
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for Claude Haiku 4.5.
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Grok 4.6> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2025-11-05 · 857 UPVOTESPerplexity is DELIBERATELY SCAMMING AND REROUTING users to other models
Perplexity is DELIBERATELY SCAMMING AND REROUTING users to other models
- REDDIT · 2025-10-15 · 323 UPVOTESIntroducing Claude Haiku 4.5: our latest small model.
Introducing Claude Haiku 4.5: our latest small model.
- REDDIT · 2026-08-03 · 288 UPVOTESI read Dario Amodei’s interviews - and now I hate him
I read Dario Amodei’s interviews - and now I hate him
- REDDIT · 2026-03-14 · 265 UPVOTESThings Anthropic launched in last 70 days of 2026 (so far):
Things Anthropic launched in last 70 days of 2026 (so far):
- REDDIT · 2025-11-16 · 184 UPVOTESClaude Code skills activate 20% of the time. Here's how I got to 84%.
Claude Code skills activate 20% of the time. Here's how I got to 84%.
- REDDIT · 2026-10-07 · 173 UPVOTESIntroducing Claude Haiku 5.5: the cheapest, fastest, and most capable small model we’ve ever released
Introducing Claude Haiku 5.5: the cheapest, fastest, and most capable small model we’ve ever released
- REDDIT · 2026-05-20 · 162 UPVOTESClaude collapses
Claude collapses
- REDDIT · 2026-03-13 · 159 UPVOTESClaude just got dynamic, interactive inline visuals — Here's how to get THE SAME THING in Open WebUI with ANY model!
Claude just got dynamic, interactive inline visuals — Here's how to get THE SAME THING in Open WebUI with ANY model!
- REDDIT · 2025-10-15 · 129 UPVOTESClaude Haiku 4.5 Spotted
Claude Haiku 4.5 Spotted
- REDDIT · 2025-11-15 · 126 UPVOTESAnthropic Update: The free "Sonnet 4.5" access has ended.
Anthropic Update: The free "Sonnet 4.5" access has ended.
- REDDIT · 2026-04-28 · 124 UPVOTESNew study finds: bigger AIs = more miserable. Smaller models are actually happier. Ignorance is bliss for AIs too.
New study finds: bigger AIs = more miserable. Smaller models are actually happier. Ignorance is bliss for AIs too.
- REDDIT · 2025-10-15 · 116 UPVOTESClaude Haiku 4.5 Released
Claude Haiku 4.5 Released