Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Practical read: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs under a tenth as much and reads five times more context. One API key runs both.
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Side by side:
| Attribute | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Price, 1M in + out | $6.33 Anthropic, cheapest route | $0.16 Engy, cheapest route |
| Best for | Low cost and long documents | |
| Input / output, 1M | $1.06 / $5.28 | $0.032 / $0.13 |
| Cached input | $0.1055/1M | $0.01/1M to $0.1899/1M |
| Context window | 200K 200,000 tokens | 1.05M 1,048,576 tokens |
| First token, p50 | Measuring | 0.71 s via Together |
| AI IQ | IQ 101 #121 on AI IQ | IQ 126 #24 on AI IQ |
| Provider routes | 1 | 21 with failover |
| Privacy | Varies by provider | Confidential E2EE and zero retention route |
| Recent route uptime range | 100.00% | 75.00% to 100.00% |
| Publisher | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Modes | chat messages | chat decide |
| More detail |
Price adds one million input and one million output tokens on the cheapest route. Prices and speed change: see the monthly reports and run a small eval before you choose a default.
Test both with your agent
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Compare Claude Haiku 4.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in this project through TrustedRouter.
1. Read https://trustedrouter.com/docs/llms.txt
2. Point the OpenAI-compatible client at
https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1 and read the key from
TRUSTEDROUTER_API_KEY.
3. Run our eval prompts on anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5, then on deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash.
4. Show me cost, latency and quality side by side before changing the default.
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
api_key=os.environ["TRUSTEDROUTER_API_KEY"],
)
for model in ("anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5", "deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash"):
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model=model,
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?"}],
)
print(model, response.choices[0].message.content)
for model in anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash; do
curl https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TRUSTEDROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "{\"model\": \"$model\", \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"What is the capital of France?\"}]}"
done
Questions
Which should I use, Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has the lower published input-plus-output rate, more Credits provider routes and the larger context window. There is not enough recent probe data to compare speed.
Is Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cheaper?
The current cheapest TrustedRouter route is $6.33/1M for Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and $0.15825/1M for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. The comparison uses current catalog prices and updates as provider pricing changes.
Is Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash faster?
Current measured p50 time to first token is not enough data for Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and 711 ms for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. These are routed probe measurements, not vendor-advertised speeds, and update as new samples arrive.
Can I test Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash with the same API?
Yes. Use the same OpenAI-compatible TrustedRouter base URL and API key, then change only the model id between anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 and deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash. This makes side-by-side evals possible without maintaining two provider integrations.
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Try Claude Haiku 4.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash with one key.
TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.
No card required. Start with 1 million free tokens.