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Why use Claude Haiku 5.5 on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Claude Haiku 5.5 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.10/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Compare Claude Haiku 5.5 across 6 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install openaiexport AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5Request example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5", not the LLMReference slug "claude-haiku-5-5".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Claude Haiku 5.5 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $0.10 | $0.50 |
| AWS Bedrock | $0.10 | $0.50 |
| GCP Vertex AI | $0.10 | $0.50 |
| Microsoft Foundry | $0.10 | $0.50 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.10 | $0.50 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.10 |
| Output tokens | $0.50 |
Capabilities
About Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5, third model in the Claude 5.5 family, released October 7, 2026. First-party positioning: cheapest, fastest, and most capable small model yet; built for high-volume, cost-sensitive work (summaries, compaction, classification, routing, subagents, live support, browser/computer use). First Haiku with effort controls and adaptive thinking (default effort medium). Claude API id claude-haiku-5-5. Prompt-length pricing: ≤100K tokens $0.10/$0.50 per 1M input/output; >100K $0.50/$2.50. Cache (≤100K): 5m write $0.125, 1h write $0.20, read $0.01; (>100K): $0.625/$1/$0.05. Batch API 50% off.