Grok 4 vs Claude Haiku 4.5
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Grok 4 comes from xAI and Claude Haiku 4.5 from Anthropic. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
Grok 4 holds more in a single conversation — 256K tokens against 200K — which matters for long documents and large codebases.
Claude Haiku 4.5 is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $1.00 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Grok 4 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Anthropic |
| Model ID | grok-4-0709 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 |
| Context window | 256K | 200K |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input price | $3.00 / 1M tokens | $1.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $15.00 / 1M tokens | $5.00 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
| Input types | text, image, file, audio | text, image, file |
| Output types | text | text |
| Plan | Premium | Free |
Which should you use?
Pick Grok 4 when…
- You need the larger context window — 256K against 200K.
- You need audio input, which the other model does not accept.
Pick Claude Haiku 4.5 when…
- Cost matters: input runs at $1.00 / 1M tokens versus $3.00 / 1M tokens.
- You want longer single responses — up to 64K output tokens.
- You are on the free plan — this model is included without an upgrade.
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You do not have to choose. One Clade subscription gives you Grok 4, Claude Haiku 4.5, and every other model on the platform.