# Anthropic's Haiku 3.5 Faces Backlash After Major Price Hike! 💸

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/anthropics-haiku-3-5-faces-backlash-after-major-price-hike/295279>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** business, ai\
**Created:** [November 7, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/anthropics-haiku-3-5-faces-backlash-after-major-price-hike/295279 "2024-11-07T15:24:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/anthropics-haiku-3-5-faces-backlash-after-major-price-hike/295279/1 "2024-11-07T15:24:51Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **New Pricing Strategy**  
Anthropic’s latest model, **Claude 3.5 Haiku** , has been launched at a significantly higher cost, now costing **four times more** to run than its predecessor.

2. **Reason for Increase**  
The price hike is attributed to the model’s improved intelligence, with Anthropic claiming it surpassed previous benchmarks despite its smaller size.

3. **Community Pushback**  
The AI community has reacted negatively, with critics questioning why a budget model would become less competitive in pricing.

4. **Cost Breakdown**  
The new pricing stands at **$1 per million input tokens** and **$5 per million output tokens** , compared to the previous model’s **25 cents and $1.25** , respectively.

5. **Comparison to Competitors**  
The increase positions Haiku 3.5 as more expensive than competitive models like **Gemini 1.5 Flash** and **GPT-4o mini** , raising concerns about its market viability.

**Read more at:** [Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/anthropic-raises-eyebrows-with-haiku-price-hike-citing-increased-intelligence/)