Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek V3

Pick two tools from the same category to compare side-by-side.

	Claude Haiku 4.5 Fast, cheap small model for classification, routing, high-volume work.	DeepSeek V3 Open-weights model with strong reasoning at very low inference cost.
Category	model	model
Vendor type	commercial	open source
Pricing	usage	free
Strengths	+ Lowest cost in Claude family + Low latency suitable for real-time interactions + Strong instruction-following for its size	+ Open weights + Very low inference cost + Strong reasoning benchmarks
Tradeoffs	− Weaker on complex reasoning vs Sonnet/Opus − Lower context window than Sonnet	− Geopolitical considerations for some enterprises
Used in stacks	4	0