Claude Haiku 4.5vsMistral Small Creative
Mistral Small Creative is cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5 at $0.1/M vs $1/M input tokens.
| Spec | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Mistral Small Creative |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $1/M tokens | $0.1/M tokens |
| Output price | $5/M tokens | $0.3/M tokens |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 33K tokens |
| Weights | Closed | — |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Oct 2025 | Dec 2025 |
Our Verdict
Claude Haiku 4.5
Mistral Small CreativeRunner-up
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Haiku 4.5 has the edge: bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Mistral Small Creative costs 17x less per token.
Too close to call
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API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Haiku 4.5
Input
$1.00
Output
$5.00
Mistral Small Creative
Input
$0.10
10× cheaper
Output
$0.30
17× cheaper
Mistral Small Creative is cheaper on both: 10× input, 17× output.
Where to run it
4 hosts
Mistral Small Creative
No hosts listed on OpenRouter.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 13 Sep 2026.
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
51%
Mistral Small Creative uses 5.2x more emoji
Claude Haiku 4.5
Mistral Small Creative
61%Vocabulary51%
47wSentence Length18w
0.64Hedging0.41
5.1Bold13.3
6.3Lists4.8
0.20Emoji1.06
2.46Headings0.91
0.17Transitions0.06
Based on 24 + 28 text responses
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