PaLM 2 Chat is cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5 at $0.5/M vs $1/M input tokens.
| Spec | Claude Haiku 4.5 | PaLM 2 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $1/M tokens | $0.5/M tokens |
| Output price | $5/M tokens | $0.5/M tokens |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 8K tokens |
| Weights | Closed | — |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Oct 2025 | Jul 2023 |
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Haiku 4.5 has the edge: newer, bigger context window.
PaLM 2 Chat costs 10x less per token.
PaLM 2 Chat is cheaper on both: 2.0× input, 10× output.
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Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.
Claude Haiku 4.5 uses 20.4x more emoji