# What is Claude Haiku?

> Source: https://openclawdatabase.com/glossary/haiku/
> Last updated: 2026-04-18
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# What is Claude Haiku?

Anthropic's small, fast, cheap Claude model — roughly 10× cheaper than Sonnet. Ideal for batched routine work (summarization, classification, scraping) where speed and cost matter more than peak reasoning.

## See also

- [OpenClaw: Cost Optimisation](https://openclawdatabase.com/openclaw/cost-optimisation/)

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