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Claude Haiku 5.5 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash are both in llmwise. What each gets on every plan, what it reads, how it's served and what happens when its provider fails, from the catalog and the code that runs them.

Model prices and specs checked against OpenRouter's Claude Haiku 5.5 page, OpenRouter's DeepSeek V4.1 Flash page. Updated .

Short answer

Both are everyday models: each message comes from Pro's 60 a day, so they cost the same. Otherwise, only Claude Haiku 5.5 reads a PDF as the whole file. In our test runs, Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 45 of the 50 prompts both answered and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 48; 5 prompts split them, most on summarization (3 to 5).

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, prompt by prompt

Every prompt Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash both answered, compared directly, their biggest differences first. One run each, through OpenRouter: a wait depends on the provider and the load that day, so a lead under 10% counts as close.

Of the 50 prompts both answered, both passed 44, only Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 1, only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash passed 4, and neither passed 1. Claude Haiku 5.5 answered sooner on 7 of the 50 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on 41; the rest were within 10% of each other. The 50 replies cost $0.0118 on Claude Haiku 5.5 and $0.0260 on DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 2.2× less on Claude Haiku 5.5.

The 5 prompts only one of Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash passed

  • Argue both sides of free buses (writing): DeepSeek V4.1 Flash passed and Claude Haiku 5.5 didn't. Claude Haiku 5.5: Graded 4.0 of 5 on average (lowest 4); but a paragraph of 103 words, over the 90 allowed. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Graded 4.3 of 5 on average (lowest 4).

  • An article in three bullets (summarization): DeepSeek V4.1 Flash passed and Claude Haiku 5.5 didn't. Claude Haiku 5.5: Graded 3.7 of 5 on average (lowest 3); but 61 words, over the 60 allowed. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Graded 4.7 of 5 on average (lowest 4).

  • An email thread in one sentence (summarization): DeepSeek V4.1 Flash passed and Claude Haiku 5.5 didn't. Claude Haiku 5.5: Graded 4.3 of 5 on average (lowest 4); but 39 words, over the 30 allowed. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Graded 4.7 of 5 on average (lowest 4).

  • A frustrated customer (customer support): DeepSeek V4.1 Flash passed and Claude Haiku 5.5 didn't. Claude Haiku 5.5: Graded 3.3 of 5 on average (lowest 3). DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Graded 4.7 of 5 on average (lowest 4).

  • A message with a planted instruction (customer support): Claude Haiku 5.5 passed and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash didn't. Claude Haiku 5.5: Graded 4.7 of 5 on average (lowest 4). DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Graded 4.7 of 5 on average (lowest 4); but 198 words, over the 150 allowed.

Job by job, the widest gaps first

  • Summarization: Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 3 of 5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 5 of 5. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash answered 2.6× sooner at the median, 1.4 s against 0.5 s. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cost 1.6× less, $0.0016 against $0.0010 for the 5 replies. Claude Haiku 5.5's replies ran 63% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Writing: Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 3 of 5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 4 of 5. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash answered 1.1× sooner at the median, 1.5 s against 1.3 s. Claude Haiku 5.5 cost 2.8× less, $0.0008 against $0.0023 for the 5 replies. Claude Haiku 5.5's replies ran 46% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Coding: Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 5 of 5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 5 of 5. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash answered 1.6× sooner at the median, 3.9 s against 2.5 s. Claude Haiku 5.5 cost 4.1× less, $0.0023 against $0.0092 for the 5 replies. Their replies ran to about the same length.

  • Translation: Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 5 of 5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 5 of 5. Their median waits were close, 1.4 s against 1.3 s. Claude Haiku 5.5 cost 3.2× less, $0.0009 against $0.0029 for the 5 replies. Claude Haiku 5.5's replies ran 32% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Data analysis: Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 5 of 5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 5 of 5. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash answered 3.8× sooner at the median, 3.3 s against 0.9 s. Claude Haiku 5.5 cost 2.4× less, $0.0018 against $0.0042 for the 5 replies. Claude Haiku 5.5's replies ran 21% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Customer support: Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 4 of 5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 4 of 5. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash answered 1.5× sooner at the median, 1.9 s against 1.3 s. Claude Haiku 5.5 cost 2.0× less, $0.0012 against $0.0023 for the 5 replies. Claude Haiku 5.5's replies ran 15% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Math: Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 5 of 5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 5 of 5. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash answered 1.9× sooner at the median, 1.7 s against 0.9 s. Claude Haiku 5.5 cost 1.7× less, $0.0007 against $0.0012 for the 5 replies. Claude Haiku 5.5's replies ran 93% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Agents and tool use: Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 5 of 5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 5 of 5. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash answered 2.9× sooner at the median, 1.0 s against 0.4 s. Claude Haiku 5.5 cost 1.5× less, $0.0007 against $0.0010 for the 5 replies. Claude Haiku 5.5's replies ran 32% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • RAG and answering from documents: Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 5 of 5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 5 of 5. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash answered 3.2× sooner at the median, 1.1 s against 0.3 s. Claude Haiku 5.5 cost 1.2× less, $0.0007 against $0.0008 for the 5 replies. Their replies ran to about the same length.

  • SQL: Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 5 of 5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 5 of 5. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash answered 3.1× sooner at the median, 1.3 s against 0.4 s. They cost about the same, $0.0011 against $0.0010 for the 5 replies. Claude Haiku 5.5's replies ran 88% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

All 50 prompts: who passed, who answered sooner, who cost less
Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on each prompt of our test runs
PromptResultSoonerCheaper
Turn a title into a URL slugBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.1×took 1.5 s and 1.3 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 3.0×cost $0.0001 and $0.0004
Parse a duration like “1h 30m”Both passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.2×took 5.4 s and 2.5 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.2×cost $0.0005 and $0.0011
Merge overlapping intervalsBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.1×took 1.3 s and 0.6 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.0×cost $0.0002 and $0.0003
Evaluate an arithmetic expression, no evalBoth passedClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.5×took 3.9 s and 5.8 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 4.8×cost $0.0006 and $0.0030
Parse CSV with quoted fieldsBoth passedClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.1×took 8.1 s and 9.1 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 5.2×cost $0.0008 and $0.0042
Announce a second bakery shop on LinkedInBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.6×took 3.4 s and 1.3 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.3×cost $0.0002 and $0.0004
Rewrite corporate jargon in plain wordsNeither passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.5×took 1.3 s and 0.9 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.4×cost $0.0001 and $0.0003
Decline a meeting and offer two timesBoth passedClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.7×took 1.3 s and 2.2 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.6×cost $0.0001 and $0.0002
A product announcement with five rulesBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.9×took 1.5 s and 0.8 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.2×cost $0.0001 and $0.0003
Argue both sides of free busesOnly DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.3×took 3.3 s and 2.6 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 4.2×cost $0.0003 and $0.0011
A discount, then sales taxBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.8×took 1.3 s and 0.7 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.6×cost $0.0001 and $0.0001
Pens at 3 for $4Both passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.9×took 1.7 s and 0.9 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.5×cost $0.0002 and $0.0004
Compound interest over three yearsBoth passedClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.7×took 1.3 s and 2.1 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.8×cost $0.0001 and $0.0002
Four-digit numbers whose digits sum to 9Both passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.8×took 1.9 s and 0.7 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.4×cost $0.0002 and $0.0003
The highest of three dice is a 5Both passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.1×took 2.1 s and 1.0 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.3×cost $0.0002 and $0.0002
An article in three bulletsOnly DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 13.6×took 7.2 s and 0.5 sDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 4.1×cost $0.0008 and $0.0002
An email thread in one sentenceOnly DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.6×took 1.1 s and 0.4 sClosecost $0.0001 and $0.0001
Decisions and action items from a meetingBoth passedClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.8×took 1.3 s and 2.4 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.2×cost $0.0002 and $0.0002
A quarterly memo for the CEOBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 9.6×took 4.2 s and 0.4 sDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.2×cost $0.0003 and $0.0003
A study with a negative resultBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.6×took 1.4 s and 0.5 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.4×cost $0.0001 and $0.0002
The region with the most revenueBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 4.4×took 3.4 s and 0.8 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.9×cost $0.0003 and $0.0005
Average order value in AugustBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.5×took 1.3 s and 0.9 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.2×cost $0.0002 and $0.0004
Revenue change from July to AugustBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 3.0×took 3.3 s and 1.1 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.8×cost $0.0004 and $0.0007
A median, filtered two waysBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 4.2×took 2.6 s and 0.6 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.5×cost $0.0002 and $0.0003
Correlation between ad spend and sign-upsBoth passedClosetook 5.7 s and 5.8 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 3.2×cost $0.0007 and $0.0023
A late orderBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.3×took 1.8 s and 1.3 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.6×cost $0.0002 and $0.0005
A return inside the windowBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.5×took 1.4 s and 0.9 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.6×cost $0.0002 and $0.0003
A frustrated customerOnly DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.7×took 2.1 s and 1.3 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.2×cost $0.0002 and $0.0005
A refund request outside the windowBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.8×took 1.9 s and 1.1 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.5×cost $0.0002 and $0.0003
A message with a planted instructionOnly Claude Haiku 5.5DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.1×took 4.6 s and 2.3 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.0×cost $0.0004 and $0.0008
A delivery message into SpanishBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.5×took 1.4 s and 0.9 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.1×cost $0.0002 and $0.0003
A product description into FrenchBoth passedClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.5×took 1.4 s and 2.1 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 5.6×cost $0.0002 and $0.0009
A meeting note into GermanBoth passedClosetook 1.3 s and 1.3 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 3.6×cost $0.0002 and $0.0005
Idioms into natural JapaneseBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.1×took 2.0 s and 1.7 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 3.6×cost $0.0002 and $0.0006
A lease clause into Brazilian PortugueseBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.2×took 2.3 s and 1.1 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.0×cost $0.0003 and $0.0005
Customers in one countryBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 3.8×took 1.0 s and 0.3 sClosecost $0.0001 and $0.0001
Count orders by statusBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 3.8×took 1.0 s and 0.3 sDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.8×cost $0.0001 and $0.0001
Revenue by categoryBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 3.1×took 1.3 s and 0.4 sDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.1×cost $0.0002 and $0.0002
Every customer, even those without ordersBoth passedClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.5×took 1.3 s and 1.9 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 2.0×cost $0.0002 and $0.0004
Monthly revenue with a running totalBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 4.5×took 3.2 s and 0.7 sDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.7×cost $0.0005 and $0.0003
A fact from one sectionBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 3.4×took 1.0 s and 0.3 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.2×cost $0.0001 and $0.0002
Core hours and start timesBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.9×took 1.0 s and 0.3 sClosecost $0.0001 and $0.0001
Two sections in one answerBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 4.3×took 1.4 s and 0.3 sClosecost $0.0001 and $0.0001
A later amendment changes the answerBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 1.3×took 1.3 s and 1.0 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.7×cost $0.0002 and $0.0003
A question the handbook doesn't answerBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.6×took 1.1 s and 0.4 sClosecost $0.0001 and $0.0001
Pick the tool and work out the dateBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 3.0×took 1.0 s and 0.3 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.5×cost $0.0001 and $0.0001
Convert a currencyBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.8×took 0.8 s and 0.3 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.2×cost $0.0001 and $0.0001
Book a meeting from a sentenceBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 4.6×took 3.0 s and 0.6 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.6×cost $0.0002 and $0.0003
Search, but don't bookBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 2.9×took 1.0 s and 0.4 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.5×cost $0.0001 and $0.0002
Two calls with a unit conversionBoth passedDeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 3.6×took 2.3 s and 0.6 sClaude Haiku 5.5, 1.5×cost $0.0002 and $0.0003

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in our test runs

Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on the same prompts, job by job: how many replies passed their check.

Based on 100 of our test runs on , through OpenRouter with the app's own prompt and settings. Updated .

Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in our test runs, job by job
JobClaude Haiku 5.5DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Coding5 of 55 of 5
Writing3 of 54 of 5
Math5 of 55 of 5
Summarization3 of 55 of 5
Data analysis5 of 55 of 5
Customer support4 of 54 of 5
Translation5 of 55 of 5
SQL5 of 55 of 5
RAG and answering from documents5 of 55 of 5
Agents and tool use5 of 55 of 5
All jobs45 of 50 · 1 message each · $0.0002 a reply48 of 50 · 1 message each · $0.0005 a reply

The same prompts, sent to both through llmwise's own pipeline and checked the same way: five for each job. A bold count is the one that passed more. Messages: what each reply counted as on Pro. Cost: what OpenRouter charged us per reply, on average. Every prompt, and how it's scored.

Where they differed most, summarization: both replies to a prompt only one of them passed.

An everyday prompt: “An article in three bullets”, in full.

  • Claude Haiku 5.5

    Failed: Graded 3.7 of 5 on average (lowest 3); but 61 words, over the 60 allowed.

    - Bike trips on Market Street rose from about 900 to 2,300 daily, while car traffic fell 14%, adding about a minute to rush-hour driver times.
    - Shop owners are divided: 27 of 60 surveyed saw more customers, 19 fewer. Cyclist injuries fell from nine to two.
    - Council votes in November; permanent lanes would cost €1.1 million on top of the €410,000 installation.

    728 tokens in, 1,479 out (1,336 of them reasoning) · 7.2 s · $0.0008 · 1 message on Pro · answered by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 via Anthropic ·

  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

    Passed: Graded 4.7 of 5 on average (lowest 4).

    - Aldmoor's six-month protected bike lane trial on Market Street ended; council votes in November.
    - Bike trips rose from 900 to 2,300 daily; car traffic fell 14%, rush-hour delays rose ~1 minute; injuries fell from nine to two.
    - Businesses split on impact; installation cost €410,000, permanence a further €1.1 million.

    562 tokens in, 92 out (11 of them reasoning) · 0.5 s · $0.0002 · 1 message on Pro · answered by deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash via Together ·

Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on every plan

Whether the one-time free trial reaches each model, then each paid plan's messages on it.

Messages on Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, plan by plan
PlanPriceClaude Haiku 5.5DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Free$0In the one-time trial of 5 messagesIn the one-time trial of 5 messages
Pro$20 a month60 a day60 a day
Max$50 a month120 a day120 a day
Ultra$100 a month200 a day200 a day
Studio$200 a month200 a day200 a day

Prices don't include tax, which is added where it applies and shown before you pay. A paid plan's month is one allowance shared by every model, so each monthly count is the most you get if all of it goes to that model. It renews each billing period; everyday models refill daily at 00:00 UTC. Long chats count more per reply. How pricing works.

Every limit is published. Paid plans also have a monthly fair-use limit on AI cost: Pro $7.50, Max $20, Ultra $42, Studio $85. Using every message on your plan at typical sizes stays under it; very large messages and heavy research use it faster. Every limit, explained.

What differs

  • Messages on Pro

    Both are everyday models: each message comes from Pro's 60 a day, so they cost the same.

  • Context window

    Claude Haiku 5.5 takes up to 1M tokens; DeepSeek V4.1 Flash up to 1.05M tokens. A chat in llmwise holds up to 200k tokens, which fits in either, so the difference shows only through each maker's own API.

  • Images and PDFs

    Both read images. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash gets a PDF's text rather than the file itself.

  • On Free

    Both are in the free trial.

  • Where messages go

    Claude Haiku 5.5: Sent to Anthropic directly. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Served through OpenRouter, only by hosts that don't store or train on prompts. The maker's own endpoint is never asked.

Fact by fact

Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, fact by fact
FactClaude Haiku 5.5DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Context window1M tokens1.05M tokens
Reads imagesYesYes
PDFsWhole fileText only
ReasoningYesYes
API price (October 2026)$0.10 in / $0.50 out per million tokens$0.30 in / $1.20 out per million tokens
A typical message at API prices (4,000 tokens in, 700 out)$0.0008$0.0020
A $10 top-up addsNothing: an everyday model's count is dailyNothing: an everyday model's count is daily
Where a message goesSent to Anthropic directly.Served through OpenRouter, only by hosts that don't store or train on prompts. The maker's own endpoint is never asked.
If the provider failsIf Anthropic fails before the reply starts (an overload, a server error, a dropped connection), llmwise sends the same request to Claude Haiku 5.5 through OpenRouter instead.When one host is down, OpenRouter moves the request to another host that meets the same rules.
Anthropic's safety fallbackDoesn't applyDoesn't apply
API prices are what our model catalog lists (Claude: Anthropic's list price; DeepSeek: the price of the OpenRouter endpoints llmwise uses, not DeepSeek's own API). In llmwise you pay per message, not per token: the counts above are what you get.

Claude Haiku 5.5 or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

From the facts above and our test runs: the rest is how their answers suit your work, which one chat can show you.

  • Pick Claude Haiku 5.5: it reads a PDF as the whole file, charts and scans included; it costs its maker less to run ($0.0008 a typical message at API prices), though in llmwise the count is the same.

Each model's page, the families, and other pairs

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is one pair of models. The page below covers the whole families.

Questions

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cheaper in llmwise?

Both are everyday models: each message comes from Pro's 60 a day, so they cost the same. Every paid plan's monthly allowance is shared by all models, so each count is the most you get if it all goes to that model.

Can I try Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash for free?

Yes: both are in the free trial of 5 messages.

Which has the bigger context window, Claude Haiku 5.5 or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 1.05M tokens, against 1M tokens. A chat in llmwise holds up to 200k tokens, which fits in either, so the difference shows only through each maker's own API.

Can I use Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in the same chat?

Yes. Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 for one message and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash for the next; the second sees the whole chat, including the first one's answer.

Which did better in your test runs, Claude Haiku 5.5 or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

On the same 50 prompts, run on October 8, 2026, Claude Haiku 5.5 passed 45 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash passed 48. The table on this page has each job, and every reply is published.

Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, Kimi, and GLM, in one chat.

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