Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark

Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)

Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.

Input delta: $1.00Output delta: $5.00Monthly delta: $420

Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)

Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.

Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.

Metric	Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5	Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)
Developer	anthropic	google
Context Window	200,000	131,072
Input Cost / 1M Tokens	$1.00	$0.0000
Output Cost / 1M Tokens	$5.00	$0.0000
Projected Monthly Cost	$420	$0.00
Vision	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
Tool Calling	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
Structured Output	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
Reasoning	✅ Yes	❌ No
MMLU Score	76.0	N/A
GPQA	67.2	N/A

Price History

Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%

Mar 7 — Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$1.00

Current Output / 1M

$5.00

Price History

Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokensOutput / 1M tokens

Mar 7 — Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$0.000000

Current Output / 1M

$0.000000

Cost Calculator

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Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5

$420

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Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)

$0.00

per month

Lower cost

Live Recommendation

Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.

Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) saves $420/mo at this workload

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FAQ

Common questions for Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) pricing decisions.

Which is cheaper for input tokens: Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)?

Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) is cheaper on input token cost by $1.00 per 1M tokens.

Which is cheaper for output tokens: Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)?

Google: Gemma 3 27B (free) is cheaper on output token cost by $5.00 per 1M tokens.

What is the projected monthly cost difference between Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)?

$420 difference for the default scenario (120M input + 60M output tokens/month).

How should I choose between Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 and Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)?

Use this page to compare context window and token pricing, then open each model page to evaluate additional alternatives and monthly workload fit.