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Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro

Side-by-side comparison of Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku and Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro. Compare pricing, context window, capabilities, and find out which is better for your workflow.

Verdict

strong confidence

Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku leads overall

Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku leads in price and context window and max output, making it the stronger choice for most workflows. Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro remains a solid alternative depending on your specific needs.

Best for with Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku

Budget-conscious workflowsLong document processingLong-form content generation

Best for with Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro

No clear advantages identified

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Technical specifications

	Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku	Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro
Provider	Anthropic	Perplexity
Input price	$0.80/M	$2/M
Output price	$4/M	$8/M
Context window	200K	128K
Max output	8K	N/A
Capabilities	Tool useVision	VisionReasoning
Released	Nov 4, 2024	Mar 7, 2025

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Price

Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku leads

Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku

$4/M tokens