Gemini Flash 2.0 vs Claude Haiku 4.5
Flash 2.0 cheaper and handles video; Haiku better tool routing and refusal quality.
Gemini Flash 2.0
Google's workhorse: fast, cheap, multimodal. The Sonnet of the Gemini family.
Use this when
Ultra-high volume, video/multimodal at budget tier, Google Cloud integration.
Full profile →Claude Haiku 4.5
The fast one. Used for sub-agents, high-volume classification, and the parts of an agent loop where capability matters less than throughput.
Use this when
Tool routing, classification, sub-agent backbone, Anthropic ecosystem.
Full profile →Cost comparison
Flash $0.075/$0.30 per M; Haiku $1/$5 per M. Flash significantly cheaper.