Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen3.5-Plus
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Claude Haiku 5.5 comes from Anthropic and Qwen3.5-Plus from Alibaba. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
Claude Haiku 5.5 is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $0.10 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Qwen3.5-Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Model ID | claude-haiku-5-5 | qwen3.5-plus |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 64K |
| Input price | $0.10 / 1M tokens | $0.40 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $0.50 / 1M tokens | $2.40 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2026-06 | — |
| Input types | text, image, file | text, image, video |
| Output types | text | text |
| Plan | All paid plans | All paid plans |
Which should you use?
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 when…
- Cost matters: input runs at $0.10 / 1M tokens versus $0.40 / 1M tokens.
- You want longer single responses — up to 128K output tokens.
- You need file input, which the other model does not accept.
Pick Qwen3.5-Plus when…
- You need video input, which the other model does not accept.
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Try both on Clade
You do not have to choose. One Clade subscription gives you Claude Haiku 5.5, Qwen3.5-Plus, and every other model on the platform.