Claude Opus vs Sonnet vs Haiku: Cost Comparison for OpenClaw

# Pricing (per 1M tokens, as of January 2025):

# Claude 3 Opus:
# Input:  $15.00
# Output: $75.00
# Example: 10k input + 2k output = $0.30

# Claude 3.5 Sonnet:
# Input:  $3.00
# Output: $15.00
# Example: 10k input + 2k output = $0.06

# Claude 3 Haiku:
# Input:  $0.25
# Output: $1.25
# Example: 10k input + 2k output = $0.0050

# Haiku is 60x cheaper than Opus
# Sonnet is 5x cheaper than Opus

# Anthropic benchmark scores (higher is better):

# Complex Reasoning (GPQA):
# Opus:   50.4%
# Sonnet: 59.4%  ← Sonnet beats Opus here!
# Haiku:  33.3%

# Code Generation (HumanEval):
# Opus:   84.9%
# Sonnet: 92.0%  ← Sonnet wins again
# Haiku:  75.9%

# General Knowledge (MMLU):
# Opus:   86.8%
# Sonnet: 88.7%
# Haiku:  75.2%

# Speed (tokens per second):
# Haiku:  ~100 tok/s (fastest)
# Sonnet: ~60 tok/s
# Opus:   ~30 tok/s (slowest)

# Use Haiku for:
# - Summarization
# - Simple formatting (JSON, YAML, markdown)
# - Translation
# - Content moderation
# - Data extraction from structured text
# - Classification tasks
# - FAQ responses

# Use Sonnet for:
# - General conversation
# - Code generation
# - Content writing
# - Analysis of moderate complexity
# - Most day-to-day OpenClaw tasks

# Use Opus for:
# - Complex multi-step reasoning
# - Security audits
# - Architecture design
# - Debugging difficult issues
# - Research and analysis requiring deep thinking

# In config/models.yaml:
models:
  primary: anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet  # Default

  task_routing:
    simple: anthropic/claude-3-haiku
    complex: anthropic/claude-3-opus

  rules:
    - keywords: ["summarize", "format", "translate"]
      model: anthropic/claude-3-haiku

    - keywords: ["analyze", "design", "security", "debug"]
      model: anthropic/claude-3-opus

    - default: anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet

# Or use OpenRouter for automatic routing

# Scenario: 1000 conversations per month

# All Opus (default):
# 1000 conversations × 15k avg tokens × $0.015/1k = $225/month

# Smart routing (60% Haiku, 30% Sonnet, 10% Opus):
# 600 × 15k × $0.0003/1k = $2.70
# 300 × 15k × $0.003/1k = $13.50
# 100 × 15k × $0.015/1k = $22.50
# Total: $38.70/month

# Savings: $186.30/month (83% reduction)

# Annual savings: $2,235.60