Pricing Intelligence
What AI actually costs
Live API pricing from provider listings, ranked by value. Blended price assumes 75% input and 25% output tokens, a typical chat and coding mix.
Source: OpenRouter (live)
- Lowest input price
- $0.0060/M
- Lowest output price
- $0/M
- Median blended price
- $0.875/M
Flagships
Where the major models sit today
The newest paid model in each family, resolved automatically from live data.
| Family | Current model | Input /M | Output /M | Blended | vs cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI flagship | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro | $0.200 | $1.20 | $0.450 | 15× |
| Anthropic flagship | Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $8.00 | 274× |
| Anthropic workhorse | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $4.00 | 137× |
| Google Pro | Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | $2.00 | $12.00 | $4.50 | 154× |
| Google Flash | Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.825 | $4.13 | $1.65 | 56× |
| xAI Grok | SpaceXAI: Grok 4.7 | $2.00 | $6.00 | $3.00 | 103× |
| DeepSeek | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | $0.150 | $0.600 | $0.262 | 9.0× |
| Meta Llama | Meta: Llama 4 Maverick | $0.188 | $0.652 | $0.304 | 10× |
Best value overall
Lowest blended price.
- 1
Mistral
$0.029
/M blended
- 2
Scaledown
$0.030
/M blended
- 3
Scaledown
$0.030
/M blended
- 4
Inclusionai
$0.032
/M blended
- 5
$0.042
/M blended
Cheapest input
For document-heavy workloads.
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
Z.ai (Zhipu)
$0.0060
inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash
Inclusionai
$0.021
OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (batch)
OpenAI
$0.024
Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Mini
Nex Agi
$0.025
OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch)
OpenAI
$0.025
Cheapest output
For generation-heavy workloads.
ScaleDown: Summarize
Scaledown
$0
ScaleDown: Extract
Scaledown
$0
Mistral: Mistral Nemo
Mistral
$0.030
Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris
Sao10k
$0.050
inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash
Inclusionai
$0.063
Cost calculator
What would your workload cost?
Enter monthly token volumes and compare the bill across models. Starts with the flagships above; add any listed model.
| Model | Input | Output | Monthly | Yearly | vs cheapest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro OpenAI · $0.200 in / $1.20 out per M | $10 | $18 | $28 | $336 | Cheapest | |
| Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash Google · $0.825 in / $4.13 out per M | $41 | $62 | $103 | $1,238 | +$75 (3.7×) | |
| SpaceXAI: Grok 4.7 xAI · $2.00 in / $6.00 out per M | $100 | $90 | $190 | $2,280 | +$162 (6.8×) | |
| Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic · $2.00 in / $10.00 out per M | $100 | $150 | $250 | $3,000 | +$222 (8.9×) | |
| Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google · $2.00 in / $12.00 out per M | $100 | $180 | $280 | $3,360 | +$252 (10.0×) | |
| Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic · $4.00 in / $20.00 out per M | $200 | $300 | $500 | $6,000 | +$472 (17.9×) |
Estimates use list prices per million tokens from live provider listings. Cached-input, batch and volume discounts are not included, so real bills are often lower.
Subscriptions
Consumer plans compared
Consumer chat subscriptions (individual plans, USD per month, billed monthly, excluding tax). Indicative - check the provider's pricing page before buying.
Google Gemini
Google AI Pro
$19.99/mo
Gemini app with Pro models, 2 TB storage, Gemini in Gmail/Docs
Provider pricingOpenAI ChatGPT
ChatGPT Plus
$20/mo
Higher limits on flagship models, image generation, voice, custom GPTs
Provider pricingAnthropic Claude
Claude Pro
$20/mo
More usage, Projects, Claude Code, all Claude models
Provider pricingMicrosoft Copilot
Copilot Pro
$20/mo
Priority access, Copilot in Word/Excel/Outlook (with M365)
Provider pricingWant this in your currency with a watchlist?
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