A token is a unit of text processed by the API. On average: 1 token ≈ 4 characters in English, 1 token ≈ ¾ words, 100 tokens ≈ 75 words. The exact token count can vary depending on language and text type.

Which model should I choose?

The right model depends on your use case. Start with a cost comparison using your real token volume, then filter by provider, context window, and total cost. Lower-cost models suit high-volume work. For complex tasks or agent runs, a stronger model may be the better choice.

Which API is right for you?

No API wins every task. First compare costs for your own prompts and typical outputs. Then account for context windows, latency, data handling, and the capabilities your product actually needs.

How can I save costs?

Shorter prompts, sensible output limits, and a model that fits each step can reduce costs substantially. Also check caching for repeated input plus your provider's batch and volume discounts.

What's the difference between input and output tokens?

Input tokens are all tokens you send to the API (your prompt, system message, etc.). Output tokens are the tokens in the API's response. Output tokens are typically more expensive because they need to be generated by the API, while input tokens are only processed.

Are there volume discounts, batch processing, or free tiers?

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google each offer a 50% discount for batch workloads that do not need immediate responses. Anthropic and OpenAI also support caching for repeated input. Google provides a free developer tier for selected Gemini models. Contract and volume discounts depend on the provider, workload, and negotiated agreement.

How accurate are these price calculations?

The calculator uses base prices from the current GLLMPI catalog. The result remains an estimate because tokenization, context length, caching, batch processing, and contract terms can change your actual costs. Your provider's price is always the binding figure for billing.

213 current AI models

AI API Cost Calculator

Calculate API costs for every model currently included in the GLLMPI.

New: The model catalog is matched directly to the GLLMPI.

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213 models found

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Total cost:$0.1400

Cost per call:$0.001400

Input cost:$0.0200

Output cost:$0.1200

Model Comparison

Cost comparison of all available AI models

Model	API Provider	Input $/1M	Output $/1M	Context	Total Cost
Mistral Nemo	Mistral AI	$0.02	$0.03	128K	$0.0049
Ling 3.0 Flash	inclusionAI	$0.02	$0.06	262K	$0.0084
Nex-N2-mini	Nex AGI	$0.03	$0.10	262K	$0.0125
Granite 4.0 H Micro	IBM	$0.02	$0.11	131K	$0.0129
Llama 3.1 8B	Meta	$0.05	$0.08	128K	$0.0130
Mistral Small 3	Mistral AI	$0.05	$0.08	128K	$0.0130
Qwen 3.7 Flash	Alibaba	$0.03	$0.11	1M	$0.0138
Granite 4.1 8B	IBM	$0.05	$0.10	131K	$0.0150
Gemma 3 4B	Google	$0.05	$0.10	128K	$0.0150
GPT OSS 20B	OpenAI	$0.03	$0.13	131K	$0.0160
Nova Micro 1.0	Amazon	$0.04	$0.14	128K	$0.0175
Laguna XS 2.1	Poolside	$0.06	$0.12	262K	$0.0180
Gemma 3n E4B	Google	$0.06	$0.12	32K	$0.0180
Command R7B	Cohere	$0.04	$0.15	128K	$0.0187
GPT OSS 120B	OpenAI	$0.03	$0.17	131K	$0.0200
Gemma 3 12B	Google	$0.05	$0.15	128K	$0.0200
Ministral 3 3B	Mistral AI	$0.10	$0.10	131K	$0.0200
Phi-4	Microsoft	$0.07	$0.14	16K	$0.0210
Ministral 8B	Mistral AI	$0.11	$0.11	128K	$0.0220
Llama 3.2 1B	Meta	$0.03	$0.20	128K	$0.0228
Qwen 3 30B A3B Instruct 2507	Alibaba	$0.05	$0.19	262K	$0.0241
Nemotron 3 Nano	NVIDIA	$0.05	$0.20	1M	$0.0250
Qwen 3.5 9B	Alibaba	$0.10	$0.15	262K	$0.0250
Laguna S 2.1	Poolside	$0.09	$0.18	1M	$0.0270
Mistral Small 3.2	Mistral AI	$0.07	$0.20	128K	$0.0275
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning	NVIDIA	$0.08	$0.20	1M	$0.0280
Nemotron Nano 2 9B	NVIDIA	$0.06	$0.23	128K	$0.0290
Nova Lite 1.0	Amazon	$0.06	$0.24	300K	$0.0300
Solar Mini	Upstage	$0.15	$0.15	32K	$0.0300
Ministral 3 8B	Mistral AI	$0.15	$0.15	262K	$0.0300
Qwen 2.5 7B	Alibaba	$0.10	$0.20	128K	$0.0300
Qwen 3 Coder 30B A3B	Alibaba	$0.07	$0.28	262K	$0.0350
Qwen 3 32B	Alibaba	$0.08	$0.28	131K	$0.0360
Qwen 3 14B	Alibaba	$0.12	$0.24	131K	$0.0360
Seed 1.6 Flash	ByteDance	$0.07	$0.30	256K	$0.0375
Llama 3.2 3B	Meta	$0.05	$0.33	128K	$0.0380
Llama 4 Scout	Meta	$0.10	$0.30	10M	$0.0400
Ministral 3 14B	Mistral AI	$0.20	$0.20	262K	$0.0400
Voxtral Small 24B	Mistral AI	$0.10	$0.30	32K	$0.0400
Step 3.5 Flash	StepFun	$0.10	$0.30	256K	$0.0400
Gemma 4 26B A4B	Google	$0.07	$0.34	262K	$0.0410
Llama 3.3 70B	Meta	$0.10	$0.32	128K	$0.0420
DeepSeek V4 Flash	DeepSeek	$0.14	$0.28	1M	$0.0420
MiMo-V2.5	Xiaomi	$0.14	$0.28	1M	$0.0420
Gemma 4 31B	Google	$0.10	$0.34	262K	$0.0440
GPT-5 nano	OpenAI	$0.05	$0.40	400K	$0.0450
GLM-4.7-Flash	Z.ai	$0.06	$0.40	200K	$0.0460
Nemotron 3 Super	NVIDIA	$0.09	$0.40	1M	$0.0485
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Google	$0.10	$0.40	1M	$0.0500
GPT-4.1 nano	OpenAI	$0.10	$0.40	1M	$0.0500
Seed 2.0 Mini	ByteDance	$0.10	$0.40	256K	$0.0500
Qwen 3 VL 32B	Alibaba	$0.10	$0.42	131K	$0.0520
Hermes 4 70B	Nous Research	$0.13	$0.40	131K	$0.0530
Gemma 3 27B	Google	$0.08	$0.45	128K	$0.0530
Qwen 3 8B	Alibaba	$0.12	$0.46	131K	$0.0572
Qwen 3 VL 8B	Alibaba	$0.12	$0.46	262K	$0.0572
DeepSeek-V3.2	DeepSeek	$0.26	$0.38	163K	$0.0640
Qwen 3 235B A22B Instruct 2507	Alibaba	$0.09	$0.55	262K	$0.0640
Qwen 3 30B A3B	Alibaba	$0.13	$0.52	131K	$0.0650
Qwen 3 VL 30B A3B	Alibaba	$0.13	$0.52	262K	$0.0650
Hy3	Tencent	$0.13	$0.53	262K	$0.0660
DeepSeek-V3.2 Exp	DeepSeek	$0.27	$0.41	163K	$0.0680
Ring 2.6 1T	inclusionAI	$0.07	$0.63	262K	$0.0700
Hunyuan A13B Instruct	Tencent	$0.14	$0.57	262K	$0.0710
GPT-4o mini	OpenAI	$0.15	$0.60	128K	$0.0750
KAT-Coder-Air V2.5	Kuaishou	$0.15	$0.60	256K	$0.0750
Mistral Small 4	Mistral AI	$0.15	$0.60	256K	$0.0750
Command R	Cohere	$0.15	$0.60	128K	$0.0750
Solar Pro 2	Upstage	$0.15	$0.60	65K	$0.0750
Solar Pro 3	Upstage	$0.15	$0.60	131K	$0.0750
Qwen 2.5 72B	Alibaba	$0.36	$0.40	128K	$0.0760
Nemotron Nano 2 VL 12B	NVIDIA	$0.20	$0.60	128K	$0.0800
Llama 3.1 70B	Meta	$0.40	$0.40	128K	$0.0800
Mistral Small 3.1	Mistral AI	$0.35	$0.56	128K	$0.0906
Qwen 3 Coder Next	Alibaba	$0.12	$0.80	262K	$0.0920
GLM-4.5 Air	Z.ai	$0.13	$0.85	131K	$0.0980
Llama 4 Maverick	Meta	$0.20	$0.80	1M	$0.1000
Trinity Large Thinking	Arcee AI	$0.22	$0.85	262K	$0.1070
Qwen 3.6 35B A3B	Alibaba	$0.14	$1.00	262K	$0.1140
Qwen 3 Next 80B A3B Instruct	Alibaba	$0.10	$1.10	262K	$0.1200
GLM-4.6V	Z.ai	$0.30	$0.90	131K	$0.1200
Nex-N2-Pro	Nex AGI	$0.25	$1.00	262K	$0.1250
DeepSeek-V3 0324	DeepSeek	$0.25	$1.00	163K	$0.1250
DeepSeek-V3.1 Terminus	DeepSeek	$0.27	$1.00	163K	$0.1270
MiniMax M2	MiniMax	$0.26	$1.02	204K	$0.1275
DeepSeek-V3	DeepSeek	$0.26	$1.03	128K	$0.1286
Qwen 3 Coder 480B A35B	Alibaba	$0.30	$1.00	262K	$0.1300
MiniMax-01	MiniMax	$0.20	$1.10	1M	$0.1300
Gemma 2 27B	Google	$0.65	$0.65	8K	$0.1300
DeepSeek V4 Pro	DeepSeek	$0.43	$0.87	1M	$0.1305
MiMo-V2.5-Pro	Xiaomi	$0.43	$0.87	1M	$0.1305
Step 3.7 Flash	StepFun	$0.20	$1.15	256K	$0.1350
MiniMax M2.5	MiniMax	$0.27	$1.08	204K	$0.1350
Qwen 3 Next 80B A3B Thinking	Alibaba	$0.15	$1.20	262K	$0.1350
Qwen 3.7 Plus	Alibaba	$0.28	$1.10	1M	$0.1377
GPT-5.6 Luna	OpenAI	$0.20	$1.20	1M	$0.1400
Muse Glimmer 30B	Meta	$0.30	$1.10	131K	$0.1400
GPT-5.4 nano	OpenAI	$0.20	$1.25	400K	$0.1450
MiniMax M2.7	MiniMax	$0.30	$1.20	204K	$0.1500
Qwen 3.5 35B A3B	Alibaba	$0.25	$1.25	262K	$0.1500
MiniMax M2.1	MiniMax	$0.30	$1.20	204K	$0.1500
MiniMax M3	MiniMax	$0.30	$1.20	1M	$0.1500
Inkling Small	Thinking Machines Lab	$0.30	$1.20	1M	$0.1500
Solar Pro 4	Upstage	$0.30	$1.20	512K	$0.1500
DeepSeek-R1 Distill Llama 70B	DeepSeek	$0.80	$0.80	128K	$0.1600
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Alibaba	$0.66	$1.00	128K	$0.1660
ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B	Baidu	$0.42	$1.25	131K	$0.1670
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite	Google	$0.25	$1.50	1M	$0.1750
Qwen 3.5 27B	Alibaba	$0.20	$1.56	262K	$0.1755
Qwen 2.5 VL 72B	Alibaba	$0.80	$1.00	128K	$0.1800
Virtuoso Large	Arcee AI	$0.75	$1.20	131K	$0.1950
GPT-4.1 mini	OpenAI	$0.40	$1.60	1M	$0.2000
Sonar	Perplexity	$1.00	$1.00	128K	$0.2000
Mistral Large 3	Mistral AI	$0.50	$1.50	256K	$0.2000
Qwen 3 VL 235B A22B	Alibaba	$0.21	$1.90	262K	$0.2110
GLM-4.7	Z.ai	$0.40	$1.75	204K	$0.2150
DeepSeek-V3.1	DeepSeek	$0.55	$1.65	128K	$0.2200
GPT-5 mini	OpenAI	$0.25	$2.00	400K	$0.2250
Seed 1.6	ByteDance	$0.25	$2.00	256K	$0.2250
Seed 2.0 Lite	ByteDance	$0.25	$2.00	256K	$0.2250
Seed 1.8	ByteDance	$0.25	$2.00	256K	$0.2250
Qwen 3 235B A22B	Alibaba	$0.46	$1.82	131K	$0.2275
Qwen 3 VL 8B Thinking	Alibaba	$0.18	$2.10	131K	$0.2280
Qwen 3.5 122B A10B	Alibaba	$0.26	$2.08	262K	$0.2340
GLM-4.5V	Z.ai	$0.60	$1.80	65K	$0.2400
GLM-4.6	Z.ai	$0.50	$2.00	204K	$0.2500
Qwen 3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	Alibaba	$0.23	$2.30	262K	$0.2530
Qwen 3 30B A3B Thinking 2507	Alibaba	$0.20	$2.40	81K	$0.2600
Qwen 3 VL 30B A3B Thinking	Alibaba	$0.20	$2.40	262K	$0.2600
DeepSeek-R1 0528	DeepSeek	$0.50	$2.15	163K	$0.2650
Kimi K2.5	Moonshot AI	$0.45	$2.25	262K	$0.2700
Qwen 3.5 397B A17B	Alibaba	$0.39	$2.34	262K	$0.2730
MiniMax M1	MiniMax	$0.55	$2.20	1M	$0.2750
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite	Google	$0.30	$2.50	1M	$0.2800
Nova 2 Lite	Amazon	$0.30	$2.50	1M	$0.2800
GLM-4.5	Z.ai	$0.60	$2.20	131K	$0.2800
Gemini 2.5 Flash	Google	$0.30	$2.50	1M	$0.2800
Kimi K2 0711	Moonshot AI	$0.57	$2.30	131K	$0.2870
Grok Build 0.1	xAI	$1.00	$2.00	256K	$0.3000
Kimi K2 Thinking	Moonshot AI	$0.60	$2.50	262K	$0.3100
Kimi K2 0905	Moonshot AI	$0.60	$2.50	262K	$0.3100
DeepSeek-R1	DeepSeek	$0.70	$2.50	128K	$0.3200
Gemini 3 Flash	Google	$0.50	$3.00	1M	$0.3500
Seed 2.0 Code	ByteDance	$0.50	$3.00	256K	$0.3500
Seed 2.0 Pro	ByteDance	$0.50	$3.00	256K	$0.3500
Qwen 3.8 27B	Alibaba	$0.45	$3.20	262K	$0.3650
KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5	Kuaishou	$0.74	$2.96	256K	$0.3700
LongCat 2.0	Meituan	$0.75	$2.95	1M	$0.3700
Grok 4.3	xAI	$1.25	$2.50	1M	$0.3750
Grok 4.20 Reasoning	xAI	$1.25	$2.50	1M	$0.3750
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent	xAI	$1.25	$2.50	1M	$0.3750
MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed	Xiaomi	$1.30	$2.61	1M	$0.3915
Nova Pro 1.0	Amazon	$0.80	$3.20	300K	$0.4000
Hermes 4 405B	Nous Research	$1.00	$3.00	131K	$0.4000
Nemotron 3 Ultra	NVIDIA	$0.60	$3.60	1M	$0.4200
Qwen 3.6 27B	Alibaba	$0.60	$3.60	262K	$0.4200
GLM-5	Z.ai	$1.00	$3.20	200K	$0.4200
Qwen 3 VL 235B A22B Thinking	Alibaba	$0.40	$4.00	131K	$0.4400
Gemini 3.7 Flash	Google	$0.75	$3.75	1M	$0.4500
Gemini 3.6 Flash	Google	$0.75	$3.75	1M	$0.4500
Kimi K2.6	Moonshot AI	$0.95	$4.00	262K	$0.4950
Kimi K2.7 Code	Moonshot AI	$0.95	$4.00	262K	$0.4950
Inkling	Thinking Machines Lab	$1.00	$4.05	1M	$0.5050
GPT-5.4 mini	OpenAI	$0.75	$4.50	400K	$0.5250
o4-mini	OpenAI	$1.10	$4.40	200K	$0.5500
o3-mini	OpenAI	$1.10	$4.40	200K	$0.5500
Muse Spark 1.2	Meta	$1.25	$4.25	1M	$0.5500
GLM-5.2	Z.ai	$1.40	$4.40	1M	$0.5800
GLM-5.3	Z.ai	$1.40	$4.40	1M	$0.5800
GLM-5.1	Z.ai	$1.40	$4.40	200K	$0.5800
Claude Haiku 4.5	Anthropic	$1.00	$5.00	200K	$0.6000
Seed 2.1 Turbo	ByteDance	$1.00	$5.00	256K	$0.6000
Qwen 3.7 Max	Alibaba	$1.65	$4.95	1M	$0.6601
Qwen 3.8 Max	Alibaba	$1.65	$4.95	1M	$0.6601
Qwen 3.8 2.4T A95B	Alibaba	$2.00	$6.00	262K	$0.8000
Mixtral 8x22B	Mistral AI	$2.00	$6.00	65K	$0.8000
Grok 4.6	xAI	$2.00	$6.00	500K	$0.8000
Grok 4.5	xAI	$2.00	$6.00	500K	$0.8000
Mistral Medium 3.5	Mistral AI	$1.50	$7.50	256K	$0.9000
o3	OpenAI	$2.00	$8.00	200K	$1.0000
GPT-4.1	OpenAI	$2.00	$8.00	1M	$1.0000
Sonar Reasoning Pro	Perplexity	$2.00	$8.00	128K	$1.0000
Sonar Deep Research	Perplexity	$2.00	$8.00	128K	$1.0000
Gemini 3.5 Flash	Google	$1.50	$9.00	1M	$1.0500
GPT-5	OpenAI	$1.25	$10.00	400K	$1.1250
Gemini 2.5 Pro	Google	$1.25	$10.00	1M	$1.1250
Claude Sonnet 5	Anthropic	$2.00	$10.00	1M	$1.2000
GPT-4o	OpenAI	$2.50	$10.00	128K	$1.2500
Command A	Cohere	$2.50	$10.00	256K	$1.2500
Command R+	Cohere	$2.50	$10.00	128K	$1.2500
GPT-5.6 Terra	OpenAI	$2.00	$12.00	1M	$1.4000
Gemini 3.1 Pro	Google	$2.00	$12.00	1M	$1.4000
Nova Premier 1.0	Amazon	$2.50	$12.50	1M	$1.5000
GPT-5.3 Codex	OpenAI	$1.75	$14.00	400K	$1.5750
GPT-5.4	OpenAI	$2.50	$15.00	1M	$1.7500
Claude Sonnet 4.6	Anthropic	$3.00	$15.00	1M	$1.8000
Claude Sonnet 4.5	Anthropic	$3.00	$15.00	200K	$1.8000
Sonar Pro	Perplexity	$3.00	$15.00	200K	$1.8000
Kimi K3	Moonshot AI	$3.00	$15.00	1M	$1.8000
GPT-5.6 Sol	OpenAI	$4.00	$20.00	1M	$2.4000
Claude Opus 5	Anthropic	$5.00	$25.00	1M	$3.0000
Claude Opus 4.7	Anthropic	$5.00	$25.00	1M	$3.0000
Claude Opus 4.6	Anthropic	$5.00	$25.00	1M	$3.0000
Claude Opus 4.5	Anthropic	$5.00	$25.00	200K	$3.0000
ChatGPT chat-latest	OpenAI	$5.00	$30.00	1M	$3.5000
GPT-5.5	OpenAI	$5.00	$30.00	1M	$3.5000
Claude Fable 5	Anthropic	$10.00	$50.00	1M	$6.0000
Claude Mythos 5	Anthropic	$10.00	$50.00	1M	$6.0000
o1	OpenAI	$15.00	$60.00	200K	$7.5000
o3-pro	OpenAI	$20.00	$80.00	200K	$10.0000
GPT-5 pro	OpenAI	$15.00	$120.00	400K	$13.5000
GPT-5.5 Pro	OpenAI	$30.00	$180.00	1M	$21.0000
GPT-5.4 Pro	OpenAI	$30.00	$180.00	1M	$21.0000

Note on Pricing

The displayed base prices use the same continuously verified data as the GLLMPI. Caching, batch processing, volume discounts, context tiers, and additional API features can change your actual costs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Important information about using AI APIs

Token Conversion & Examples

Understand how tokens are counted

Average Conversions

1 Token≈ 4 characters (English)

1 Token≈ 2-3 characters (German)

1 Word≈ 1.3 tokens

1 Sentence (15 words)≈ 20 tokens

1 Paragraph (100 words)≈ 130 tokens

Typical Use Cases

Simple Q&A

Input: ~50 tokens, Output: ~100 tokens

GPT-5.6 Luna | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Claude Haiku 4.5

Text Summary

Input: ~1000 tokens, Output: ~200 tokens

GPT-5.6 Luna | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | DeepSeek V4 Flash

Code Generation

Input: ~200 tokens, Output: ~500 tokens

GPT-5.6 Terra | Claude Sonnet 5

Complex Reasoning

Input: ~500 tokens, Output: ~1000 tokens

GPT-5.6 Sol | Claude Opus 5

Changelog

The latest updates and improvements to our API Cost Calculator

v3.5.0August 22, 2026

Synchronized the catalog with the GLLMPI

Shows only models currently included in the GLLMPI
Builds the provider filter automatically from the catalog
Replaces external favicons with local provider icons

v3.4.0August 16, 2026

Added Gemini 3.7 Flash and Grok 4.6

Added Gemini 3.7 Flash with its current introductory price
Added Grok 4.6 with long-context pricing tiers
Expanded the calculator to 95 models

v3.3.0August 9, 2026

Added current models and pricing

Added Claude Opus 5, Gemini 3.6 Flash, and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Rechecked the official OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google pricing sources
Expanded the calculator to 93 models

v3.2.0July 13, 2026

Empty results message

Shows a no-models-found message with a reset action when filters exclude all models
Screen reader label for the clear-search button

v3.1.0March 13, 2026

UI improvements and centralized pricing

Migrated all model prices to centralized database
Added provider icons next to each model name
Removed badges and model descriptions (cleaner table)
Added Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Total of 65+ AI models available

v3.0.0February 20, 2026

New Models: Claude 4.6, Gemini 3 Series

Added Claude Opus 4.6 with 1M context and agent teams
Added Claude Sonnet 4.6 with Opus-level performance
Added Claude Opus 4.5 with extended thinking
Added Gemini 3.1 Pro with GPQA Diamond record
Added Gemini 3 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash
Total of 65+ AI models available

v2.0.0September 15, 2025

Major Update with New Models

Added GPT-5 series (Nano, Mini, Standard, Chat)
Claude 4.1 Opus with 74.5% SWE-bench score
Added Claude 4.5 Sonnet
xAI Grok models (Grok 3 & 4 series)
Meta Llama 4 models (Scout & Maverick)
Added Mistral Large 2 and Small
Updated Gemini 2.5 Pro pricing
Total of 50+ AI models available

v1.2.1July 23, 2025

Changelog Added

Added changelog section to API cost calculator

v1.2.0July 22, 2025

Major Update

Added all Claude 4 and Gemini 2.5 models
Implemented comprehensive filter and sort functions
Extended comparison options for 36 AI models

v1.1.0July 22, 2025

New Models

Added GPT-4.1 series with 1M token context
Updated O3 model with 80% price reduction
Integrated new audio and realtime model variants

v1.0.0July 22, 2025

Initial Release

Initial version with 21 OpenAI models
Token conversion for words and characters
Interactive cost calculation and comparison table