Compare AI Token & Subscription Prices With Daily-Verified Data
Check AI pricing before the bill lands. We track API token pricing for 201 models across 17 providers, plus monthly AI subscription plans for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, and more. Current cheapest flagship API model: Llama 4 Maverick at $0.15 per million input tokens.
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Accuracy is only half the model-cost story
GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Opus 4.8 and Grok 4.5 and Gemini 3.6 Flash lead accuracy at 100%, while DeepSeek V4 Flash (pre-0731) delivers the lowest measured cost per correct answer.
AI API price scale
How flagship AI model prices compare
Specialist premium variants and superseded generations are excluded. Each column uses the cheapest active host.
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Compare developer API rates separately from consumer subscription pricing, with calculators linked from both.
API token pricing
Compare input, output, cached, and batch rates per 1M tokens across model providers.
View token prices → For users & teamsSubscription pricing
Compare ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, and higher-tier monthly plans.
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Estimate your API bill from token volume, caching, workload presets, and current model rates.
Calculate token cost → · All calculatorsSelf-hosting costs
GPU requirements, rented-rig monthly bills, and the break-even volume against API pricing for open models.
Map self-host costs →Top Models at a Glance
A small sample from the live pricing table. Prices are per 1M tokens.
Cost snapshot
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Here is the short version for 1M input + 1M output tokens. Use the full calculator when you need custom token counts, caching, filters, and model-by-model sorting.
Latest major price move
GPT-5.6 Luna is now 80% cheaper
OpenAI's published standard input and output rates both fell. For GPT-5.6 Luna, 1M input + 1M output tokens dropped from $7.00 to $1.40. The comparison is generated from consecutive daily snapshots, so the homepage advances when a newer material price cut lands.
Before vs now
Cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens
Source: daily pricing history snapshots. Current rates are rechecked by the pricing pipeline; historical comparisons come from the latest consecutive snapshot change.
Latest pricing intelligence
Latest AI pricing news
A compact feed of fresh launches, billing changes, and cost-saving guides.
OpenAI GPT-5.6 Ultrafast: Pricing Impact (Aug 2026)
OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast at up to 14x Standard speed and 750 output tokens/s. Access is limited; pricing remains undisclosed.
Read →DeepSeek API Pricing Update — Impact (August 2026)
DeepSeek introduces peak and off-peak API rates on August 16. Even off-peak V4 pricing rises versus today's rate card.
Read →Claude Output Training Rules — Pricing Impact (August 2026)
Anthropic limits training on Claude outputs, while Sonnet 5's $2/$10 rate is now permanent. See the rules, costs, and buyer checklist.
Read →AI Pricing Week in Review: August 7-13, 2026
Grok 4.6, Daybreak on AWS, Claude Code Auto mode, Grok Bot, and Genesis-Science-1 changed AI buying decisions this week.
Read →All Major Providers
Provider pages give each pricing table more room than the homepage can.
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Daily price checks
We check provider pricing pages every day. When a listed price moves, the tables should move with it.
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The tables show the rates first, so you don't have to start with a vendor blog post or sales page.
Built around API bills
Input price, output price, cache discounts, and usage caps all change the bill. The calculators are built around that math.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers about AI API pricing, subscriptions, and how we keep the data fresh.
What is the cheapest AI API in 2026?
The cheapest production AI API in today's 2026-08-13 snapshot is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct at $0.02 per million input tokens. Among flagship-class models, Llama 4 Maverick is currently lowest at $0.15 per million input tokens. We verify prices daily across 201 tracked models.
How does AI API pricing compare across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and DeepSeek?
The live table covers 201 models across 17 providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Mistral, xAI, Cohere, Groq, Together AI, Perplexity, and Meta Llama hosts. Compare them side-by-side on the API token pricing page with input, output, cached, and batch rates per million tokens.
How often are AI API prices updated on this site?
Pricing is verified and synced daily by an automated pipeline that pulls from each provider's official pricing page and reconciles against at least two independent sources before publishing. New models and price changes typically appear here within hours of the provider's announcement. The current snapshot is from 2026-08-13.
Should I pay per token via API or subscribe to ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro?
It depends on volume and usage limits. Current examples are ChatGPT Plus ($20.00/month), Claude Pro ($20.00/month), Google AI Pro ($19.99/month). API access is metered instead of bundled, so use the Subscription vs API calculator to find the break-even point for your workload across all 31 tracked plans.
How do I calculate the cost of AI tokens for my project?
Multiply your input tokens by the model's input price per 1M, then add your output tokens times the output price per 1M. For example, GPT-5.6 Sol at $5.00 input / $30.00 output per 1M tokens costs $0.005 per 1K input tokens plus $0.03 per 1K output tokens. The Token Cost Calculator does this automatically for any tracked model.
Can I download the AI API pricing data as JSON?
Yes. The full live dataset is published as a free, daily-updated JSON file at /api/pricing.json. Schema is { id, name, family, provider, pricing: { inputPerM, cachedInputPerM, outputPerM }, status } for all 201 tracked models. The AI Pricing Guru dataset is provided for informational use. You may use it for personal, editorial, research, educational, and internal business purposes with appropriate attribution to AI Pricing Guru. Commercial redistribution, resale, republishing at scale, inclusion in a competing public dataset/API, or use as the primary data source for a commercial pricing-comparison product requires prior written permission.
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