What 54 AI models cost, read from each maker’s own price list
The list price of every model a small business is likely to weigh, from 11 labs, and what three everyday jobs cost on each: a support reply, a document summary and an agent task.
For current Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok models, cheaper AI API credit runs up to 75% below these list prices. $25 a month brings $110 of API credit and cancels any time; $25 once buys $100. Prices in US dollars per million tokens, at the standard rate. No reseller prices. See them by release date · See the LLM leaderboard · See the cheap Claude API
- Models
- 54
- Makers
- 11
- Open weights
- 19
- No list price
- 5
3,000 tokens in and 400 out each, at list price.
We read the list price of 54 AI models from 11 makers on their own pricing pages on 12 November 2026. On 1,000 support replies, the cheapest, Claude Haiku 5.5, costs $0.50 and the most expensive, GPT-6 Astra, $50.00: a gap of 100 times for the same job.
Flagships
Each lab’s most capable model, the one it positions for the hardest work.
| Model | Input | Output | Context | 1,000 replies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax M3MiniMax · open weights | $0.30 | $1.20 | 1M | $1.38 |
| Mistral Large 4Mistral · open weights | $0.70 | $2.10 | 1M | $2.94 |
| Muse Spark 1.3Meta | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1.05M | $5.45 |
| DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek · open weights | $1.32 | $3.96 | 1M | $5.54 |
| GLM-5.3Z.ai · open weights | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1M | $5.96 |
| Grok 4.7xAI | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K | $8.40 |
| Qwen3.8 MaxAlibaba (Qwen) | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1M | $8.40 |
| Gemini 4 CarbonGoogle | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.05M | $10.00 |
| Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.05M | $10.00 |
| Kimi K3.1 ProMoonshot AI · open weights | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.05M | $10.00 |
| Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic | $4.00 | $20.00 | 1M | $20.00 |
| Muse WonderMeta | $4.00 | $20.00 | 1.05M | $20.00 |
| Claude Fable 5.2Anthropic | $8.00 | $40.00 | 1M | $40.00 |
| GPT-6 AstraOpenAI | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1.05M | $50.00 |
| Muse Spark OpenMeta · open weights | No list price | · | 1.05M | · |
Workhorses
The middle of each lab’s range: the model most products run on day to day.
| Model | Input | Output | Context | 1,000 replies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba (Qwen) | $0.40 | $1.60 | 1M | $1.84 |
| Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle | $0.75 | $3.75 | 1.05M | $3.75 |
| GPT-6.1 TerraOpenAI | $1.00 | $5.00 | 1.05M | $5.00 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | $10.00 |
| GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.05M | $10.00 |
| gpt-oss-120bOpenAI · open weights | No list price | · | 131K | · |
| Llama 4 MaverickMeta · open weights | No list price | · | 1M | · |
Small and fast
The cheapest and quickest model each lab sells, for high volumes and simple steps.
| Model | Input | Output | Context | 1,000 replies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1M | $0.50 |
| GPT-6 LunaOpenAI | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1.05M | $0.50 |
| Muse EmberMeta | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1.05M | $0.50 |
| Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba (Qwen) | $0.15 | $0.47 | 1M | $0.64 |
| GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weights | $0.15 | $0.50 | 1M | $0.65 |
| Ministral 3 14BMistral · open weights | $0.20 | $0.20 | 256K | $0.68 |
| Mistral Small 4Mistral · open weights | $0.15 | $0.60 | 256K | $0.69 |
| MiniMax M3.1 FlashMiniMax · open weights | $0.15 | $0.60 | 1M | $0.69 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek · open weights | $0.30 | $1.20 | 1M | $1.38 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle | $0.30 | $2.50 | 1.05M | $1.90 |
| Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba (Qwen) · open weights | $0.50 | $3.00 | 1M | $2.70 |
| Grok 4.3xAI | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1M | $4.75 |
| Gemma 4 31BGoogle · open weights | No list price | · | 256K | · |
| Muse Glimmer 30BMeta · open weights | No list price | · | 128K | · |
Cheapest LLM API prices
The 5 current models with the lowest cost for 1,000 support replies, across every tier.
| Model | Input | Output | Context | 1,000 replies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1M | $0.50 |
| GPT-6 LunaOpenAI | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1.05M | $0.50 |
| Muse EmberMeta | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1.05M | $0.50 |
| Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba (Qwen) | $0.15 | $0.47 | 1M | $0.64 |
| GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weights | $0.15 | $0.50 | 1M | $0.65 |
For current Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok models, cheaper AI API credit runs up to 75% below these list prices.
To see what your own workload costs on every model, use the LLM API cost calculator.
Older models still on sale
Models whose maker now points new work to a newer one. They are still sold at these prices; each row names the model that replaces it.
| Model | Input | Output | Context | 1,000 replies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAINewer model: GPT-6 Luna | $0.20 | $1.20 | 1.05M | $1.08 |
| GPT-5.4 nanoOpenAINewer model: GPT-6 Luna | $0.20 | $1.25 | 400K | $1.10 |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteGoogleNewer model: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.25 | $1.50 | 1.05M | $1.35 |
| Gemini 3 FlashGoogleNewer model: Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.50 | $3.00 | 1.05M | $2.70 |
| GPT-5.4 miniOpenAINewer model: GPT-6.1 Terra | $0.75 | $4.50 | 400K | $4.05 |
| Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI · open weightsNewer model: Kimi K3.1 Pro | $0.95 | $4.00 | 262K | $4.45 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5AnthropicNewer model: Claude Haiku 5.5 | $1.00 | $5.00 | 200K | $5.00 |
| Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral · open weightsNewer model: Mistral Large 4 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 256K | $7.50 |
| Claude Sonnet 5AnthropicNewer model: Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | $10.00 |
| GPT-6 SolOpenAINewer model: GPT-6.1 Sol | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.05M | $10.00 |
| GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAINewer model: GPT-6.1 Terra | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1.05M | $10.80 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview)GoogleNewer model: Gemini 4 Argon | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1.05M | $10.80 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6AnthropicNewer model: Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | $15.00 |
| Kimi K3Moonshot AI · open weightsNewer model: Kimi K3.1 Pro | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1.05M | $15.00 |
| GPT-5.6 SolOpenAINewer model: GPT-6.1 Sol | $4.00 | $20.00 | 1.05M | $20.00 |
| Claude Opus 5AnthropicNewer model: Claude Opus 5.5 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | $25.00 |
| GPT-5.5OpenAINewer model: GPT-6 Astra | $5.00 | $30.00 | 1.05M | $27.00 |
| Claude Fable 5.1AnthropicNewer model: Claude Fable 5.2 | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1M | $50.00 |
The three jobs every cost is worked on
The token counts are ours, chosen to look like real work; the prices are the makers’. Every model page works all three.
- Support reply
- A 3,000-token prompt (the ticket, the thread so far and a policy excerpt) and a 400-token answer. 3,000 in, 400 out.
- Document summary
- A 40-page document of about 25,000 tokens in, a 1,000-token summary out. 25,000 in, 1,000 out.
- Agent task
- Ten steps that read 80,000 tokens between them, 70,000 of them context repeated from step to step and served from cache, and write 3,000. 80,000 in (70,000 cached), 3,000 out.
Tiers follow each maker’s own line-up, not a price band, so one lab’s flagship can cost less than another’s workhorse. 5 open-weight models have no list price because their makers sell no API for them; what they cost depends on the host.
LLM price comparison, head to head
The 105 comparisons people search for, each with both prices and the three jobs costed on each.
- Gemini 4 Argon vs Claude Opus 5.5
- Gemini 4 Argon vs GPT-6 Astra
- Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview)
- Gemini 4 Argon vs GPT-6.1 Sol
- Gemini 4 Argon vs Grok 4.7
- Muse Wonder vs Claude Opus 5.5
- Muse Wonder vs Gemini 4 Argon
- Muse Wonder vs Muse Spark 1.3
- Claude Opus 5.5 vs GPT-6 Astra
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs GPT-6.1 Sol
- Claude Haiku 5.5 vs GPT-6 Luna
- Claude Opus 5.5 vs Claude Opus 5
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5
- Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Claude Haiku 4.5
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Claude Opus 5.5
- Claude Fable 5.1 vs Claude Opus 5.5
- Claude Opus 5.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview)
- Claude Opus 5.5 vs GPT-6.1 Sol
- GPT-6.1 Sol vs GPT-6 Sol
- GPT-6.1 Sol vs GPT-5.6 Sol
- GPT-6 Astra vs GPT-6.1 Sol
- GPT-6.1 Sol vs Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview)
- GPT-6.1 Sol vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- GPT-6 Luna vs GPT-5.6 Luna
- Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
- GPT-6 Luna vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
- Mistral Large 4 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
- Mistral Large 4 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
- Mistral Large 4 vs Claude Opus 5.5
- Grok 4.7 vs Claude Opus 5.5
- Grok 4.7 vs GPT-6.1 Sol
- Kimi K3 vs Claude Opus 5.5
- DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Claude Opus 5.5
- GPT-6 Astra vs Claude Fable 5.1
- GPT-6 Astra vs Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview)
- Claude Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview)
- GPT-6 Astra vs GPT-5.6 Sol
- Claude Fable 5.1 vs Claude Opus 5
- GPT-5.5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol
- Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol
- Claude Opus 5 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview)
- GPT-5.6 Sol vs Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview)
- Grok 4.7 vs GPT-5.6 Sol
- Grok 4.7 vs Claude Opus 5
- Grok 4.7 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview)
- DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Claude Opus 5
- DeepSeek V4 Pro vs GPT-5.6 Sol
- Kimi K3 vs Claude Opus 5
- Qwen3.8 Max vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
- GLM-5.3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
- GLM-5.3 vs Kimi K3
- MiniMax M3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
- Muse Spark 1.3 vs GPT-5.6 Sol
- Muse Spark 1.3 vs Grok 4.7
- Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.6 Terra
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- GPT-5.6 Terra vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs Claude Opus 5
- GPT-5.6 Sol vs GPT-5.6 Terra
- Qwen3.7 Plus vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Kimi K2.6 vs GPT-5.6 Terra
- Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Grok 4.3 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- GPT-5.6 Luna vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
- GPT-5.6 Luna vs Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GPT-5.6 Luna
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GPT-5.4 mini
- GPT-5.4 mini vs GPT-5.6 Luna
- GPT-5.4 nano vs GPT-5.6 Luna
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs GPT-5.6 Luna
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
- Qwen3.8 Flash vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- GLM-5.3-Flash vs Qwen3.8 Flash
- Mistral Small 4 vs GPT-5.6 Luna
- Grok 4.3 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- Gemini 3 Flash vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- GPT-6.1 Terra vs GPT-5.6 Terra
- GPT-6.1 Sol vs GPT-6.1 Terra
- GPT-6.1 Terra vs GPT-6 Luna
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs GPT-6.1 Terra
- GPT-6.1 Terra vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Kimi K3
- Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Claude Opus 5.5
- Kimi K3.1 Pro vs GPT-6.1 Sol
- GLM-5.3 vs Kimi K3.1 Pro
- Mistral Large 4 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5
- Mistral Large 4 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs MiniMax M3
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- Claude Fable 5.2 vs Claude Fable 5.1
- Claude Fable 5.2 vs Claude Opus 5.5
Prices by maker
One page per lab: its models per token, per everyday job and per passing answer on the benchmark.
Where the prices come from
Each price was read on the maker’s own pricing page or model documentation. These are the pages.
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-pricing
- Moonshot AI
- platform.kimi.ai/docs/pricing/chat
Read on 12 November 2026. Each price is the standard rate for the shortest context band, with no batch or priority discount; long-context surcharges, batch rates and promotions are in each model’s small print. No price was taken from a reseller.
Pay up to 75% below these prices
AIGROW API credit runs current Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok models at published rates up to 75% below list prices like the ones above, and $25 buys $100 of credit. The credit page lists them.
Prices checked 12 November 2026