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API rates per million tokens, video by the second, images by the piece, and what the hardware really sells for. Every row links to the page it came from and the day we checked it. A leading ~ marks a street estimate rather than a list price.

Prices last checked October 12, 2026

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Tokens, translated

What a million tokens actually is

Providers price AI in tokens. These translations give the unit some ordinary scale.

One token
A chunk of text a model reads or writes. In English, one token is roughly three quarters of a word.
1,000 tokens
Roughly 750 words, about a page and a half.
1M tokens
Roughly 750,000 words, about seven paperback novels.
A typical chat
A question and answer runs a few hundred tokens.
Agents
One coding-agent task can read hundreds of thousands of tokens of code and logs, so a single busy session can pass 1M.
Light · 20M / month
Occasional agent use beside daily chat.
Regular · 100M / month
An agent working beside you most days.
Heavy · 500M / month
Agents running much of the day.

The calculator below turns a monthly token guess into an estimated bill.

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Monthly cost estimator

Price your model usage.

This is an estimate. The token primer above explains what these volumes mean.

Model
Input
$0.30 / 1M
Output
$1.20 / 1M
Monthly usage per seat
Seats

Enter 1 to 500 seats. Values outside that range clamp when you leave the field.

Live estimate

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Per seat monthly
$5.40
Total monthly at 1 seat
$5.40

10M in + 2M out, per seat

Reality check
  • These numbers are estimates based on published list rates.
  • Caching and batch discounts are excluded.
  • Enterprise contracts are negotiated and usually land below list.
  • The seat plan comparison uses public team rates for dedicated coding seats.

73 models

Hosted model APIs

Input and output rates are USD per million tokens unless a row note says otherwise.

Vercel AI Gateway passes through provider list prices with no markup. Alibaba's current Model Studio pricing and Token Plan allowlist stop at Qwen 3.7, so no Qwen 3.8 price is shown.

Hosted model API prices with source and check date
ProviderModelInput $/MOutput $/MContextSourceChecked
DeepSeekDeepSeek V4.1 FlashPeak-hour cache-miss rates; off-peak hours bill at half, and cache hits are far cheaper.$0.30$1.201MDeepSeek API pricing ↗2026-09-25
DeepSeekDeepSeek V4 ProCache-miss rates from the DeepSeek pricing table.$1.32$3.961MDeepSeek API pricing ↗2026-09-25
OpenAIGPT-6 AstraEscalation tier; short-context standard rates. Prompts over 272K cost $20 input and $75 output.$10.00$50.001MOpenAI API pricing ↗2026-09-25
OpenAIGPT-6.1 SolShort-context standard rates. Prompts over 272K cost $4 input and $15 output. Cached input is $0.10, half the GPT-6 Sol rate.$2.00$10.001MOpenAI API pricing ↗2026-10-12
OpenAIGPT-6 SolPrevious Sol snapshot, still available under its own id; superseded by GPT-6.1 Sol at the same price.$2.00$10.001MOpenAI API pricing ↗2026-10-12
OpenAIGPT-6 LunaShort-context standard rates. Prompts over 272K cost $0.20 input and $0.75 output.$0.10$0.501MOpenAI API pricing ↗2026-09-25
OpenAIGPT-5.6 SolPromotional standard rate through at least November 21, 2026. Prompts over 272K cost $8 input and $30 output. Superseded by GPT-6 Sol.$4.00$20.001MOpenAI API pricing ↗2026-09-25
OpenAIGPT-5.6 TerraShort-context standard rates from the OpenAI pricing table.$2.00$12.001MOpenAI API pricing ↗2026-09-25
OpenAIGPT-5.4 miniStandard rates from the OpenAI pricing table.$0.75$4.50400KOpenAI API pricing ↗2026-09-25
OpenAIGPT-5.4 nanoPrevious-generation GPT-5.4 text tier; GPT-6 Luna now costs less.$0.20$1.25400KOpenAI API pricing ↗2026-09-25
AnthropicClaude Haiku 5.5Rate for prompts up to 100K tokens. Longer prompts cost $0.50 input and $2.50 output for the whole request.$0.10$0.501MClaude API pricing ↗2026-10-12
AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.5Previous Haiku, superseded by Claude Haiku 5.5. Retirement is no sooner than October 15, 2026.$1.00$5.00200KAnthropic API pricing ↗2026-10-12
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5.5Current global Claude API rate.$2.00$10.001MClaude API pricing ↗2026-09-25
AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5Standard global Claude API rate; batch runs at half price and fast mode costs $8 input and $40 output.$4.00$20.001MClaude API pricing ↗2026-09-25
AnthropicClaude Fable 5.1Standard rates from the Claude pricing table; batch runs at half price.$10.00$50.001MClaude API pricing ↗2026-09-25
AnthropicClaude Opus 5Legacy model, still available; superseded by the cheaper Claude Opus 5.5.$5.00$25.001MAnthropic API pricing ↗2026-09-25
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5Previous Sonnet, still available; superseded by Claude Sonnet 5.5 at the same price.$2.00$10.001MAnthropic API pricing ↗2026-09-28
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8Legacy model; standard global Claude API rates.$5.00$25.001MAnthropic API pricing ↗2026-09-25
GoogleGemini 3.5 Flash-LitePaid-tier standard rates (text/image/video/audio input).$0.30$2.501MGemini Developer API pricing ↗2026-09-25
GoogleGemini 3.8 FlashIntroductory paid-tier rate through December 31, 2026; from January 1, 2027 it rises to $1.50 input and $7.50 output. Output includes thinking tokens.$0.75$3.751MGemini Developer API pricing ↗2026-09-25
GoogleGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPreview. Paid tier for prompts ≤200K tokens; longer prompts are $4/$18.$2.00$12.001MGemini Developer API pricing ↗2026-09-25
xAIGrok 4.3Standard rates for prompts up to 200K tokens.$1.25$2.501MxAI API pricing ↗2026-09-25
xAIGrok 4.7Standard rates for prompts under 200K tokens; longer prompts cost $4 input and $12 output.$2.00$6.00500KxAI API pricing ↗2026-09-25
xAIGrok Build 0.1Standard rate for the xAI coding model; grok-code-fast-1 is now an alias for it.$1.00$2.00256KxAI API pricing ↗2026-09-25
CursorComposer 2.5Cursor standard rate. Fast mode costs $3 input and $15 output.$0.50$2.50200KCursor Composer 2.5 model page ↗2026-09-25
MetaMuse Spark 1.3Standard tier. The Contributor tier, which allows training on your data, costs $0.10 input and $0.20 output. Meta no longer offers the Llama API.$1.25$4.251MMeta Muse API pricing ↗2026-09-25
MetaMuse WonderStandard data mode only, with no long-context premium. Muse Wonder Full is limited to Muse Code subscriptions and has no API price.$4.00$20.001MMeta Model API: Muse Wonder ↗2026-10-12
MistralMistral Large 4 (preview)Public preview list price. A launch sale through about October 20, 2026 halves it to $0.68 input and $2.09 output.$1.36$4.181MMistral docs: Mistral Large 4 ↗2026-10-12
MistralMistral Large 3Standard La Plateforme API rates.$0.50$1.50256KMistral Large 3 model page ↗2026-09-25
MistralMistral Medium 3.5Standard La Plateforme API rates.$1.50$7.50256KMistral Medium 3.5 model page ↗2026-09-25
MistralMistral Small 4Standard La Plateforme API rates.$0.15$0.60256KMistral Small 4 model page ↗2026-09-25
Moonshot AIKimi K3Cache-miss rates from the official Kimi API table.$3.00$15.001MKimi API pricing ↗2026-09-25
Moonshot AIKimi K2.7 CodeCache-miss input rate. Cache hits cost $0.19 per million tokens.$0.95$4.00256KKimi API pricing ↗2026-09-25
Moonshot AIKimi K2.7 Code HighSpeedCache-miss input rate for the faster serving tier of Kimi K2.7 Code.$1.90$8.00256KKimi API pricing ↗2026-09-25
AlibabaQwen 3.8 MaxSingapore international list rates across the full context window.$2.00$6.001MAlibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing ↗2026-09-25
AlibabaQwen 3.7 Plus (up to 256K input)Singapore international list rates for prompts up to 256K tokens; a limited-time 20% discount currently applies.$0.40$1.601MAlibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing ↗2026-09-25
AlibabaQwen 3.7 Plus (256K to 1M input)Singapore international list rates for requests above 256K input tokens.$1.20$4.801MAlibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing ↗2026-09-25
AlibabaQwen 3.8 FlashSingapore international list rates, flat across the full context window.$0.15$0.471MAlibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing ↗2026-09-25
AlibabaQwen3.8-Omni-FlashSingapore international list rates for text, image, audio, and video input.$0.15$0.471MAlibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing ↗2026-10-12
Z.aiGLM-5.3Standard cache-miss rates from the Z.ai pricing table.$1.40$4.401MZ.ai model pricing ↗2026-09-25
Z.aiGLM-5Standard cache-miss rates from the Z.ai pricing table.$1.00$3.20200KZ.ai model pricing ↗2026-09-25
Z.aiGLM-5.3-FlashStandard cache-miss rates. The faster GLM-5.3-FlashX costs $0.37 input and $1.25 output.$0.15$0.501MZ.ai model pricing ↗2026-09-25
AmazonAmazon Nova ProBedrock standard on-demand rates in primary US regions.$0.80$3.20300KAmazon Bedrock pricing ↗2026-09-25
AmazonAmazon Nova LiteBedrock standard on-demand rates in primary US regions.$0.06$0.24300KAmazon Bedrock pricing ↗2026-09-25
CohereCommand AStandard production API rates.$2.50$10.00256KCohere Command A model card ↗2026-09-25
UpstageSolar Mini 4List rate. A 50% launch promotion runs through October 22, 2026.$0.10$0.40512KUpstage console: models ↗2026-10-12
Thinking Machines LabInkling-SmallTinker serverless inference beta rate. Cached input costs $0.06 per million tokens.$0.30$1.20256KTinker models and pricing ↗2026-09-25
Thinking Machines LabInklingTinker serverless inference beta rate. Cached input costs $0.17 per million tokens.$1.00$4.05256KTinker models and pricing ↗2026-09-25
NVIDIANemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BBedrock standard on-demand rate in the primary US regions.$0.06$0.24256KAmazon Bedrock pricing ↗2026-09-25
NVIDIANemotron 3 Super 120B A12BBedrock standard on-demand rate in the primary US regions.$0.15$0.65256KAmazon Bedrock pricing ↗2026-09-25
NVIDIANemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Preview)Fireworks serverless preview rate; Together no longer serves it. Cached input costs $0.12 per million tokens.$0.60$2.401MFireworks serverless pricing ↗2026-09-25
CerebrasGPT OSS 120BCerebras lists about 3,000 output tokens per second on its public endpoint.$0.35$0.75131KCerebras hosted pricing ↗2026-09-25
CerebrasQwen 3.8 27BCerebras public endpoint rate.$0.99$1.49128KCerebras hosted pricing ↗2026-09-25
GroqGPT OSS 120BGroqCloud production rate at about 500 output tokens per second.$0.15$0.60131KGroq supported models ↗2026-09-25
GroqGPT OSS 20BGroqCloud production rate at about 1,000 output tokens per second.$0.08$0.30131KGroq supported models ↗2026-09-25
GroqQwen 3.8 27BGroqCloud rate. Groq moved its Llama 3.1 8B and 3.3 70B endpoints to Contact Sales.$0.80$4.00131KGroq supported models ↗2026-09-25
FireworksDeepSeek V4 Pro (0813)Fireworks standard serverless list rate. Cached input costs $0.044 per million tokens.$1.32$3.961MFireworks serverless pricing ↗2026-09-25
FireworksKimi K2.6Fireworks standard serverless list rate. Cached input costs $0.16 per million tokens.$0.95$4.00256KFireworks serverless pricing ↗2026-09-25
FireworksMiniMax M3Fireworks standard serverless list rate. Cached input costs $0.06 per million tokens.$0.30$1.201MFireworks serverless pricing ↗2026-09-25
FireworksGLM 5.3Fireworks standard serverless list rate. Cached input costs $0.26 per million tokens.$1.40$4.401MFireworks serverless pricing ↗2026-09-25
FireworksGPT OSS 120BFireworks standard serverless list rate. Cached input costs $0.015 per million tokens.$0.15$0.60128KFireworks serverless pricing ↗2026-09-25
MiniMaxMiniMax M3First-party rate for prompts up to 512K tokens after a permanent 50% cut from $0.60 / $2.40.$0.30$1.201MMiniMax pay-as-you-go pricing ↗2026-09-25
MiniMaxMiniMax M2.5Bedrock standard rates in primary US regions.$0.30$1.20196KAmazon Bedrock pricing ↗2026-09-25
BaiduERNIE 5.1 (up to 32K input)International Qianfan pay-as-you-go rate; 32K to 128K input costs $0.84 / $3.10.$0.56$2.53128KBaidu AI Cloud international pricing ↗2026-09-25
BaiduERNIE 5.0 (up to 32K input)International Qianfan pay-as-you-go rate for prompts up to 32K tokens.$0.84$3.38128KBaidu AI Cloud international pricing ↗2026-09-25
BaiduERNIE 5.0 (32K to 128K input)International Qianfan pay-as-you-go rate for longer prompts.$1.40$5.60128KBaidu AI Cloud international pricing ↗2026-09-25
MeituanLongCat-2.0List rate. A limited-time discount currently brings it to $0.30 input and $1.20 output.$0.75$2.951MLongCat API pricing ↗2026-09-25
PerplexitySonar (Agent API)Agent API token rate; tools such as web search bill separately. The legacy Sonar API ends September 27, 2026.$0.25$2.50128KPerplexity Agent API models ↗2026-09-25
AI21 LabsJamba 1.5 LargeBedrock standard on-demand rates in US East. Bedrock lists it as legacy, with end of life on November 26, 2026.$2.00$8.00256KAmazon Bedrock pricing ↗2026-09-25
AI21 LabsJamba 1.5 MiniBedrock standard on-demand rates in US East. Bedrock lists it as legacy, with end of life on November 26, 2026.$0.20$0.40256KAmazon Bedrock pricing ↗2026-09-25
Sakana AIFugu Ultra v2Standard-context rate; above 272K tokens the rate rises to $10 input and $45 output. Cached input costs $0.50 per million. Base Fugu bills at the rate of whichever model it routes to.$5.00$30.001MSakana pricing ↗2026-09-25
Sakana AIFugu MaxCached input costs $0.25 per million tokens.$2.00$6.001MSakana pricing ↗2026-09-25
Sakana AINamazuJapanese-specialized model built on Kimi K2.6. Cached input costs $0.15 per million tokens.$0.95$4.00256KSakana pricing ↗2026-09-25

22 components

Hardware

A leading ~ marks street estimates and planning allowances. Use those for budget envelopes, and check a live listing when you reach checkout.

Hardware component prices with source and check date
CategoryItemPriceKey specSourceChecked
System24 GB value workstation (Used RTX 3090 class)Whole-system planning allowance: a used card at the September 2026 U.S. street price plus a basic host.~$2,20024 GB VRAMResalePrices used RTX 3090 market ↗2026-09-25
GPUGeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionNVIDIA launch list price for the card alone; cards are rarely available at this price.$1,99932 GB GDDR7 · 1,792 GB/sNVIDIA RTX 50 Series announcement ↗2026-09-25
GPUGeForce RTX 5090 (new, street)Amazon new price for the card alone, about 3.4 times list.~$6,79532 GB GDDR7 · 1,792 GB/svideocardprices.com RTX 5090 tracker ↗2026-09-25
System32 GB performance workstation (RTX 5090 class build)Whole-system planning allowance around a 5090-class build at street card prices.~$8,00032 GB VRAM · 1,792 GB/svideocardprices.com RTX 5090 tracker ↗2026-09-25
SystemDGX Spark Founders EditionNVIDIA list price; the Founders Edition is out of stock on the NVIDIA marketplace.$4,699128 GB unified · 273 GB/sVideoCardz DGX Spark price report ↗2026-09-25
SystemDGX Spark (available unit)Cheapest available unit, an Amazon listing sold by Micro Center.~$5,000128 GB unified · 273 GB/sVideoCardz DGX Spark pricing report ↗2026-09-25
SystemCapacity + speed local lab (DGX Spark + RTX 5090)Combined planning allowance for separately priced components.~$13,000128 GB unified + 32 GB VRAMNVIDIA DGX Spark hardware ↗2026-09-25
SystemMac mini (M5 Pro, 24 GB)Apple U.S. starting price for the M5 Pro configuration.$1,69924 GB unified · 307 GB/sApple Mac mini newsroom ↗2026-09-25
SystemMac Studio (M5 Max, 36 GB)Apple U.S. starting price for the base M5 Max Studio.$2,49936 GB unified · 460 GB/sApple Mac Studio newsroom ↗2026-09-25
SystemMac Studio (M5 Ultra, 96 GB)Apple U.S. starting price for the M5 Ultra configuration.$5,49996 GB unified · 1.2 TB/sApple Mac Studio newsroom ↗2026-09-25
GPUUsed GeForce RTX 4090Average eBay U.S. used price from a thin sample of listings; the card is discontinued at retail.~$3,00024 GB GDDR6XResalePrices used RTX 4090 ↗2026-09-25
GPUGeForce RTX 5080 Founders EditionNVIDIA launch list price for the card alone.$99916 GB GDDR7 · 960 GB/sNVIDIA RTX 50 Series announcement ↗2026-09-25
GPUGeForce RTX 5080 (new, street)Amazon new price for the card alone.~$1,60016 GB GDDR7 · 960 GB/svideocardprices.com RTX 5080 tracker ↗2026-09-25
GPUGeForce RTX 5070 TiNVIDIA launch list price for the card alone.$74916 GB GDDR7 · 896 GB/sNVIDIA RTX 50 Series announcement ↗2026-09-25
GPUGeForce RTX 5070 Ti (new, street)Amazon new price for the card alone.~$1,20016 GB GDDR7 · 896 GB/svideocardprices.com RTX 5070 Ti tracker ↗2026-09-25
GPUNVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation EditionNVIDIA U.S. Marketplace list price after the August 2026 increase from $13,250.$16,00096 GB GDDR7 ECC · 1,792 GB/sTom's Hardware RTX PRO 6000 price report ↗2026-09-25
GPUNVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (new, street)Amazon new price for the card alone.~$17,98796 GB GDDR7 ECC · 1,792 GB/svideocardprices.com RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell tracker ↗2026-09-25
SystemFramework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128 GBCurrent Framework store price for the 128 GB DIY Edition; all configurations were out of stock.$3,449128 GB LPDDR5X · 256 GB/sFramework Desktop DIY Edition store page ↗2026-09-25
SystemAMD Ryzen AI Halo Developer Platform 128 GBRyzen AI Max+ 395 with a 2 TB SSD; a Micro Center exclusive in the U.S.$4,000128 GB LPDDR5X · 256 GB/sCNX Software Ryzen AI Halo report ↗2026-09-25
SystemMinisforum MS-S1 MAX 128 GBMinisforum regular list price for the 128 GB and 2 TB configuration; the current sale price is $3,799.$4,749128 GB LPDDR5X · 256 GB/sMinisforum MS-S1 MAX product page ↗2026-09-25
System16-inch MacBook Pro M5 Max 36 GBApple U.S. starting price for the 32-core GPU configuration.$4,39936 GB unified memory · 460 GB/sApple Store MacBook Pro ↗2026-09-25
SystemNVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor Developer KitCurrent NVIDIA developer kit MSRP.$5,499128 GB LPDDR5X · 273 GB/sNVIDIA Jetson product pricing FAQ ↗2026-09-25

13 models and tiers

Video and image generation

These models are priced per generated output, such as a video second or image, instead of per token.

Video and image generation prices with source and check date
KindProviderModelPriceUnitSourceChecked
VideoByteDanceSeedance 2.0BytePlus ModelArk rate for generation without video input. The 720p rate is $0.15 per second.$0.37per second of 1080p videoBytePlus ModelArk pricing2026-09-25
VideoByteDanceSeedance 2.5BytePlus ModelArk rate for generation without video input. 720p costs $0.231 per second and 480p $0.103.$0.57per second of 1080p videoBytePlus ModelArk pricing2026-09-25
VideoMiniMaxMiniMax H3MiniMax pay-as-you-go rate. The 2K rate is $0.13 per second.$0.08per second of 768p videoMiniMax pay-as-you-go pricing2026-09-25
VideoGoogleVeo 3.1Gemini API paid-tier rate for 720p or 1080p video with synchronized audio. 4K costs $0.60 per second.$0.40per second with audioGemini Developer API pricing2026-09-25
VideoKuaishouKling 3.0Kling API rate. 720p with audio is $0.126 per second, 1080p is $0.112 without audio, and 4K is $0.42.$0.08per second of 720p video without audioKling API pricing2026-09-25
VideoKuaishouKling 3.0 TurboFaster Kling 3.0 tier with native audio. 720p costs $0.112 per second.$0.14per second of 1080p video with audioKling API pricing2026-09-25
VideoRunwayGen-4.5Runway Dev charges 12 credits per second at $0.01 per credit. Output is 720p.$0.12per secondRunway API pricing2026-09-25
VideoAlibabaWan 3.0International list rate for video with audio. 720p costs $0.10 per second and 480p $0.05.$0.20per second of 1080p videoAlibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing2026-09-25
VideoAlibabaWan 2.7International (Singapore) rate for video with audio. 720p costs $0.10 per second.$0.15per second of 1080p videoAlibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing2026-09-25
VideoBlack Forest LabsFLUX 3 VideoEarly-access API rate for text- or image-to-video with audio. 720p costs $0.17 per second.$0.29per second of 1080p videoBlack Forest Labs API pricing2026-09-25
ImageBlack Forest LabsFLUX 3About 1 MP. 768x768 costs $0.041, about 4 MP $0.10, and 4K $0.607. Generation and editing share one endpoint.$0.05per imageBlack Forest Labs pricing2026-10-12
ImageRecraftRecraft V4.1Standard raster API rate.$0.04per raster imageRecraft API pricing2026-09-25
ImageRecraftRecraft V4.1 ProHigh-resolution raster API rate for print and large-format output.$0.21per raster imageRecraft API pricing2026-09-25

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