AI pricing explorer
AI model pricing: compare LLM API prices by provider
Filter by workload, refine the latest snapshot, pin rows to compare, and open inline history without leaving the table.
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Compare current and earlier models by workload, provider, and verified lifecycle status.
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Token rates per 1M tokens. — means no listed rate.
Useful for shortlist validation
- The planner recommends. This explorer lets you audit the rows, route categories, sync freshness, and recent changes behind those recommendations.
- Useful for research
- Workload chips open common questions quickly, while the table remains flexible for deeper provider, source, and billing-unit analysis.
What this page is for
- Start from workload chips
- Jump into chat, embeddings, document, voice, image, video, search, or long-context rows before narrowing the results.
- Pin and compare
- Pin up to four rows in a compact comparison tray without losing the current filtered view.
- Open row history
- Each row has a sparkline and expandable history so you can see whether a price is new, stable, or recently changed.
Useful with the main article
Need market context and written analysis too? Read the full 2026 AI pricing comparison.
Analysis built on this data
Read the analysis behind the numbers
Articles that use this pricing data to answer specific cost questions.
- The real cost of generative AI tokens in 2026: the full provider-by-provider comparisonA practical comparison of token prices, caches, batch modes, file-processing costs, and portability across the biggest generative AI API providers.
- The Hidden Tradeoff in X API Pricing That Makes the Cheap Tier Look Better Than It IsThe low entry price in X API pricing can feel attractive until usage shape, credits, and practical feature limits start doing the real math.
- The AI Pricing Gap Between OpenAI and Its Cheapest Serious Rivals Is Wider Than Most Teams RealizeThe cheapest serious alternatives to OpenAI are not marginally cheaper. In several categories, they operate in a very different pricing range.
- The Cheapest AI Model for File-Heavy Workflows Is Not the Same as the Cheapest Chat ModelCheap chat rows and cheap file-heavy workflows diverge quickly once OCR, retrieval, or hosted file search enters the bill.
- The Cheapest Realtime AI Option in 2026 Is Not Priced the Way Most Teams ThinkRealtime comparisons break as soon as teams mix per-minute and per-token pricing without normalizing the workload.
- The Model That Beats OpenAI on Long-Context Economics Without the Pricing CliffAnthropic’s long-context pricing story is still one of the cleanest counterpoints to OpenAI’s repricing thresholds.
- The AI Provider Quietly Making OpenAI’s Premium Pricing Look StretchedQwen, Gemini, and Grok have all made the premium pricing conversation harder for OpenAI to own by default.
Frequently asked questions
Where does the pricing data come from?
Rows come from the site's pricing database and retain their provider or aggregator source. Use the source link on a row to verify the current public price.
Can I compare different billing units?
Yes, but treat token, request, image, minute, and other unit prices as different dimensions. The explorer shows each unit rather than pretending every row is directly equivalent.
Are filters and pinned rows shareable?
Yes. The current search, filters, sorting, and pinned row identifiers stay in the URL when you copy the current view.
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