AI model API prices ranked

← All rankingsUpdated 2026-10-14

RANKINGS / AI-API-PRICES

TOP 12

What does the same job cost on each model? I checked the official pricing pages of the major AI models and lined them up from cheapest.

#1 GPT-6 Luna#2 Claude Haiku 5.5#3 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash#4 Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite#5 DeepSeek V4 Pro#6 Gemini 3.8 Flash#7 Grok 4.7#8 GPT-6.1 Sol#9 Claude Sonnet 5.5#10 Gemini 4 Argon#11 Claude Opus 5.5#12 GPT-6 Astra

OpenAI

#1 GPT-6 Luna

SCORE100

Provider: OpenAI
Blended: $0.2
Input: $0.1
Output: $0.5
Cached input: $0.01

$0.1 input and $0.5 output per 1M tokens.Prompts over 272K tokens are priced separately.

Sources:OpenAI pricing (2026-10-14) ↗

Anthropic

#2 Claude Haiku 5.5

SCORE100

Provider: Anthropic
Blended: $0.2
Input: $0.1
Output: $0.5
Cached input: $0.01

$0.1 input and $0.5 output per 1M tokens.Tiered pricing applies by usage or prompt length.

Sources:Anthropic pricing (2026-10-14) ↗

DeepSeek

#3 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

SCORE81

Provider: DeepSeek
Blended: $0.525
Input: $0.3
Output: $1.2
Cached input: $0.006

$0.3 input and $1.2 output per 1M tokens.Peak pricing; off-peak is half price.

Sources:DeepSeek pricing (2026-10-14) ↗

Linear scale · US dollars per 1M tokens, standard pricing.

#4–#12

4Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogleSCORE72
Provider
Google
Blended
$0.85
Input
$0.3
Output
$2.5
Cached input
$0.03
$0.3 input and $2.5 output per 1M tokens.
Sources:Google pricing (2026-10-14) ↗
5DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeekSCORE55
Provider
DeepSeek
Blended
$1.98
Input
$1.32
Output
$3.96
Cached input
$0.044
$1.32 input and $3.96 output per 1M tokens.Peak pricing; off-peak is half price.
Sources:DeepSeek pricing (2026-10-14) ↗
6Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogleSCORE47
Provider
Google
Blended
$3
Input
$1.5
Output
$7.5
Cached input
$0.15
$1.5 input and $7.5 output per 1M tokens.Discounted to $0.75 / $3.75 until 2026-12-31 (not used for the ranking).
Sources:Google pricing (2026-10-14) ↗
7Grok 4.7xAISCORE47
Provider
xAI
Blended
$3
Input
$2
Output
$6
Cached input
$0.5
$2 input and $6 output per 1M tokens.Tiered pricing applies by usage or prompt length.
Sources:xAI pricing (2026-10-14) ↗
8GPT-6.1 SolOpenAISCORE41
Provider
OpenAI
Blended
$4
Input
$2
Output
$10
Cached input
$0.1
$2 input and $10 output per 1M tokens.Prompts over 272K tokens are priced separately.
Sources:OpenAI pricing (2026-10-14) ↗
9Claude Sonnet 5.5AnthropicSCORE41
Provider
Anthropic
Blended
$4
Input
$2
Output
$10
Cached input
$0.1
$2 input and $10 output per 1M tokens.
Sources:Anthropic pricing (2026-10-14) ↗
10Gemini 4 ArgonGoogleSCORE28
Provider
Google
Blended
$8
Input
$4
Output
$20
Cached input
$0.2
$4 input and $20 output per 1M tokens.Discounted to $2 / $10 until 2026-11-30 (not used for the ranking).
Sources:Google pricing (2026-10-14) ↗
11Claude Opus 5.5AnthropicSCORE28
Provider
Anthropic
Blended
$8
Input
$4
Output
$20
Cached input
$0.2
$4 input and $20 output per 1M tokens.Writing to the 5-minute cache costs $5 per 1M tokens.
Sources:Anthropic pricing (2026-10-14) ↗
12GPT-6 AstraOpenAISCORE10
Provider
OpenAI
Blended
$20
Input
$10
Output
$50
Cached input
$1
$10 input and $50 output per 1M tokens.Prompts over 272K tokens are priced separately.
Sources:OpenAI pricing (2026-10-14) ↗

Sources

Every price was checked on the provider’s official pricing page; the check date is in each source. Prices change, so check the official page before you rely on them.

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