Which AI API providers does APIpulse support?

APIpulse supports 82 models across 10 providers: OpenAI (GPT-5.5, GPT-5, GPT-4o, and more), Anthropic (Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Haiku 4.5), Google (Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite), DeepSeek (V4 Pro, V4 Flash, V3.2, V3), Mistral (Large, Medium 3.5, Small), Cohere (Command R+, Command R, Command A), Meta Llama (4 Scout, 4 Maverick, 3.1 70B, 3.1 8B), Moonshot (Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.7 Code), xAI (Grok 4.5, Grok 4.3, Grok Build 0.1), and AI21 (Jamba 1.7 Large, Jamba 1.5 Large).

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Provider Comparison

Pricing per 1M tokens across 10 major LLM API providers. Updated Jul 2026.

Provider	Model	Input (per 1M tokens)	Output (per 1M tokens)	Context Window
OpenAI	GPT-5.5	$5.00	$30.00	1.05M
OpenAI	GPT-5	$1.25	$10.00	272K
OpenAI	GPT-5 mini	$0.25	$2.00	272K
OpenAI	GPT-4o mini	$0.15	$0.60	128K
Anthropic	Claude Opus 4.8	$5.00	$25.00	1M
Anthropic	Claude Sonnet 4.6	$3.00	$15.00	1M
Anthropic	Claude Haiku 4.5	$1.00	$5.00	200K
Google	Gemini 3.1 Pro	$2.00	$12.00	1M
Google	Gemini 3.5 Flash	$1.50	$9.00	1M
Google	Gemini 2.5 Pro	$1.25	$10.00	1M
Mistral	Large 3	$0.50	$1.50	262K
Mistral	Small 4	$0.10	$0.30	128K
DeepSeek	V4 Flash	$0.14	$0.28	1M
DeepSeek	V4 Pro	$0.44	$0.87	1M
Meta (Together.ai)	Llama 4 Scout	$0.18	$0.59	1M
xAI	Grok 4.3	$1.25	$2.50	1M
Moonshot	Kimi K2.6	$0.95	$4.00	256K
Cohere	Command R	$0.50	$1.50	128K
AI21	Jamba 1.7 Large	$2.00	$8.00	256K

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Jul 7 Grok Build 0.1 xAI $0.30 → $1.00 (+233%)

Jun 15 GPT-5 OpenAI $2.50 → $1.25 (-50%)

Jun 10 Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic $15.00 → $5.00 (-67%)

Jun 8 Gemini 3.1 Pro Google $2.50 → $2.00 (-20%)

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Our calculator uses published API pricing from each provider, updated regularly. Results are estimates based on token counts — actual costs may vary slightly depending on your specific usage patterns, but they're typically within 5-10% of your real bill.

APIpulse supports 82 models across 10 providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Mistral, Cohere, Meta (via Together.ai), Moonshot, xAI, and AI21. We cover both premium models (GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, Gemini 3.1 Pro) and budget options (GPT-4o mini, Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, DeepSeek V4 Flash).

All tools are free — ongoing monitoring tools that save you money every month: Price Tracker to watch models and get notified when prices change, Cost Monitoring Dashboard with spending trends and budget alerts, unlimited price change alerts (free is limited to 3 models), weekly pricing report with PDF export, plus full 67-model cost comparison, migration code snippets, 10 saved scenarios, and lifetime updates as new models launch. No payment required — everything is free.

The biggest savings come from using the right model for each task — route simple requests to budget models like GPT-4o mini and reserve premium models for complex reasoning. Other strategies include prompt optimization, response caching, batch processing, and setting token limits. Our calculator helps you model these scenarios.

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