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Provider Comparison
Pricing per 1M tokens across 10 major LLM API providers (34 models).
| Provider | Model | Input (per 1M tokens) | Output (per 1M tokens) | Context Window |
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| OpenAI | GPT-5 | $1.25 | $10.00 | 272K |
| OpenAI | GPT-5 mini | $0.25 | $2.00 | 272K |
| OpenAI | GPT-4o | $2.50 | $10.00 | 128K |
| OpenAI | GPT-4o mini | $0.15 | $0.60 | 128K |
| Anthropic | Claude 4 Opus | $15.00 | $75.00 | 200K |
| Anthropic | Claude Sonnet 4 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 200K |
| Anthropic | Claude Haiku 4.5 | $1.00 | $5.00 | 200K |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | $1.25 | $10.00 | 1M | |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash | $0.10 | $0.40 | 1M | |
| Mistral | Large 3 | $0.50 | $1.50 | 128K |
| Mistral | Small 4 | $0.15 | $0.60 | 128K |
| Cohere | Command R+ | $2.50 | $10.00 | 128K |
| Cohere | Command R | $0.50 | $1.50 | 128K |
| Meta (Together.ai) | Llama 3.1 70B | $0.88 | $0.88 | 128K |
| Meta (Together.ai) | Llama 3.1 8B | $0.10 | $0.10 | 128K |
| AI21 | Jamba 1.5 Large | $2.00 | $8.00 | 256K |
| DeepSeek | V4 Pro | $0.44 | $0.87 | 1M |
| DeepSeek | V4 Flash | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1M |
| xAI | Grok 4.3 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1M |
| xAI | Grok Build 0.1 | $0.30 | $0.50 | 256K |
| Moonshot | Kimi K2.6 | $0.90 | $3.75 | 256K |
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GPT-4o vs Claude Sonnet 4
$2.50/$10 vs $3/$15 per 1M tokens Compare →GPT-4o mini vs Gemini Flash
$0.15/$0.60 vs $0.10/$0.40 per 1M tokens Compare →Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Claude Sonnet 4
$1.25/$10 vs $3/$15 per 1M tokens Compare →DeepSeek V4 Pro vs GPT-4o
$0.44/$0.87 vs $2.50/$10 per 1M tokens Compare →Claude 4 Opus vs GPT-5
$15/$75 vs $1.25/$10 per 1M tokens Compare →Llama 4 Scout vs DeepSeek V4 Flash
$0.11/$0.34 vs $0.14/$0.28 per 1M tokens Compare →GPT-5 mini vs Claude Haiku 4.5
$0.25/$2.00 vs $1.00/$5.00 per 1M tokens Full Comparison →GPT-5 mini vs Gemini 2.0 Flash
$0.25/$2.00 vs $0.10/$0.40 per 1M tokens Full Comparison →DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Gemini Flash Lite
$0.14/$0.28 vs $0.075/$0.30 per 1M tokens Full Comparison →GPT-5 mini vs DeepSeek V4 Flash
$0.25/$2.00 vs $0.14/$0.28 per 1M tokens Full Comparison →GPT-5 vs Claude Sonnet 4
$1.25/$10 vs $3/$15 per 1M tokens Full Comparison →GPT-5.5 vs Claude Opus 4.7
$5/$30 vs $5/$25 per 1M tokens Full Comparison →GPT-5 vs Claude vs Gemini
Interactive calculator with all models Full Comparison →GPT-5 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
$1.25/$10 vs $0.44/$0.87 per 1M tokens Full Comparison →Claude Sonnet 4 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro
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Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4, Haiku vs GPT-5, GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini Compare Claude vs ChatGPT →Gemini vs ChatGPT
Flash Lite, Flash, 2.5 Pro vs GPT-5, GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini Compare Gemini vs ChatGPT →Claude vs DeepSeek
Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4, Haiku vs V4 Pro, V4 Flash Compare Claude vs DeepSeek →Gemini vs Claude
Flash Lite, Flash, 2.5 Pro vs Sonnet 4, Opus 4.7, Haiku Compare Gemini vs Claude →Gemini vs DeepSeek
Flash Lite, Flash, 2.5 Pro vs V4 Pro, V4 Flash Compare Gemini vs DeepSeek →ChatGPT vs DeepSeek
GPT-5, GPT-5 mini, GPT-4o vs V4 Pro, V4 Flash Compare ChatGPT vs DeepSeek →Mistral vs DeepSeek
Large 3, Small 4 vs V4 Pro, V4 Flash Compare Mistral vs DeepSeek →OpenAI vs Google
GPT-5, GPT-4o vs Gemini 2.5 Pro, Flash Compare OpenAI vs Google →xAI Grok vs OpenAI
Grok 4.3, Grok Build 0.1 vs GPT-5, GPT-5.5 Compare xAI Grok vs OpenAI →xAI Grok vs Google
Grok 4.3, Grok Build 0.1 vs Gemini Flash, 2.5 Pro, 3.1 Pro Compare xAI Grok vs Google →OpenAI vs DeepSeek
GPT-5, GPT-5.5, GPT-oss vs DeepSeek V4 Pro, V4 Flash Compare OpenAI vs DeepSeek →OpenAI vs Anthropic
GPT-5, GPT-5.5 vs Claude Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5 Compare OpenAI vs Anthropic →Anthropic vs Google
Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku vs Gemini Flash, 2.5 Pro, 3.1 Pro Compare Anthropic vs Google →Mistral vs Google
Mistral Large 3, Small 4 vs Gemini Flash Lite, Flash, 2.5 Pro, 3.1 Pro Compare Mistral vs Google →Mistral vs Anthropic
Mistral Large 3, Small 4 vs Haiku 4.5, Sonnet 4, Opus 4.7 Compare Mistral vs Anthropic →Stop overpaying for AI APIs
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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 34 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 2.0 Flash, DeepSeek V4 Flash).
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