AI API prices compared — official vs discounted
Every price below is listed twice: what the vendor charges directly, and what the same model costs through the discounted route. Verified 2026-11-02.
| Model | Official (in / out) | Gateway (in / out) | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5 Anthropic |
$5 / $25 | $2.5 / $12.5 | -50% |
| Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic |
$2 / $10 | $1 / $5 | -50% |
| Claude Fable 5 Anthropic |
$10 / $50 | $5 / $25 | -50% |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 Anthropic |
$1 / $5 | $0.5 / $2.5 | -50% |
| GPT-5.6 Sol OpenAI |
$4 / $20 | $2.5 / $15 | -27% |
| GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI |
$2 / $12 | $1 / $6 | -50% |
| GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI |
$0.2 / $1.2 | $0.1 / $0.6 | -50% |
| GPT-6 Astra OpenAI |
$10 / $50 | $5 / $25 | -50% |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash |
not verified | $0.375 / $1.875 | n/a |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek |
not verified | $0.66 / $1.98 | n/a |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek |
not verified | $0.22 / $0.66 | n/a |
| GLM-5.3 Zhipu |
not verified | $0.7 / $2.2 | n/a |
| MiniMax M3 MiniMax |
not verified | $0.15 / $0.6 | n/a |
| Kimi K3 Moonshot |
not verified | $1.5 / $7.5 | n/a |
| Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba |
not verified | $1 / $3 | n/a |
| Grok 4.1 xAI |
not verified | $1 / $5 | n/a |
| GPT-6 Luna OpenAI |
not verified | $0.05 / $0.25 | n/a |
| GPT-6 Sol OpenAI |
not verified | $1 / $5 | n/a |
| Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic |
not verified | $2 / $10 | n/a |
| Grok 4.7 xAI |
not verified | $1 / $3 | n/a |
| GPT-5 OpenAI |
not verified | $0.625 / $5 | n/a |
| GPT-5 mini OpenAI |
not verified | $0.125 / $1 | n/a |
| GPT-5 nano OpenAI |
not verified | $0.025 / $0.2 | n/a |
| o3 OpenAI |
not verified | $1 / $4 | n/a |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic |
$3 / $15 | $1.5 / $7.5 | -50% |
| Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic |
$5 / $25 | $2.5 / $12.5 | -50% |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro |
not verified | $0.625 / $5 | n/a |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash |
not verified | $0.15 / $1.251 | n/a |
| DeepSeek R1 DeepSeek |
not verified | $0.2899 / $1.1596 | n/a |
| Llama 4 Maverick Meta |
not verified | $0.07 / $0.35 | n/a |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic |
not verified | $0.05 / $0.25 | n/a |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic |
not verified | $1 / $5 | n/a |
| GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI |
not verified | $1 / $5 | n/a |
| GPT-6.1 Terra OpenAI |
not verified | $0.5 / $2.5 | n/a |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro Moonshot |
not verified | $1 / $5 | n/a |
| MiniMax M3.1 Flash MiniMax |
not verified | $0.075 / $0.3 | n/a |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek |
not verified | $0.15 / $0.6 | n/a |
| Gemini 4 Argon |
not verified | $1 / $5 | n/a |
Per 1M tokens, USD, standard tier. Synced 2026-11-02. Savings are shown only where we could verify the official list price against vendor documentation — see each model page for the source. Where a cell reads not verified we make no comparison claim.
How to read the table
- Input is what you send (prompt, context, system message).
- Output is what the model generates, and typically costs 3–6× more per token.
- Saving is the blended difference across input and output at a 1:1 ratio. Your real ratio changes it — use the calculator.
Complete rate index — 226 models, 13 vendors
Every entry below is a rate we bill, in USD per 1M tokens. Rates marked verified are cross-checked against the vendor's own published list price; everything else is listed at face value and no comparison is implied. Use the filter to narrow by name or vendor — the cost calculator accepts all of them. Comparing two of them? Rank by your own token mix, not by the input column — output rates decide most bills. This table is the raw input to the 2026 price index, where the same rows are re-ranked three ways and published as CSV and JSON. Models appear here the day they become billable — the new additions log lists them in the order they arrived, with what each one costs.
| Model | Vendor | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | List price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen Flash | Alibaba | $0.025 | $0.20 | not verified |
| Qwen Turbo | Alibaba | $0.025 | $0.10 | not verified |
| Qwen Turbo 1101 | Alibaba | $0.025 | $0.10 | not verified |
| Qwen3 VL Flash | Alibaba | $0.025 | $0.20 | not verified |
| Qwen3.5 Flash | Alibaba | $0.05 | $0.20 | not verified |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3b Instruct | Alibaba | $0.075 | $0.60 | not verified |
| Qwen3.8 Flash | Alibaba | $0.075 | $0.235 | not verified |
| Qwen3.8 Omni Flash | Alibaba | $0.075 | $0.235 | not verified |
| Qwen3 32B | Alibaba | $0.08 | $0.32 | not verified |
| Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct | Alibaba | $0.08 | $0.32 | not verified |
| Qwen3 8B | Alibaba | $0.09 | $0.36 | not verified |
| Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Alibaba | $0.09 | $0.35 | not verified |
| Qwen3 30B A3b | Alibaba | $0.10 | $0.40 | not verified |
| Qwen3 30B A3b Instruct 2507 | Alibaba | $0.10 | $0.40 | not verified |
| Qwen3 30B A3b Think | Alibaba | $0.10 | $1.2 | not verified |
| Qwen3 30B A3b Thinking 2507 | Alibaba | $0.10 | $1.2 | not verified |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3b Instruct | Alibaba | $0.10 | $0.40 | not verified |
| Qwen3 VL Plus | Alibaba | $0.10 | $0.80 | not verified |
| Qwen3 235B A22b Instruct 2507 | Alibaba | $0.115 | $0.46 | not verified |
| Qwen3 235B A22b Thinking 2507 | Alibaba | $0.115 | $1.15 | not verified |
| Qwen3.8 Omni Flash Realtime | Alibaba | $0.115 | $0.35 | not verified |
| Qwen3.5 35B A3b | Alibaba | $0.125 | $1.00 | not verified |
| Qwen3 0.6b | Alibaba | $0.15 | $0.60 | not verified |
| Qwen3 1.7b | Alibaba | $0.15 | $0.60 | not verified |
| Qwen3 4B | Alibaba | $0.15 | $0.60 | not verified |
| Qwen3.5 27B | Alibaba | $0.15 | $1.2 | not verified |
| Qwen3 14B | Alibaba | $0.175 | $0.70 | not verified |
| Qwen3.6 35B A3b | Alibaba | $0.1875 | $1.125 | not verified |
| Qwen Plus | Alibaba | $0.20 | $0.60 | not verified |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22b Instruct | Alibaba | $0.20 | $0.80 | not verified |
| Qwen3.5 122B A10b | Alibaba | $0.20 | $1.6 | not verified |
| Qwen3.5 Plus | Alibaba | $0.20 | $1.2 | not verified |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | Alibaba | $0.20 | $0.80 | not verified |
| Qwen3.6 Plus | Alibaba | $0.25 | $1.5 | not verified |
| Qwen3.8 27B | Alibaba | $0.25 | $1.5 | not verified |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17b | Alibaba | $0.30 | $1.8 | not verified |
| Qwen3.6 27B | Alibaba | $0.30 | $1.8 | not verified |
| Qwen Mt Turbo | Alibaba | $0.35 | $0.9765 | not verified |
| Qwen3 235B A22b | Alibaba | $0.35 | $1.4 | not verified |
| Qwen Plus Busikao | Alibaba | $0.40 | $1.00 | not verified |
| Qwen VL Max | Alibaba | $0.40 | $1.6 | not verified |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3b | Alibaba | $0.50 | $2.00 | not verified |
| Qwen3 Max | Alibaba | $0.60 | $3.00 | not verified |
| Qwen VL Plus | Alibaba | $0.75 | $2.25 | not verified |
| Qwen Max | Alibaba | $0.80 | $3.2 | not verified |
| Qwen Omni Turbo | Alibaba | $0.80 | $2.2504 | not verified |
| Qwen Mt Plus | Alibaba | $0.90 | $2.7 | not verified |
| Qwen 72B | Alibaba | $1.00 | $1.00 | not verified |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22b | Alibaba | $1.00 | $4.00 | not verified |
| Qwen3.8 Max | Alibaba | $1.00 | $3.00 | not verified |
| Qwen3.5 Omni Flash | Alibaba | $1.1 | $6.65 | not verified |
| Qwen3.7 Max | Alibaba | $1.25 | $3.75 | not verified |
| Qwen3 235B A22b Think | Alibaba | $1.5 | $6.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5 Nano | OpenAI | $0.025 | $0.20 | not verified |
| GPT-6 Luna | OpenAI | $0.05 | $0.25 | not verified |
| GPT 5.4 Nano | OpenAI | $0.10 | $0.625 | not verified |
| GPT Oss 20B | OpenAI | $0.10 | $0.40 | not verified |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | $0.10 | $0.60 | verified |
| GPT 5 Mini | OpenAI | $0.125 | $1.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.1 Codex Mini | OpenAI | $0.125 | $0.20 | not verified |
| GPT Realtime 2.1 Mini | OpenAI | $0.30 | $1.2 | not verified |
| GPT 5.4 Mini | OpenAI | $0.375 | $2.25 | not verified |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | OpenAI | $0.50 | $2.5 | not verified |
| GPT Oss 120B | OpenAI | $0.55 | $2.2 | not verified |
| O3 Mini | OpenAI | $0.55 | $2.2 | not verified |
| O4 Mini | OpenAI | $0.55 | $2.2 | not verified |
| GPT 5 Codex | OpenAI | $0.625 | $5.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5 Low | OpenAI | $0.625 | $1.25 | not verified |
| GPT 5 Minimal | OpenAI | $0.625 | $1.25 | not verified |
| GPT 5 Search Api | OpenAI | $0.625 | $5.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.1 | OpenAI | $0.625 | $5.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.1 Chat | OpenAI | $0.625 | $5.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.1 Codex | OpenAI | $0.625 | $5.00 | not verified |
| GPT-5 | OpenAI | $0.625 | $5.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.2 | OpenAI | $0.875 | $7.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.2 Chat | OpenAI | $0.875 | $7.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.2 Codex | OpenAI | $0.875 | $7.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.3 Chat | OpenAI | $0.875 | $7.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.3 Codex | OpenAI | $0.875 | $7.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.3 Codex Spark | OpenAI | $0.875 | $7.00 | not verified |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | $1.00 | $6.00 | verified |
| GPT-6 Sol | OpenAI | $1.00 | $5.00 | not verified |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | OpenAI | $1.00 | $5.00 | not verified |
| o3 | OpenAI | $1.00 | $4.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.4 | OpenAI | $1.25 | $7.5 | not verified |
| GPT 5.4 Openai Compact | OpenAI | $1.25 | $7.5 | not verified |
| GPT Realtime 2.1 | OpenAI | $2.00 | $12.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.5 | OpenAI | $2.5 | $15.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.5 Openai Compact | OpenAI | $2.5 | $15.00 | not verified |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | $2.5 | $15.00 | verified |
| GPT 6 | OpenAI | $5.00 | $25.00 | not verified |
| GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | $5.00 | $25.00 | verified |
| GPT 5 Pro | OpenAI | $7.5 | $60.00 | not verified |
| O3 Pro | OpenAI | $10.00 | $40.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.2 Pro | OpenAI | $10.5 | $84.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.4 Pro | OpenAI | $15.00 | $90.00 | not verified |
| GPT 5.5 Pro | OpenAI | $15.00 | $90.00 | not verified |
| Gemma 3 1B It | $0.01 | $0.03 | not verified | |
| Gemma2 9B It | $0.01 | $0.01 | not verified | |
| Gemma 3 4B It | $0.0175 | $0.0525 | not verified | |
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | $0.0187 | $0.075 | not verified | |
| Gemma 3 12B It | $0.035 | $0.105 | not verified | |
| Gemini 1.5 Flash | $0.0375 | $0.15 | not verified | |
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 002 | $0.0375 | $0.15 | not verified | |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite | $0.0375 | $0.15 | not verified | |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite 001 | $0.0375 | $0.15 | not verified | |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash | $0.05 | $0.20 | not verified | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | $0.05 | $0.20 | not verified | |
| Gemma 3 27B It | $0.06 | $0.18 | not verified | |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash 001 | $0.075 | $0.30 | not verified | |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | $0.125 | $0.75 | not verified | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.15 | $1.251 | not verified | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | $0.15 | $1.25 | not verified | |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | $0.375 | $1.875 | not verified | |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | $0.375 | $1.875 | not verified | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.375 | $1.875 | not verified | |
| Gemini 1.5 Pro | $0.625 | $2.5 | not verified | |
| Gemini 1.5 Pro 001 | $0.625 | $2.5 | not verified | |
| Gemini 1.5 Pro 002 | $0.625 | $2.5 | not verified | |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | $0.625 | $5.00 | not verified | |
| Gemma2 27B It | $0.63 | $0.63 | not verified | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | $0.75 | $4.5 | not verified | |
| Gemini 4 Argon | $1.00 | $5.00 | not verified | |
| Gemini 4 Barium | $1.00 | $5.00 | not verified | |
| Gemma 7B It | $1.00 | $1.00 | not verified | |
| Grok 4 1 Fast Non Reasoning | xAI | $0.10 | $0.25 | not verified |
| Grok 4 1 Fast Reasoning | xAI | $0.10 | $0.25 | not verified |
| Grok 4 Fast | xAI | $0.10 | $0.25 | not verified |
| Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning | xAI | $0.10 | $0.25 | not verified |
| Grok 4 Fast Reasoning | xAI | $0.10 | $0.25 | not verified |
| Grok 3 Mini | xAI | $0.15 | $0.2505 | not verified |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | xAI | $0.20 | $1.5 | not verified |
| Grok 4.2 Fast | xAI | $0.20 | $1.5 | not verified |
| Grok Code Fast 1 | xAI | $0.20 | $1.5 | not verified |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xAI | $0.50 | $1.00 | not verified |
| Grok 4 20 Non Reasoning | xAI | $0.625 | $1.25 | not verified |
| Grok 4 20 Reasoning | xAI | $0.625 | $1.25 | not verified |
| Grok 4.3 | xAI | $0.625 | $1.25 | not verified |
| Grok 3 Deepersearch | xAI | $1.00 | $3.00 | not verified |
| Grok 3 Reasoner | xAI | $1.00 | $5.00 | not verified |
| Grok 3 Reasoning | xAI | $1.00 | $5.00 | not verified |
| Grok 3 Search | xAI | $1.00 | $5.00 | not verified |
| Grok 4.1 | xAI | $1.00 | $5.00 | not verified |
| Grok 4.5 | xAI | $1.00 | $3.00 | not verified |
| Grok 4.6 | xAI | $1.00 | $3.00 | not verified |
| Grok 4.7 | xAI | $1.00 | $3.00 | not verified |
| Grok 2 | xAI | $1.5 | $7.5 | not verified |
| Grok 2 1212 | xAI | $1.5 | $1.5 | not verified |
| Grok 3 | xAI | $1.5 | $7.5 | not verified |
| Grok 4 | xAI | $1.5 | $7.5 | not verified |
| Grok 4.2 | xAI | $1.5 | $7.5 | not verified |
| Grok 2 Vision 1212 | xAI | $2.5 | $12.5 | not verified |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | $0.05 | $0.25 | not verified |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | $0.50 | $2.5 | verified |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | $1.00 | $5.00 | verified |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Anthropic | $1.00 | $5.00 | not verified |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | $1.5 | $7.5 | verified |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | $2.00 | $10.00 | not verified |
| Claude Opus 4 6 | Anthropic | $2.5 | $12.5 | verified |
| Claude Opus 4 7 | Anthropic | $2.5 | $12.5 | verified |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | $2.5 | $12.5 | verified |
| Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | $2.5 | $12.5 | verified |
| Global Anthropic Claude Opus 4 6 V1 | Anthropic | $2.5 | $12.5 | not verified |
| Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | $5.00 | $25.00 | verified |
| Claude Fable 5 1 | Anthropic | $5.00 | $25.00 | verified |
| Claude 4 Opus | Anthropic | $7.5 | $37.5 | not verified |
| Doubao 1 5 Lite 32K | ByteDance | $0.15 | $0.30 | not verified |
| Doubao 1 5 Pro 32K | ByteDance | $0.40 | $1.00 | not verified |
| Doubao Seed 1 6 251015 Search | ByteDance | $0.40 | $4.00 | not verified |
| Doubao Seed Evolving | ByteDance | $0.45 | $2.25 | not verified |
| Seed Oss 36B Instruct | ByteDance | $0.60 | $6.00 | not verified |
| Doubao Lite 32K | ByteDance | $1.00 | $1.00 | not verified |
| Doubao Lite 4K | ByteDance | $1.00 | $1.00 | not verified |
| Doubao 1 5 Vision Pro 32K | ByteDance | $1.5 | $4.5 | not verified |
| Doubao Lite 128K | ByteDance | $2.00 | $2.00 | not verified |
| Doubao Pro 32K | ByteDance | $2.00 | $2.00 | not verified |
| Doubao Pro 4K | ByteDance | $2.00 | $2.00 | not verified |
| Doubao 1.5 Pro 256K | ByteDance | $2.5 | $4.5 | not verified |
| Doubao Pro 128K | ByteDance | $12.00 | $12.00 | not verified |
| DeepSeek OCR | DeepSeek | $0.108 | $0.108 | not verified |
| DeepSeek Ocr1 | DeepSeek | $0.108 | $0.108 | not verified |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | DeepSeek | $0.15 | $0.60 | not verified |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | DeepSeek | $0.15 | $0.60 | not verified |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | DeepSeek | $0.15 | $0.60 | not verified |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B | DeepSeek | $0.25 | $0.50 | not verified |
| DeepSeek R1 | DeepSeek | $0.2899 | $1.1596 | not verified |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B | DeepSeek | $0.50 | $1.5 | not verified |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | DeepSeek | $0.66 | $1.98 | not verified |
| DeepSeek Chat | DeepSeek | $1.00 | $1.5 | not verified |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | DeepSeek | $1.00 | $3.00 | not verified |
| DeepSeek R1 H | DeepSeek | $2.00 | $8.00 | not verified |
| DeepSeek Reasoner | DeepSeek | $2.00 | $8.00 | not verified |
| Kimi K2 | Moonshot | $0.30 | $1.2 | not verified |
| Kimi K2.5 | Moonshot | $0.30 | $1.575 | not verified |
| Kimi K2.6 | Moonshot | $0.475 | $1.9731 | not verified |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | Moonshot | $1.00 | $5.00 | not verified |
| Moonshot V1 8K | Moonshot | $1.2 | $1.2 | not verified |
| Kimi K3 | Moonshot | $1.5 | $7.5 | not verified |
| Kimi K2 Instruct | Moonshot | $2.00 | $8.00 | not verified |
| Moonshot V1 32K | Moonshot | $2.4 | $2.4 | not verified |
| Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed | Moonshot | $6.5 | $27.00 | not verified |
| Moonshot V1 128K | Moonshot | $12.00 | $12.00 | not verified |
| Phi 4 | Other | $0.06 | $0.24 | not verified |
| Mimo V2.5 | Other | $0.07 | $0.14 | not verified |
| Mimo V2.6 Flash | Other | $0.07 | $0.14 | not verified |
| Mimo V2.5 Pro | Other | $0.2175 | $0.435 | not verified |
| Mimo V2.6 Pro | Other | $0.2175 | $0.435 | not verified |
| Mimo V2 Flash | Other | $0.35 | $1.05 | not verified |
| Longcat Flash Chat | Other | $0.50 | $2.5 | not verified |
| MAI DS R1 | Other | $0.657 | $2.628 | not verified |
| Mimo V2 Pro | Other | $1.5 | $3.00 | not verified |
| MiniMax M3.1 Flash | MiniMax | $0.075 | $0.30 | not verified |
| MiniMax M2.5 | MiniMax | $0.15 | $0.60 | not verified |
| MiniMax M2.7 | MiniMax | $0.15 | $0.60 | not verified |
| MiniMax M3 | MiniMax | $0.15 | $0.60 | not verified |
| MiniMax M2 | MiniMax | $1.05 | $4.2 | not verified |
| MiniMax M2.1 | MiniMax | $1.05 | $4.2 | not verified |
| MiniMax M2.7 Highspeed | MiniMax | $2.1 | $8.4 | not verified |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | Zhipu | $0.075 | $0.25 | not verified |
| GLM 5 | Zhipu | $0.50 | $1.6 | not verified |
| GLM 5.1 | Zhipu | $0.70 | $2.2 | not verified |
| GLM 5.2 | Zhipu | $0.70 | $2.2 | not verified |
| GLM-5.3 | Zhipu | $0.70 | $2.2 | not verified |
| GLM 5 Turbo | Zhipu | $2.5 | $11.00 | not verified |
| Llama 4 Maverick | Meta | $0.07 | $0.35 | not verified |
| Dolphin3.0 R1 Mistral 24B | Mistral | $0.7286 | $1.4572 | not verified |
Input and output are priced separately on every model here, and output costs several times more than input. Synced 2026-11-02. A rate labelled “gateway rate” is what one API key bills you, we did not confirm a matching published list price, so we claim nothing about it being discounted.
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Claude Opus 5
Anthropic's strongest model for long-horizon agentic coding and enterprise work.
Claude Sonnet 5
The daily driver (near-flagship coding quality at a fifth of Opus's output rate).
Claude Fable 5
Frontier Claude for demanding reasoning and long agent runs.
Claude Haiku 4.5
Ultra-fast classification, extraction and tight loops.
GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI's heaviest 5.6 tier, deepest reasoning, widest tool use.
GPT-5.6 Terra
The middle tier most teams settle on.
GPT-5.6 Luna
Lowest-cost tier in the GPT-5.6 family (drafts, routing, high-frequency calls).
GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI's newest frontier tier.
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Google's fast multimodal model with a 1M context window.
DeepSeek V4 Pro
DeepSeek's flagship, strong reasoning at open-weight economics.
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Peak/off-peak pricing (schedule batch work off-peak to cut cost sharply).
GLM-5.3
Zhipu's current flagship.
MiniMax M3
MiniMax's latest, very low price for the capability.
Kimi K3
Moonshot's latest flagship (long-context agentic work).
Qwen3.8 Max
Alibaba's largest Qwen tier.
Grok 4.1
xAI's flagship model.
GPT-6 Luna
The entry tier of OpenAI's GPT-6 family.
GPT-6 Sol
The middle tier of the GPT-6 family.
Claude Opus 5.5
Anthropic's newest Opus revision.
Grok 4.7
xAI's newest Grok release.
GPT-5
OpenAI's GPT-5 tier.
GPT-5 mini
The smaller GPT-5 tier.
GPT-5 nano
The smallest GPT-5 tier.
o3
OpenAI's o3 reasoning model.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic's Sonnet 4.6 tier.
Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic's Opus 4.8 tier.
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro tier.
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash tier.
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek's reasoning model.
Llama 4 Maverick
Meta's Llama 4 Maverick.
Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic's smallest 5.5 tier, classification, extraction and tight loops.
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Anthropic's mid 5.5 tier (the one most teams settle on for coding).
GPT-6.1 Sol
OpenAI's GPT-6.1 main tier.
GPT-6.1 Terra
The lighter GPT-6.1 tier, priced below Sol.
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Moonshot's K3.1 Pro revision.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
MiniMax's M3.1 flash tier, very low rate for high-frequency calls.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek's V4.1 flash build, dated 10-17.
Gemini 4 Argon
Google's first Gemini 4 tier to reach the gateway.
Head-to-head comparisons
Deciding between two specific models? These pages price both against each other — including the cases where the ranking changes once you use gateway rates instead of vendor list prices.
Claude vs GPT
Sonnet 5 against GPT-5.6 Terra on blended cost and monthly spend.
Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol
The pair where the list-price ranking flips at gateway rates.
Claude vs Gemini
The cheap tier, where volume amplifies every fraction of a cent.
GPT vs Gemini
The sub-$1 tier compared on real rates and monthly totals.
Opus 5 vs Sonnet 5
What the 2.5× multiplier costs, and the routing pattern that avoids it.
DeepSeek vs Claude
The widest price gap people actually compare, costed honestly.
Lowest-cost LLM APIs
Lowest blended rates in the index, plus each vendor's floor price.
Ways to pay for Claude
Direct, prepaid bundle or pay-as-you-go (with the prepay maths).
vs OpenRouter
Breadth versus per-token cost, and when to run both.
All nine comparisons, with both rate sets side by side →
Routing these rates into your tools
Every rate in the table above is reachable from one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so whichever column you land on applies wherever you already work. These are the tools we have profiled end to end:
| Tool | What to set |
|---|---|
| LangChain | one base_url kwarg — then check whether token usage still comes back |
| LlamaIndex | OpenAILike for gateway IDs, and a second object for the embedding model |
| AutoGen | declare function_calling or tool use fails silently |
| OpenAI Agents SDK | tracing exports to OpenAI by default; the default transport is Responses |
| Codex CLI | 0.122+ rejects wire_api = "chat" at config load |
| Gemini CLI | a model without tool calls replies in prose and never touches the repo |
| CrewAI | custom_openai=True, and cost is agents × turns |
| DSPy | the bill is in compile(), not in inference |
| Cursor | override the base URL and bill your own key |
| LiteLLM model names | the slash is a routing instruction — openai/, or nothing is sent |
| streaming calls | stream_options, or every token count comes back null |
| an empty model picker | read /v1/models and type the id by hand |
| long sessions | two caps, not one — the window and the maximum output |
| every tool we have profiled | the full matrix of what to set and where |
Every one of these takes the same two values, a base URL and a key, and none of them require changing your code beyond where the client is constructed. The differences that matter are in each tool's defaults, which is what each guide covers.