# compareai.today

> Compare API pricing across 10 leading AI providers. Interactive cost calculator, comparison tables, visual charts, and pricing history trends.

## About

compareai.today is a free tool for comparing AI model API pricing across Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI, Google, xAI, Perplexity AI, Microsoft Azure, Mistral AI, Meta, DeepSeek, Manus. It provides interactive calculators, visual charts, and detailed provider pages.

Built by [Digital Five](https://www.digitalfive.com).

## Pages

- [Home](https://compareai.today/): Cost calculator, comparison table, pricing charts, provider grid
- [Blog](https://compareai.today/blog): AI pricing news and analysis
- [Cost Per Seat](https://compareai.today/cost-per-seat): Calculate per-seat AI costs for teams
- [Spend Analyzer](https://compareai.today/spend-analyzer): Find savings by switching providers
- [Strategy Builder](https://compareai.today/strategy-builder): Multi-model routing optimizer
- [Migration Guides](https://compareai.today/migration-guides): Switch providers with code examples
- [FAQs](https://compareai.today/faq): Categorised answers on AI API pricing: tokens, model costs, batch discounts, cutting spend
- [Price Alerts](https://compareai.today/price-alerts): Track recent pricing changes
- [Price History](https://compareai.today/tools/pricing-history): Track pricing trends over time with interactive charts
- [Our Story](https://compareai.today/watch/digitalfive-story): Video: the team behind compareai.today
- [Provider Pages](https://compareai.today/provider/anthropic-claude): Detailed per-provider pricing and analysis

## Blog Articles

- [AI API Pricing August 2026: What Changed Across 10 Providers](https://compareai.today/blog/ai-api-pricing-august-2026): OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna by 80%, Anthropic cancelled the Claude Sonnet 5 price rise, and DeepSeek warned of an increase. Every AI API price change in August 2026, verified against vendor pricing pages.
- [Claude Opus 5: What's New, Pricing and Who It's For](https://compareai.today/blog/claude-opus-5-whats-new-pricing-who-its-for): Claude Opus 5 launched on 24 July 2026 at $5/$25 per million tokens - the same price as Opus 4.8. Here's what actually changed, how it compares to Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol, and which teams should switch.
- [Cheapest AI API 2026: Cost Per Million Tokens Ranked](https://compareai.today/blog/cheapest-ai-api-2026): The cheapest AI APIs in 2026, ranked by real blended cost per million tokens. Amazon Nova, GPT-5 nano, Ministral 3, DeepSeek and Gemini Flash-Lite compared — then price your own workload free.
- [AI News July 2026: The Biggest Stories So Far](https://compareai.today/blog/ai-news-july-2026): Claude Sonnet 5, GPT-5.6 and Grok 4.5 all landed in a fortnight, Gemini 3.5 Pro slipped, and the EU AI Act gets its teeth in August. Here's July 2026's AI news so far - and what each story does to your cost per million tokens.
- [Fable 5 Returns: Inside Anthropic's Export-Control Standoff](https://compareai.today/blog/fable-5-returns-export-control-standoff): Claude Fable 5 is back after a 19-day suspension. Here's what triggered the export controls, what changed, and how it now compares on compareai.today.
- [AI News Today: Sonnet 5, Export Rules, Black Market](https://compareai.today/blog/ai-news-today-sonnet-5-export-rules-black-market): Claude Sonnet 5 launched at roughly half the price of Opus 4.8, the US tightened its AI chip export rules to reach Chinese firms' overseas subsidiaries, and reporting exposed a black market reselling API tokens at up to 93 percent off. Here is today's AI news roundup, and what each story means if you build with AI.
- [The Future of Operating Systems: How AI Rewrites the OS](https://compareai.today/blog/future-of-operating-systems-ai): AI is turning the operating system from passive plumbing into an agentic layer that reads your intent and acts for you. See what an AI-native OS means, who's building it, and the benefits, risks and UK implications.
- [What Is a Token in AI? How AI Pricing Really Works](https://compareai.today/blog/what-is-a-token-in-ai): A token is the unit AI APIs bill you for — roughly four characters of text. See how tokens are counted, why output costs more than input, and how to estimate and cut your AI bill.
- [How Reliable Is Claude? Uptime and Integration Risk](https://compareai.today/blog/claude-uptime-integration-risk): Claude is dependable for everyday chat, but its API has no default uptime guarantee, and 2026 brought a run of outages. See why wiring Claude into tooling carries extra risk, and how to build resilient AI integrations.
- [Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Suspended: Alternatives](https://compareai.today/blog/claude-fable-5-mythos-5-suspended-alternatives): The US government has suspended Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users. Here's what happened, what it means, and the best alternatives to switch to now.
- [SpaceX IPO 2026: What It Means for AI, Grok & Starlink](https://compareai.today/blog/spacex-ipo-2026-ai-grok-starlink): SpaceX's $1.75T IPO is also an AI story: it now owns xAI and Grok and is building orbital data centers. See what it means for AI buyers and Grok pricing.
- [Claude Fable 5 Explained: Pricing and Capabilities](https://compareai.today/blog/claude-fable-5-explained-pricing-capabilities): Claude Fable 5 is Anthropic's most powerful public model yet. See its benchmarks, $10/$50 pricing and how its API cost compares to GPT, Gemini and Grok.
- [AI Image Generator Pricing Compared (2026): Cost Per Image](https://compareai.today/blog/ai-image-generator-pricing-compared): Midjourney, DALL-E/GPT Image, Firefly, Stable Diffusion, Imagen and Flux — converted into real cost per image, from about $0.005 to $0.08. See which is cheapest for your workload.
- [Claude Opus 4.8: New Features, Benchmarks, and Pricing](https://compareai.today/blog/claude-opus-4-8-whats-new-benchmarks-pricing): Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 on May 28. See verified benchmarks vs GPT-5.5 and Gemini 3.1 Pro, new pricing, and what to pin if you build on the API.
- [Claude Opus 4.7 Review: Same Price, 35% Bigger Bills (Here's Why)](https://compareai.today/blog/claude-opus-4-7-review-same-price-bigger-bills): Claude Opus 4.7 keeps $5/$25 per MTok, but a new tokenizer counts up to 35% more tokens. See workload cost impact, mitigations, and a clean upgrade decision.
- [DeepSeek V4 Just Halved AI Inference Costs Again — What It Means For Your Stack](https://compareai.today/blog/deepseek-v4-halved-ai-inference-costs): DeepSeek V4 launched in April 2026 at roughly half V3's per-token rate, undercutting GPT-5 and Claude on cost. Here's what to do in the next 90 days.
- [ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini (2026): Real Output Comparison](https://compareai.today/blog/chatgpt-vs-claude-vs-gemini-2026): Practical comparison of ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for writing, coding, and research with scoring rubric.
- [The Best AI Image Generator For Realistic Photos](https://compareai.today/blog/best-ai-image-generator-realistic-photos): Side-by-side comparison of Midjourney, DALL-E, Adobe Firefly, Stable Diffusion, and Google Imagen.
- [I Ran the Same Prompt on 7 AI Models — The Results Will Surprise You](https://compareai.today/blog/same-prompt-7-ai-models): Running the same prompt across seven AI models reveals surprising differences in reasoning and safety.
- [Anthropic Holds Claude Opus 4.6 Pricing Steady at $5/$25 per MTok](https://compareai.today/blog/claude-opus-4-6-pricing): Anthropic's latest flagship model maintains competitive pricing while expanding the context window to 1M tokens at standard rates.
- [OpenAI GPT-5.4 Series: New Nano Model at $0.20/MTok Input](https://compareai.today/blog/openai-gpt-5-4-launch): OpenAI expands its model lineup with GPT-5.4 Nano, the most affordable model yet at $0.20 input / $1.25 output per million tokens.
- [Google Drops Gemini 2.0 Flash to $0.075/MTok — Cheapest Major Model](https://compareai.today/blog/gemini-2-0-flash-price-drop): Google aggressively cuts pricing on Gemini 2.0 Flash, now the cheapest model from a major provider.

## Pricing Data

Covers 51 token-based models across 10 providers, plus credit-based plans for Manus. Prices are per million tokens (MTok) in USD.

### Cheapest Models (Input/MTok)
- Llama 3.1 8B: $0.02
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: $0.10
- Llama 4 Scout: $0.10
- Llama 3.3 70B: $0.10
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.14
- Mistral Small 4: $0.15
- GPT-5.6 Luna: $0.20
- GPT-5.4 Nano: $0.20
- Llama 4 Maverick: $0.20

### Premium Models (Input/MTok)
- GPT-5.5 Pro: $30.00
- Claude Fable 5: $10.00
- Claude Opus 5: $5.00
- Claude Opus 4.8: $5.00
- Claude Opus 4.7: $5.00
- GPT-5.6 Sol: $5.00
- GPT-5.5: $5.00
- Azure GPT-5.5: $5.00
- Sonar Pro: $3.00
- GPT-5.4: $2.50
- Azure GPT-5.4: $2.50
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: $2.00
- Grok 4.5: $2.00
- Sonar Deep Research: $2.00
- Mistral Medium 3.5: $1.50
- Gemini 2.5 Pro: $1.25
- Grok 4.3: $1.25
- Mistral Large 3: $0.50

## Full Data

For complete model-by-model pricing data, see [llms-full.txt](https://compareai.today/llms-full.txt).