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AI Cost Calculator — API Pricing Estimator

Estimate AI API costs across leading models

Monthly Cost

$31.50

Per Request

$0.0105

Daily

$1.05

Model

Claude Sonnet 4

Price shown: input / output per 1M tokens

Token Reference

Short chat message~50 tokens
Paragraph of text~100 tokens
1-page document~500 tokens
Blog article (1,000 words)~1,333 tokens
Long document (5,000 words)~6,667 tokens
Code file (~200 lines)~2,000 tokens

Cost Estimate — Claude Sonnet 4

Monthly Cost
$31.50
Based on 100 requests/day
Per Request
$0.0105
Daily
$1.05
Yearly
$383.25

Monthly Cost by Model

GPT-4o$22.50
GPT-4o Mini$1.35
GPT-4.1$18.00
GPT-4.1 Mini$3.60
GPT-4.1 Nano$0.9000
Claude Opus 4$157.50
Claude Sonnet 4$31.50
Claude Haiku 3.5$8.40
Gemini 2.5 Pro$18.75
Gemini 2.5 Flash$1.35
Gemini 2.0 Flash$0.9000
Gemini 1.5 Pro$11.25
Llama 4 Maverick$1.94
Llama 4 Scout$1.20
DeepSeek V3$0.8400
DeepSeek R1$4.94
Mistral Large$15.00

Example Calculations

1Chatbot with Claude Sonnet

Inputs

ModelClaude Sonnet 4
Input Tokens800
Output Tokens400
Requests/Day500

Result

Monthly Cost$126.00
Cost Per Request$0.0084
Daily Cost$4.20

Cost per request = (800 × $3.00 + 400 × $15.00) / 1,000,000 = $0.0084. Daily = $0.0084 × 500 = $4.20. Monthly = $4.20 × 30 = $126.00.

2Data Processing with Gemini Flash

Inputs

ModelGemini 2.0 Flash
Input Tokens3000
Output Tokens2000
Requests/Day1000

Result

Monthly Cost$33.00
Cost Per Request$0.0011
Daily Cost$1.10

Cost per request = (3000 × $0.10 + 2000 × $0.40) / 1,000,000 = $0.0011. Daily = $0.0011 × 1000 = $1.10. Monthly = $1.10 × 30 = $33.00.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q

How much does it cost to use AI APIs?

AI API costs depend on the model and token usage. GPT-4o costs $2.50 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens. Claude Sonnet costs $3/$15 per 1M tokens. Gemini 2.0 Flash is cheapest at $0.10/$0.40 per 1M tokens.

ModelInput/1MOutput/1M100 req/day (monthly)
GPT-4o$2.50$10.00~$25
Claude Sonnet 4$3.00$15.00~$33
Gemini 2.0 Flash$0.10$0.40~$1
GPT-4o Mini$0.15$0.60~$1.10
Q

What are tokens in AI models?

Tokens are units of text that AI models process. One token is roughly 4 characters or 0.75 words in English. A 1,000-word article is approximately 1,333 tokens. Input tokens are what you send, output tokens are what the model generates.

Q

Which AI model is the cheapest?

Gemini 2.0 Flash is currently the cheapest major AI model at $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens. GPT-4o Mini ($0.15/$0.60) is the cheapest OpenAI option. For most tasks, smaller models provide sufficient quality at 10-100x lower cost.

Q

How do I reduce AI API costs?

Reduce AI costs by using smaller models for simple tasks, caching repeated queries, shortening prompts, limiting output length, and batching requests. Using GPT-4o Mini instead of GPT-4o can cut costs by 94% with acceptable quality for many tasks.

  • Use smaller models (Haiku, Mini, Flash) for simple tasks
  • Cache responses for repeated identical queries
  • Optimize prompts to reduce input token count
  • Set max_tokens to limit output length
  • Batch similar requests together

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Last Updated: Jun 24, 2026

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