Pricing Trends Tracker

Analyzes how model pricing distributes across 293 AI models and which providers offer the best deals. Compare input vs output costs, price tiers, and find the highest-scoring model at every budget.

Pricing Overview

Paid Models

269

Free Models

Median $/1M

$0.75

Cheapest Paid

LFM2-8B-A1B

$0.01/1M

Most Expensive

o1-pro

$375.00/1M

Price cliff: Free models reach up to a score of 69. Paid models scoring below this threshold may not justify their cost.

Price Tier Distribution

Tier	Count	Distribution	Avg Score	Score Range	Best Model
Free	24	8%	53	34-69	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
Ultra-Budget	110	38%	45	17-65	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025
Budget	74	25%	47	26-66	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Mid-Range	66	23%	53	30-70	GPT-5.4
Premium	9	3%	54	40-74	o3 Deep Research
Enterprise	10	3%	74	44-91	GPT-5.4 Pro

Full Pricing Table

Top 80 models by score

#	Model	Provider	Score	$/1M In	$/1M Out	Avg Cost	I/O Ratio	Context	Tier
1	GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	91	$30.00	$180.00	$105.00	6.0x	1.1M	Enterprise
2	GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	90	$21.00	$168.00	$94.50	8.0x	400K	Enterprise
3	GPT-5 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	90	$15.00	$120.00	$67.50	8.0x	400K	Enterprise
4	o3 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	82	$20.00	$80.00	$50.00	4.0x	200K	Enterprise
5	Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic	Anthropic	81	$15.00	$75.00	$45.00	5.0x	200K	Enterprise
6	o1-proOpenAI	OpenAI	77	$150.00	$600.00	$375.00	4.0x	200K	Enterprise
7	Claude Opus 4Anthropic	Anthropic	76	$15.00	$75.00	$45.00	5.0x	200K	Enterprise
8	o3 Deep ResearchOpenAI	OpenAI	74	$10.00	$40.00	$25.00	4.0x	200K	Premium
9	Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic	Anthropic	71	$5.00	$25.00	$15.00	5.0x	1M	Premium
10	Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	70	$5.00	$25.00	$15.00	5.0x	200K	Premium
11	GPT-5.4OpenAI	OpenAI	70	$2.50	$15.00	$8.75	6.0x	1.1M	Mid-Range
12	Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	69	$3.00	$15.00	$9.00	5.0x	1M	Mid-Range
13	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba	Alibaba	69	Free	Free	Free	--	131K	Free
14	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingAlibaba	Alibaba	69	Free	Free	Free	--	131K	Free
15	GPT-5.2OpenAI	OpenAI	68	$1.75	$14.00	$7.88	8.0x	400K	Mid-Range
16	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle	Google	68	$2.00	$12.00	$7.00	6.0x	1.0M	Mid-Range
17	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	Google	68	$2.00	$12.00	$7.00	6.0x	1.0M	Mid-Range
18	Gemini 3 Pro PreviewGoogle	Google	68	$2.00	$12.00	$7.00	6.0x	1.0M	Mid-Range
19	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	Anthropic	68	$3.00	$15.00	$9.00	5.0x	1M	Mid-Range
20	GPT-5.1OpenAI	OpenAI	67	$1.25	$10.00	$5.63	8.0x	400K	Mid-Range
21	GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	67	$1.75	$14.00	$7.88	8.0x	400K	Mid-Range
22	GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	67	$1.75	$14.00	$7.88	8.0x	400K	Mid-Range
23	GPT-5OpenAI	OpenAI	67	$1.25	$10.00	$5.63	8.0x	400K	Mid-Range
24	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	Google	66	$0.50	$3.00	$1.75	6.0x	1.0M	Budget
25	o4 Mini Deep ResearchOpenAI	OpenAI	66	$2.00	$8.00	$5.00	4.0x	200K	Mid-Range
26	GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI	OpenAI	66	$1.25	$10.00	$5.63	8.0x	400K	Mid-Range
27	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle	Google	66	$0.25	$1.50	$0.88	6.0x	1.0M	Budget
28	Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle	Google	66	$1.25	$10.00	$5.63	8.0x	1.0M	Mid-Range
29	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025Google	Google	65	$0.10	$0.40	$0.25	4.0x	1.0M	Ultra-Budget
30	o1OpenAI	OpenAI	65	$15.00	$60.00	$37.50	4.0x	200K	Enterprise
31	GPT-5 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	65	$0.25	$2.00	$1.13	8.0x	400K	Budget
32	Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06Google	Google	64	$1.25	$10.00	$5.63	8.0x	1.0M	Mid-Range
33	GPT-5 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	64	$0.05	$0.40	$0.22	8.0x	400K	Ultra-Budget
34	Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free)NVIDIA	NVIDIA	64	Free	Free	Free	--	128K	Free
35	Grok 4.1 FastxAI	xAI	64	$0.20	$0.50	$0.35	2.5x	2M	Ultra-Budget
36	Grok 4 FastxAI	xAI	64	$0.20	$0.50	$0.35	2.5x	2M	Ultra-Budget
37	Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	64	$0.10	$0.40	$0.25	4.0x	1.0M	Ultra-Budget
38	Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle	Google	64	$0.30	$2.50	$1.40	8.3x	1.0M	Budget
39	Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google	Google	64	$1.25	$10.00	$5.63	8.0x	1.0M	Mid-Range
40	Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	63	$1.00	$5.00	$3.00	5.0x	200K	Mid-Range
41	GPT-5.3 ChatOpenAI	OpenAI	62	$1.75	$14.00	$7.88	8.0x	128K	Mid-Range
42	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba	Alibaba	62	$0.26	$1.56	$0.91	6.0x	1M	Budget
43	GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI	OpenAI	62	$1.75	$14.00	$7.88	8.0x	128K	Mid-Range
44	GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	62	$1.25	$10.00	$5.63	8.0x	400K	Mid-Range
45	GPT-5 CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	62	$1.25	$10.00	$5.63	8.0x	400K	Mid-Range
46	o3OpenAI	OpenAI	62	$2.00	$8.00	$5.00	4.0x	200K	Mid-Range
47	Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	62	$0.10	$0.40	$0.25	4.0x	1M	Ultra-Budget
48	GPT-5.1 ChatOpenAI	OpenAI	61	$1.25	$10.00	$5.63	8.0x	128K	Mid-Range
49	o4 Mini HighOpenAI	OpenAI	61	$1.10	$4.40	$2.75	4.0x	200K	Mid-Range
50	o4 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	61	$1.10	$4.40	$2.75	4.0x	200K	Mid-Range
51	Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance	ByteDance	61	$0.10	$0.40	$0.25	4.0x	262K	Ultra-Budget
52	Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba	Alibaba	61	$0.26	$2.08	$1.17	8.0x	262K	Budget
53	Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba	Alibaba	61	$0.39	$2.34	$1.36	6.0x	262K	Budget
54	Claude Sonnet 4Anthropic	Anthropic	61	$3.00	$15.00	$9.00	5.0x	200K	Mid-Range
55	Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba	Alibaba	61	$0.16	$1.30	$0.73	8.0x	262K	Budget
56	Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba	Alibaba	61	$0.20	$1.56	$0.88	8.0x	262K	Budget
57	Sonar Pro SearchPerplexity	Perplexity	61	$3.00	$15.00	$9.00	5.0x	200K	Mid-Range
58	Nova 2 LiteAmazon	Amazon	61	$0.30	$2.50	$1.40	8.3x	1M	Budget
59	Seed 1.6ByteDance	ByteDance	60	$0.25	$2.00	$1.13	8.0x	262K	Budget
60	Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance	ByteDance	60	$0.07	$0.30	$0.19	4.0x	262K	Ultra-Budget
61	GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	60	$0.25	$2.00	$1.13	8.0x	400K	Budget
62	GPT-4.1OpenAI	OpenAI	59	$2.00	$8.00	$5.00	4.0x	1.0M	Mid-Range
63	Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	59	$0.45	$2.20	$1.33	4.9x	262K	Budget
64	Claude 3.7 SonnetAnthropic	Anthropic	59	$3.00	$15.00	$9.00	5.0x	200K	Mid-Range
65	Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking)Anthropic	Anthropic	59	$3.00	$15.00	$9.00	5.0x	200K	Mid-Range
66	Step 3.5 Flash (free)StepFun	StepFun	58	Free	Free	Free	--	256K	Free
67	Grok 4xAI	xAI	58	$3.00	$15.00	$9.00	5.0x	256K	Mid-Range
68	Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingAlibaba	Alibaba	58	$0.12	$1.36	$0.74	11.7x	131K	Budget
69	GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	58	$0.40	$1.60	$1.00	4.0x	1.0M	Budget
70	GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	58	$0.10	$0.40	$0.25	4.0x	1.0M	Ultra-Budget
71	GPT-5 ChatOpenAI	OpenAI	57	$1.25	$10.00	$5.63	8.0x	128K	Mid-Range
72	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba	Alibaba	57	Free	Free	Free	--	131K	Free
73	gpt-oss-120b (free)OpenAI	OpenAI	56	Free	Free	Free	--	131K	Free
74	gpt-oss-20b (free)OpenAI	OpenAI	56	Free	Free	Free	--	131K	Free
75	Grok Code Fast 1xAI	xAI	56	$0.20	$1.50	$0.85	7.5x	256K	Budget
76	Nova Premier 1.0Amazon	Amazon	56	$2.50	$12.50	$7.50	5.0x	1M	Mid-Range
77	Gemma 3 27B (free)Google	Google	56	Free	Free	Free	--	131K	Free
78	Gemini 2.0 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	55	$0.07	$0.30	$0.19	4.0x	1.0M	Ultra-Budget
79	Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)Alibaba	Alibaba	55	$0.26	$0.78	$0.52	3.0x	1M	Budget
80	Gemini 2.0 FlashGoogle	Google	54	$0.10	$0.40	$0.25	4.0x	1.0M	Ultra-Budget

+213 more models tracked.

Input vs Output Pricing Analysis

I/O Ratio = output price / input price. A ratio of 3.0x means output tokens cost 3x more than input tokens.

Highest I/O Ratio

Most expensive output relative to input

Model	Provider	$/M In	$/M Out	Ratio	Score
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct	Alibaba	$0.09	$1.10	12.2x	44
Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking	Alibaba	$0.12	$1.36	11.7x	58
Palmyra X5	Writer	$0.60	$6.00	10.0x	44
Nova 2 Lite	Amazon	$0.30	$2.50	8.3x	61
Gemini 2.5 Flash	Google	$0.30	$2.50	8.3x	64
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (exacto)	Alibaba	$0.22	$1.80	8.2x	49
GPT-5.3 Chat	OpenAI	$1.75	$14.00	8.0x	62
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B	Alibaba	$0.16	$1.30	8.0x	61
Qwen3.5-27B	Alibaba	$0.20	$1.56	8.0x	61
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B	Alibaba	$0.26	$2.08	8.0x	61

Lowest I/O Ratio

Most balanced pricing

Model	Provider	$/M In	$/M Out	Ratio	Score
Molmo2 8B	Allen AI	$0.20	$0.20	1.0x	47
Rnj 1 Instruct	essentialai	$0.15	$0.15	1.0x	42
Ministral 3 14B 2512	Mistral AI	$0.20	$0.20	1.0x	49
Ministral 3 8B 2512	Mistral AI	$0.15	$0.15	1.0x	49
Ministral 3 3B 2512	Mistral AI	$0.10	$0.10	1.0x	49
Cogito v2.1 671B	deepcogito	$1.25	$1.25	1.0x	44
Spotlight	arcee-ai	$0.18	$0.18	1.0x	44
Llama Guard 4 12B	Meta	$0.18	$0.18	1.0x	42
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct	Alibaba	$0.80	$0.80	1.0x	43
R1 Distill Qwen 32B	DeepSeek	$0.29	$0.29	1.0x	41

Models with equal input/output pricing (22)

Molmo2 8B Rnj 1 Instruct Ministral 3 14B 2512 Ministral 3 8B 2512 Ministral 3 3B 2512 Cogito v2.1 671B Spotlight Llama Guard 4 12B Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct R1 Distill Qwen 32B Sonar Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct+10 more

Best Value at Each Price Point

The highest-scoring model at or below each average cost threshold.

Max $/1M	Model	Provider	Score	Actual Cost
$0.10	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking	Alibaba	69	Free
$0.50	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking	Alibaba	69	Free
$1.00	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking	Alibaba	69	Free
$2.00	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking	Alibaba	69	Free
$5.00	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking	Alibaba	69	Free
$10.00	GPT-5.4	OpenAI	70	$8.75/1M
$20.00	Claude Opus 4.6	Anthropic	71	$15.00/1M
$50.00	o3 Pro	OpenAI	82	$50.00/1M

Provider Pricing Strategy

Providers with 2+ models, sorted by avg cost

Provider	Models	Cheapest	Most Exp.	Price Range	Avg Cost	Free Tier
Liquid AI	5	Free	$0.07	$0.07	$0.02	Yes
StepFun	2	Free	$0.20	$0.20	$0.10	Yes
Allen AI	7	$0.12	$0.40	$0.27	$0.24	No
NVIDIA	8	Free	$1.20	$1.20	$0.26	Yes
Microsoft	2	$0.10	$0.62	$0.52	$0.36	No
ByteDance	4	$0.15	$1.13	$0.97	$0.43	No
Baidu	5	$0.18	$0.83	$0.66	$0.45	No
Inception	3	$0.50	$0.50	Free	$0.50	No
arcee-ai	7	Free	$2.10	$2.10	$0.57	Yes
Alibaba	51	Free	$3.60	$3.60	$0.61	Yes
Meta	17	Free	$4.00	$4.00	$0.63	Yes
DeepSeek	12	$0.29	$1.60	$1.31	$0.66	No
MiniMax	6	$0.61	$1.30	$0.69	$0.78	No
Mistral AI	25	Free	$4.00	$4.00	$1.17	Yes
Moonshot AI	5	$1.20	$1.55	$0.35	$1.34	No
Google	24	Free	$7.00	$7.00	$1.83	Yes
Amazon	5	$0.09	$7.50	$7.41	$2.23	No
aion-labs	3	$1.05	$6.00	$4.95	$2.75	No
Cohere	4	$0.09	$6.25	$6.16	$3.24	No
xAI	8	$0.35	$9.00	$8.65	$3.67	No
Perplexity	5	$1.00	$9.00	$8.00	$5.80	No
Inflection	2	$6.25	$6.25	Free	$6.25	No
Anthropic	13	$0.75	$45.00	$44.25	$14.55	No
OpenAI	59	Free	$375.00	$375.00	$18.51	Yes