Should you pay per token with an API or get a fixed-price subscription like ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro? Enter your estimated monthly usage below and see which option saves you money. We compare subscription tiers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google against their equivalent API pricing.
Should you pay per token or get a monthly subscription? Find out based on your usage.
At $15.30/month vs $20/month for a subscription, the difference is small. Consider whether the chat interface, conversation history, and other subscription perks are worth the extra cost.
Potential monthly savings: $4.70
It depends on your usage volume. Subscriptions like ChatGPT Plus ($20/mo) are cheaper for casual users, while API access is more cost-effective for high-volume or automated use cases. Use our calculator to compare costs for your specific usage.
ChatGPT Plus costs $20/month for unlimited conversations with GPT-4o. API pricing for GPT-4o is $2.50 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. The breakeven point depends on how many tokens you use monthly.
Claude Pro costs $20/month for enhanced usage limits. API pricing for Claude 3.5 Sonnet is $3/$15 per million input/output tokens. Our calculator helps you determine which option is cheaper based on your actual usage patterns.