Pricing — side-by-side and cost models (OpenAI · Anthropic · xAI · Gemini)
Status: every number below is read from generated/models.json (pricing block of each model, sourced from the vendor pricing/model pages on 2026-09-18) and generated/pricing.json (tool/service/rule rows). Figures are USD per 1M tokens unless stated. Statuses next to model ids are the model record statuses. No live billing was reconciled; treat as list prices. Gemini 3.6–3.8 Flash rows are introductory prices through 2026-12-31 (the records carry a from_2027_01_01 block at 2×); xAI x_search switches from per-call to per-post/per-profile billing on 2026-09-21.
Sources: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing · https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing · https://docs.x.ai/developers/pricing (+ live GET /v1/language-models price ticks) · https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing · docs/openai/pricing.md · docs/anthropic/pricing.md · docs/xai/pricing.md · docs/gemini/pricing.md
Last verified: 2026-09-18
1. Pricing dimensions — how the four price lists are structured
| Dimension | OpenAI | Anthropic | xAI | Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base tokens | input, cached_input, output per model; separate *_long_context table for >272k-token prompts (2× input, 1.5× output) on GPT-5.4/5.5/5.6/6 Astra |
input, output; 1M context at standard price on Claude 4.6+ (no long-context premium) |
input, cached_input, image_input (= text input price), output; long-context tier at 2× for prompts ≥ 200,000 tokens — billed on ALL tokens of that request (live_raw_ticks.long_context_threshold); reasoning tokens billed as output on every Grok call |
input, cached_input, output per model; modality-specific input rows (audio_input, image_input, video_input); >200k tier (input_over_200k 2×, output_over_200k 1.5×) on Pro models only; thinking tokens billed as output (output_includes_thinking_tokens) |
| Cache write | free on models before GPT-5.6; 1.25× input on GPT-5.6+ (cache_write row) |
1.25× input for 5-minute TTL, 2× input for 1-hour TTL | none — automatic prefix cache, no write charge | implicit cache: none; explicit cachedContents: storage per 1M tokens per hour (cache_storage_hour: $0.50 Flash 3.6–3.8, $1.00 most Flash, $4.50 Pro; 1.8× on priority) |
| Cache read | model-specific cached_input (0.1× on GPT-5.6+, 0.25× on o3, 0.5× on gpt-4o…) |
0.1× input (0.025× on Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1) | cached_input per model: 0.25× (grok-4.6 $0.50), 0.15× (grok-4.5 $0.30), 0.16× (grok-4.3 / 4.20 $0.20), 0.2× (grok-build $0.20) |
cached_input = 0.1× input on every priced model (e.g. gemini-3.8-flash $0.075, gemini-3.1-pro-preview $0.20) |
| Batch | batch tier = 50 % of standard (own cached_input) |
batch_input/batch_output = 50 % of standard; cache multipliers stack |
20 % off (batch_discount: 0.2) on grok-4.3 / 4.20 / 4.20-multi-agent only; not supported on grok-4.6, grok-4.5, grok-build-0.1 (batch_discount: null); Imagine models accepted in Batch but billed at standard rates |
batch tier = 50 % of standard (service:batch_api multiplier 0.5) on text, image, TTS and embedding models; not on the free tier |
| Cheaper async / best-effort tier | flex = batch rates on synchronous calls (slower, may 429) |
none | none (Batch API is the only discount) | flex = 50 % of standard (service:flex_inference), 1–15 min target latency, sheddable (429 when capacity is shed); ten text models listed |
| Faster / priority tier | fast = 2× standard (renamed from priority 2026-07-30; fast_long_context 4×/3×) |
speed: fast (Opus 5 / 4.8 only) = 2× standard ($10 / $50) |
service_tier: priority = 2× on all token types (caching discount applied before the multiplier; billed only when the response echoes service_tier: priority) |
priority tier = 1.8× standard (service:priority_inference, docs: 75–100 % more); 0.3× the standard rate limit; graceful downgrade to standard when exceeded |
| Reasoning tokens | billed as output (usage.output_tokens_details.reasoning_tokens) |
billed as output (usage.output_tokens_details.thinking_tokens) |
billed as output (usage.completion_tokens_details.reasoning_tokens); every Grok reasoning model spends them even on reasoning_effort: low |
billed as output (usageMetadata.thoughtsTokenCount); Gemini 3.x thinking cannot be fully disabled on Flash/Pro (thinkingLevel: minimal where supported) |
| Regional inference | +10 % on regional hosts for models released ≥ 2026-03-05 | inference_geo: us ×1.1 on all token dimensions (Claude 4.6+); Bedrock/Vertex regional +10 % |
https://us.api.x.ai/v1 = 1.1× global token rates (grok-4.6 only in the live catalogue: $2.20 / $0.55 / $6.60); eu-west-1.api.x.ai LIVE_DISCOVERED, no separate price row |
no regional price row on the Gemini Developer API (data residency is a Vertex AI feature); AI Studio usage free |
| Free tier | none (Free usage tier = rate-limit tier, still billed) | none | none (prepaid credits; Tier 0 = $0 spend) | yes — free_tier rows on Flash / Flash-Lite / Live / TTS / transcribe / embedding / Gemma models: input & output $0, restrictive limits, content may be used to improve Google products; Pro models and paid-only media models are not available on the free tier (observed limit: 0) |
| Tool-definition overhead | none published (definitions are input tokens) | published per model: tool-use system prompt 286–804 tokens, toolsets 4,500–6,600 tokens | none published (definitions are input tokens; server-side tool results count as input) | none published; toolUsePromptTokenCount reports tokens consumed by URL context / grounding results |
| Per-image / per-second media | image models per token (≈ per image), Sora per second | — | Imagine per image ($0.02 / $0.04–$0.08 / $0.05) and per second of video ($0.05 / $0.08); voice per minute; TTS per 1M characters; STT per hour | image models per token with a per-image equivalent ($0.034–$0.24), Veo per second ($0.05–$0.60), Lyria per song ($0.04 / $0.08), Live/TTS/transcribe per 1M audio tokens (≈ per minute) |
2. OpenAI current text models (USD / 1M tokens)
| Model | Status | Input | Cached in | Cache write | Output | Batch in / out | Flex in / out | Fast in / out | Long-context in / out (>272k) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gpt-6-astra |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
10 | 1 | 12.5 | 50 | 5 / 25 | 5 / 25 | 20 / 100 | 20 / 75 |
gpt-5.6-sol |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
4 | 0.4 | 5 | 20 | 2 / 10 | 2 / 10 | 8 / 40 | 8 / 30 |
gpt-5.6-terra |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
2 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 12 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 6 | 4 / 24 | 4 / 18 |
gpt-5.6-luna |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
0.2 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 1.2 | 0.1 / 0.6 | 0.1 / 0.6 | 0.4 / 2.4 | 0.4 / 1.8 |
gpt-5.5 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
5 | 0.5 | — | 30 | 2.5 / 15 | 2.5 / 15 | 12.5 / 75 | 10 / 45 |
gpt-5.5-pro |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
30 | — | — | 180 | 15 / 90 | 15 / 90 | — / — | 60 / 270 |
gpt-5.4 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
2.5 | 0.25 | — | 15 | 1.25 / 7.5 | 1.25 / 7.5 | 5 / 30 | 5 / 22.5 |
gpt-5.4-pro |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
30 | — | — | 180 | 15 / 90 | 15 / 90 | — / — | 60 / 270 |
gpt-5.4-mini |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
0.75 | 0.075 | — | 4.5 | 0.375 / 2.25 | 0.375 / 2.25 | 1.5 / 9 | — / — |
gpt-5.4-nano |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
0.2 | 0.02 | — | 1.25 | 0.1 / 0.625 | 0.1 / 0.625 | — / — | — / — |
gpt-5.3-codex |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
1.75 | 0.175 | — | 14 | — / — | — / — | 3.5 / 28 | — / — |
gpt-5.2 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
1.75 | 0.175 | — | 14 | 0.875 / 7 | 0.875 / 7 | 3.5 / 28 | — / — |
gpt-5.2-pro |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
21 | — | — | 168 | 10.5 / 84 | — / — | — / — | — / — |
gpt-5.1 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
1.25 | 0.125 | — | 10 | 0.625 / 5 | 0.625 / 5 | 2.5 / 20 | — / — |
gpt-5 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
1.25 | 0.125 | — | 10 | 0.625 / 5 | 0.625 / 5 | 2.5 / 20 | — / — |
gpt-5-mini |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
0.25 | 0.025 | — | 2 | 0.125 / 1 | 0.125 / 1 | 0.45 / 3.6 | — / — |
gpt-5-nano |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
0.05 | 0.005 | — | 0.4 | 0.025 / 0.2 | 0.025 / 0.2 | — / — | — / — |
gpt-5-pro |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
15 | — | — | 120 | 7.5 / 60 | — / — | — / — | — / — |
o3 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
2 | 0.5 | — | 8 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 3.5 / 14 | — / — |
o3-pro |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
20 | — | — | 80 | 10 / 40 | — / — | — / — | — / — |
o4-mini |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED · DEPRECATED |
1.1 | 0.275 | — | 4.4 | 0.55 / 2.2 | 0.55 / 2.2 | 2 / 8 | — / — |
o3-mini |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED · DEPRECATED |
1.1 | 0.55 | — | 4.4 | 0.55 / 2.2 | — / — | — / — | — / — |
gpt-4.1 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
2 | 0.5 | — | 8 | 1 / 4 | — / — | 3.5 / 14 | — / — |
gpt-4.1-mini |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
0.4 | 0.1 | — | 1.6 | 0.2 / 0.8 | — / — | 0.7 / 2.8 | — / — |
gpt-4.1-nano |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED · DEPRECATED |
0.1 | 0.025 | — | 0.4 | 0.05 / 0.2 | — / — | 0.2 / 0.8 | — / — |
gpt-4o |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
2.5 | 1.25 | — | 10 | 1.25 / 5 | — / — | 4.25 / 17 | — / — |
gpt-4o-mini |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
0.15 | 0.075 | — | 0.6 | 0.075 / 0.3 | — / — | 0.25 / 1 | — / — |
chat-latest |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
5 | 0.5 | — | 30 | — / — | — / — | — / — | — / — |
gpt-5.6-cyber |
DOCUMENTED · ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED |
12.5 | 1.25 | 15.625 | 75 | — / — | — / — | — / — | — / — |
Notes from the records: gpt-5.6 is an alias of gpt-5.6-sol (promotional $4/$20 at least through 2026-11-21); pro models have no cached-input price (no caching); chat-latest has no batch/flex/fast tiers; gpt-5.6-cyber is ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED and priced at short-context rates. The o3 record carries a model-page table ($1 / $0.25 / $4) that disagrees with its pricing-page standard row ($2 / $0.5 / $8) — flagged as a data inconsistency.
3. Anthropic current models (USD / 1M tokens)
| Model | Status | Input | Cache write 5m | Cache write 1h | Cache read | Output | Batch in / out | Fast in / out | Min cacheable tokens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
claude-fable-5-1 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
10 | 12.5 | 20 | 0.25 | 50 | 5 / 25 | — / — | 512 |
claude-fable-5 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED · LEGACY |
10 | 12.5 | 20 | 1 | 50 | 5 / 25 | — / — | 512 |
claude-mythos-5-1 |
DOCUMENTED · ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED · PREVIEW |
10 | 12.5 | 20 | 0.25 | 50 | 5 / 25 | — / — | 512 |
claude-mythos-5 |
DOCUMENTED · ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED · PREVIEW |
10 | 12.5 | 20 | 1 | 50 | 5 / 25 | — / — | 512 |
claude-opus-5 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
5 | 6.25 | 10 | 0.5 | 25 | 2.5 / 12.5 | 10 / 50 | 512 |
claude-opus-4-8 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED · LEGACY |
5 | 6.25 | 10 | 0.5 | 25 | 2.5 / 12.5 | 10 / 50 | 1024 |
claude-opus-4-7 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED · LEGACY |
5 | 6.25 | 10 | 0.5 | 25 | 2.5 / 12.5 | — / — | 2048 |
claude-opus-4-6 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED · LEGACY |
5 | 6.25 | 10 | 0.5 | 25 | 2.5 / 12.5 | — / — | 4096 |
claude-opus-4-5-20251101 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED · LEGACY |
5 | 6.25 | 10 | 0.5 | 25 | 2.5 / 12.5 | — / — | 4096 |
claude-sonnet-5 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
2 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.2 | 10 | 1 / 5 | — / — | 1024 |
claude-sonnet-4-6 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED · LEGACY |
3 | 3.75 | 6 | 0.3 | 15 | 1.5 / 7.5 | — / — | 1024 |
claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED · LEGACY |
3 | 3.75 | 6 | 0.3 | 15 | 1.5 / 7.5 | — / — | 1024 |
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
1 | 1.25 | 2 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.5 / 2.5 | — / — | 4096 |
Notes: Sonnet 5's introductory $2 / $10 was made permanent on 2026-08-10. Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1 cache reads are 0.025× ($0.25). Retired models (Opus 4.1 $15/$75, Sonnet 4 $3/$15, Haiku 3.5 $0.80/$4) remain priced on Bedrock/Vertex only. Priority Tier is no longer sold; Claude Platform on AWS and Foundry convert the same USD rates to CCUs at $0.01.
4. xAI current Grok text models (USD / 1M tokens)
Standard = prompt < 200,000 tokens. Long context = prompt ≥ 200,000 tokens: the higher rate applies to every token of that request (input, cached, output). image_input equals the text input price on every model. Batch = 20 % off standard where supported. Priority = service_tier: priority, 2×. US regional = https://us.api.x.ai/v1, 1.1×.
| Model | Status | Input | Cached in | Output | Long-ctx in / cached / out (≥200k) | Batch in / cached / out | Priority × | US regional × | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
grok-4.6 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
2 | 0.5 | 6 | 4 / 1 / 12 | not supported | 2.0× | 1.1× | 500000 |
grok-4.5 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
2 | 0.3 | 6 | 4 / 0.6 / 12 | not supported | 2.0× | — | 500000 |
grok-4.3 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
1.25 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 / 0.4 / 5 | 1 / 0.16 / 2 (−20 %) | 2.0× | — | 1000000 |
grok-4.20-0309-reasoning |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
1.25 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 / 0.4 / 5 | 1 / 0.16 / 2 (−20 %) | 2.0× | — | 1000000 |
grok-4.20-0309-non-reasoning |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
1.25 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 / 0.4 / 5 | 1 / 0.16 / 2 (−20 %) | 2.0× | — | 1000000 |
grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309 |
DOCUMENTED · BETA · LIVE_VERIFIED |
1.25 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 / 0.4 / 5 | 1 / 0.16 / 2 (−20 %) | 2.0 (Chat Completions/Responses; not documented per model) | — | 1000000 |
grok-build-0.1 |
DOCUMENTED · PREVIEW · LIVE_VERIFIED |
1 | 0.2 | 2 | 2 / 0.4 / 4 | not supported | 2.0× | — | 256000 |
Notes from the records: grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309 is BETA and only reachable on /v1/responses; its reasoning.effort selects the agent count (low/medium = 4, high/xhigh = 16) and all agents' tokens are billed. grok-build-0.1 (PREVIEW) is the coding model behind the grok-code-fast-1 redirect. The retired ids grok-3, grok-4-0709, grok-4-fast-*, grok-4-1-fast-* redirect to grok-4.3 and are billed at grok-4.3 rates. grok-embedding-small has no published price (ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED). Max output is not documented per model (max_output: null in every Grok record; Responses max_output_tokens defaults to 128,000).
4b. xAI media and voice prices
| Model / service | Status | Price | Unit / notes |
|---|---|---|---|
grok-imagine-image |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
$0.02 per image | single price; batch discount 0.0 (standard rates in Batch) |
grok-imagine-image-2.0 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
$0.06 per image | low/1k $0.04; low/2k $0.06; low/1.5k $0.05; medium/1k $0.06; medium/2k $0.08; medium/1.5k $0.07; batch discount 0.0 (standard rates in Batch) |
grok-imagine-image-quality |
DOCUMENTED · DEPRECATED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
$0.05 per image | single price; batch discount 0.0 (standard rates in Batch) |
grok-imagine-video |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
$0.05 per second of generated video | video URLs in batch results expire after 1 hour |
grok-imagine-video-1.5 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
$0.08 per second of generated video | video URLs in batch results expire after 1 hour |
grok-voice-think-fast-2.0 (speech-to-speech) |
DOCUMENTED |
$0.08 per minute ($4.8 / h) + $0.004 per text item | audio sent or received billed per minute; each conversation.item.create text item billed $0.004 except function_call_output and audio items |
grok-voice-transcribe-2.0 (speech-to-text) |
DOCUMENTED |
$0.1 / hour REST (POST /v1/stt), $0.2 / hour streaming (wss://api.x.ai/v1/stt) |
per hour of audio |
text-to-speech (POST /v1/tts, wss://api.x.ai/v1/tts) |
DOCUMENTED |
$15 per 1M characters | POST /v1/tts and streaming |
5. Gemini current text models (USD / 1M tokens)
Standard tier for prompts ≤ 200k tokens; >200k columns only exist on Pro models (Flash models have one price for any prompt length). Cached in = implicit or explicit cache hit (0.1×). Storage = explicit cachedContents storage per 1M tokens per hour. Batch = 50 %, Flex = 50 %, Priority = 1.8×. Free = free-tier availability recorded on the pricing page.
| Model | Status | Input | Cached in | Output | >200k in / cached / out | Batch in / out | Flex in / out | Priority in / out | Cache storage $/1M/h | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gemini-3.8-flash |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
0.75 | 0.075 | 3.75 | — (flat) | 0.375 / 1.875 | 0.375 / 1.875 | 1.35 / 6.75 | 0.5 | input/output/caching free of charge (standard & priority rows); Bat… |
gemini-3.7-flash |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED |
0.75 | 0.075 | 3.75 | — (flat) | 0.375 / 1.875 | 0.375 / 1.875 | 1.35 / 6.75 | 0.5 | input/output/caching free of charge (standard & priority rows); Bat… |
gemini-3.6-flash |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED |
0.75 | 0.075 | 3.75 | — (flat) | 0.375 / 1.875 | 0.375 / 1.875 | 1.35 / 6.75 | 0.5 | input/output/caching free of charge (standard & priority rows); Bat… |
gemini-3.5-flash |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
1.5 | 0.15 | 9 | — (flat) | 0.75 / 4.5 | 0.75 / 4.5 | 2.7 / 16.2 | 1 | input/output/caching free of charge; Batch/Flex not available |
gemini-3.5-flash-lite |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
0.3 | 0.03 | 2.5 | — (flat) | 0.15 / 1.25 | 0.15 / 1.25 | 0.54 / 4.5 | 1 | input/output free of charge on all four rows (page lists Batch/Flex… |
gemini-3.1-pro-preview |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW · ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED |
2 | 0.2 | 12 | 4 / 0.4 / 18 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 6 | 3.6 / 21.6 | 4.5 | Not available (paid tier only) |
gemini-3.1-pro-preview-customtools |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW |
2 | 0.2 | 12 | 4 / 0.4 / 18 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 6 | 3.6 / 21.6 | 4.5 | Not available (paid tier only) |
gemini-3.1-flash-lite |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · DEPRECATED |
0.25 | 0.025 | 1.5 | — (flat) | 0.125 / 0.75 | 0.125 / 0.75 | 0.45 / 2.7 | 1 | input/output free of charge; caching not available on free tier |
gemini-3-flash-preview |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW |
0.5 | 0.05 | 3 | — (flat) | 0.25 / 1.5 | 0.25 / 1.5 | 0.9 / 5.4 | 1 | input/output/caching free of charge; Batch/Flex not available |
gemini-2.5-pro |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED |
1.25 | 0.125 | 10 | 2.5 / 0.25 / 15 | 0.625 / 5 | 0.625 / 5 | 2.25 / 18 | 4.5 | input/output free of charge (standard/priority rows); caching, Batc… |
gemini-2.5-flash |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED |
0.3 | 0.03 | 2.5 | — (flat) | 0.15 / 1.25 | 0.15 / 1.25 | 0.54 / 4.5 | 1 | input/output free of charge; caching not available; Google Search g… |
gemini-2.5-flash-lite |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED |
0.1 | 0.01 | 0.4 | — (flat) | 0.05 / 0.2 | 0.05 / 0.2 | 0.18 / 0.72 | 1 | input/output free of charge; caching not available; Google Search g… |
gemini-robotics-er-2-preview |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW |
1 | 0.1 | 5 | — (flat) | 0.5 / 2.5 | — / — | — / — | 0.5 | input/output free of charge; caching not available |
gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW |
1 | — | 5 | — (flat) | — / — | — / — | — / — | — | input/output free of charge |
gemma-4-31b-it |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED |
free | — | free | — | — | — | — | — | free of charge (input, output, caching, storage) |
gemma-4-26b-a4b-it |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
free | — | free | — | — | — | — | — | free of charge (input, output, caching, storage) |
Notes from the records: gemini-3.8 / 3.7 / 3.6 Flash share one introductory price list ($0.75 / $0.075 / $3.75) through 2026-12-31, doubling on 2027-01-01 ($1.50 / $0.15 / $7.50, storage $1.00); gemini-3.5-flash is the higher-priced Flash ($1.50 / $9.00). Pro models (gemini-3.1-pro-preview, gemini-2.5-pro) are paid-tier only (ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED on this free-tier key). Gemini 2.5 models are 'no longer available to new users' (404 on generateContent). Gemma 4 models are free of charge with no paid tier. gemini-2.5-flash / -pro have separate audio_input rows ($1.00 / 1M); Gemini 3.x prices text, image, video and audio input alike. Google Search grounding: Gemini 3.x 5,000 free requests/month then $14 / 1k search queries; Gemini 2.5: 1,500 RPD free then $35 / 1k grounded prompts.
5b. Gemini media, voice and embedding prices
| Model | Status | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
gemini-3.1-flash-image |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED |
text in $0.5, text out $3, image out $60 / 1M → per image 0.5K (747 tok) $0.045, 1K (1120 tok) $0.067, 2K (1680 tok) $0.101, 4K (2520 tok) $0.151; batch image out $30 | not available |
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED |
text in $0.25, image out $30 / 1M → 1K (1120 tok) $0.0336 | not available |
gemini-3-pro-image |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED |
text in $2, image in $0.0011 per image, image out $120 / 1M → 1K/2K (1120 tok) $0.134, 4K (2000 tok) $0.24; priority image out $216 | not available |
gemini-2.5-flash-image |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · DEPRECATED |
$0.039 per image ($30 / 1M, 1,290 tok/image); batch $0.0195 | 1290 tokens per image up to 1024x1024 |
veo-3.1-generate-preview |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW |
per second: 720p $0.4, 1080p $0.4, 4k $0.6 | charged only if the video is successfully generated |
veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW |
per second: 720p $0.1, 1080p $0.12, 4k $0.3 | not available |
veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW · LIVE_VERIFIED |
per second: 720p $0.05, 1080p $0.08, 4k not supported | not available |
gemini-omni-1.1-flash |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED |
text in $1.5, text out $9, video out $17.5 / 1M | 5,792 tokens per second of 720p video => ~$0.10 per second |
lyria-3.5 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
$0.08 per song (full length) | not available |
lyria-3-clip-preview |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW |
$0.04 per song (30 s clip) | not available |
gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW |
text in $1, audio out $20 / 1M (25 audio tok/s ≈ $0.03 / min); batch $0.5 / $10 | 25 audio tokens per second |
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW |
text in $0.5, audio out $10 / 1M | free of charge (standard) |
gemini-3.8-live |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED |
text in $0.75, audio in $3 (≈ $0.005 / min), image/video in $1, text out $4.5, audio out $12 (≈ $0.018 / min) | free of charge |
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW |
text in $0.5, audio/video in $3, text out $2, audio out $12 | free of charge |
gemini-3.5-transcribe |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED |
audio in $2 (≈ $0.003 / min), text out $12 (≈ $0.002 / min) | blended ~$0.005/min |
gemini-3.5-transcribe-live |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED |
audio in $3.5 (≈ $0.005 / min), text out $21 | 25 audio tokens/s input, 175 text tokens/min output; blended ~$0.009/min |
gemini-3.5-live-translate-preview |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · PREVIEW |
audio in $3.5, audio out $21 / 1M | 25 audio tokens/second; effective ~$0.0368 per minute |
gemini-embedding-2 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · LIVE_VERIFIED |
text $0.2, image $0.45 ($0.0001 per image), audio $6.5 ($0.0002 / s), video $12 ($0.0008 / frame) / 1M; batch text $0.1 | free of charge (standard); batch not available |
gemini-embedding-001 |
DOCUMENTED · LIVE_DISCOVERED · DEPRECATED |
— | not listed on pricing.md (2026-09-18); file-search.md bills indexing embeddings at $0.15 per 1M tokens |
6. Cost model A — 1M input tokens + 100k output tokens, no cache
Formula: cost = 1.0 × input_price + 0.1 × output_price, treating the 1M input tokens as aggregate volume at the standard (short-prompt) rate. The last column shows what a single request whose prompt crosses the long-context threshold costs instead (OpenAI >272k, xAI ≥200k applied to all tokens, Gemini Pro >200k; Anthropic and Gemini Flash have no threshold). Tiers shown where the model record lists them.
| Provider | Model | Standard | Batch | Flex | Fast / Priority | Long-context request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openai | gpt-6-astra |
$15.00 | $7.50 | $7.50 | $30.00 | $27.50 |
| openai | gpt-5.6-sol |
$6.00 | $3.00 | $3.00 | $12.00 | $11.00 |
| openai | gpt-5.6-terra |
$3.20 | $1.60 | $1.60 | $6.40 | $5.80 |
| openai | gpt-5.6-luna |
$0.32 | $0.16 | $0.16 | $0.64 | $0.58 |
| openai | gpt-5.5 |
$8.00 | $4.00 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $14.50 |
| openai | gpt-5.5-pro |
$48.00 | $24.00 | $24.00 | — | $87.00 |
| openai | gpt-5.4 |
$4.00 | $2.00 | $2.00 | $8.00 | $7.25 |
| openai | gpt-5.4-pro |
$48.00 | $24.00 | $24.00 | — | $87.00 |
| openai | gpt-5.4-mini |
$1.20 | $0.60 | $0.60 | $2.40 | — |
| openai | gpt-5.4-nano |
$0.33 | $0.16 | $0.16 | — | — |
| openai | gpt-5.3-codex |
$3.15 | — | — | $6.30 | — |
| openai | gpt-5.2 |
$3.15 | $1.58 | $1.58 | $6.30 | — |
| openai | gpt-5.2-pro |
$37.80 | $18.90 | — | — | — |
| openai | gpt-5.1 |
$2.25 | $1.12 | $1.12 | $4.50 | — |
| openai | gpt-5 |
$2.25 | $1.12 | $1.12 | $4.50 | — |
| openai | gpt-5-mini |
$0.45 | $0.23 | $0.23 | $0.81 | — |
| openai | gpt-5-nano |
$0.0900 | $0.0450 | $0.0450 | — | — |
| openai | gpt-5-pro |
$27.00 | $13.50 | — | — | — |
| openai | o3 |
$2.80 | $1.40 | $1.40 | $4.90 | — |
| openai | o3-pro |
$28.00 | $14.00 | — | — | — |
| openai | o4-mini |
$1.54 | $0.77 | $0.77 | $2.80 | — |
| openai | o3-mini |
$1.54 | $0.77 | — | — | — |
| openai | gpt-4.1 |
$2.80 | $1.40 | — | $4.90 | — |
| openai | gpt-4.1-mini |
$0.56 | $0.28 | — | $0.98 | — |
| openai | gpt-4.1-nano |
$0.14 | $0.0700 | — | $0.28 | — |
| openai | gpt-4o |
$3.50 | $1.75 | — | $5.95 | — |
| openai | gpt-4o-mini |
$0.21 | $0.10 | — | $0.35 | — |
| openai | chat-latest |
$8.00 | — | — | — | — |
| openai | gpt-5.6-cyber |
$20.00 | — | — | — | — |
| anthropic | claude-fable-5-1 |
$15.00 | $7.50 | — | — | same as standard (no premium) |
| anthropic | claude-fable-5 |
$15.00 | $7.50 | — | — | same as standard (no premium) |
| anthropic | claude-mythos-5-1 |
$15.00 | $7.50 | — | — | same as standard (no premium) |
| anthropic | claude-mythos-5 |
$15.00 | $7.50 | — | — | same as standard (no premium) |
| anthropic | claude-opus-5 |
$7.50 | $3.75 | — | $15.00 | same as standard (no premium) |
| anthropic | claude-opus-4-8 |
$7.50 | $3.75 | — | $15.00 | same as standard (no premium) |
| anthropic | claude-opus-4-7 |
$7.50 | $3.75 | — | — | same as standard (no premium) |
| anthropic | claude-opus-4-6 |
$7.50 | $3.75 | — | — | same as standard (no premium) |
| anthropic | claude-opus-4-5-20251101 |
$7.50 | $3.75 | — | — | same as standard (no premium) |
| anthropic | claude-sonnet-5 |
$3.00 | $1.50 | — | — | same as standard (no premium) |
| anthropic | claude-sonnet-4-6 |
$4.50 | $2.25 | — | — | same as standard (no premium) |
| anthropic | claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 |
$4.50 | $2.25 | — | — | same as standard (no premium) |
| anthropic | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 |
$1.50 | $0.75 | — | — | same as standard (no premium) |
| xai | grok-4.6 |
$2.60 | not supported | — | $5.20 (priority) | $5.20 |
| xai | grok-4.5 |
$2.60 | not supported | — | $5.20 (priority) | $5.20 |
| xai | grok-4.3 |
$1.50 | $1.20 | — | $3.00 (priority) | $3.00 |
| xai | grok-4.20-0309-reasoning |
$1.50 | $1.20 | — | $3.00 (priority) | $3.00 |
| xai | grok-4.20-0309-non-reasoning |
$1.50 | $1.20 | — | $3.00 (priority) | $3.00 |
| xai | grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309 |
$1.50 | $1.20 | — | $3.00 (priority) | $3.00 |
| xai | grok-build-0.1 |
$1.20 | not supported | — | $2.40 (priority) | $2.40 |
| gemini | gemini-3.8-flash |
$1.12 | $0.56 | $0.56 | $2.03 (priority) | same as standard (flat) |
| gemini | gemini-3.7-flash |
$1.12 | $0.56 | $0.56 | $2.03 (priority) | same as standard (flat) |
| gemini | gemini-3.6-flash |
$1.12 | $0.56 | $0.56 | $2.03 (priority) | same as standard (flat) |
| gemini | gemini-3.5-flash |
$2.40 | $1.20 | $1.20 | $4.32 (priority) | same as standard (flat) |
| gemini | gemini-3.5-flash-lite |
$0.55 | $0.28 | $0.28 | $0.99 (priority) | same as standard (flat) |
| gemini | gemini-3.1-pro-preview |
$3.20 | $1.60 | $1.60 | $5.76 (priority) | $5.80 |
| gemini | gemini-3.1-pro-preview-customtools |
$3.20 | $1.60 | $1.60 | $5.76 (priority) | $5.80 |
| gemini | gemini-3.1-flash-lite |
$0.40 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.72 (priority) | same as standard (flat) |
| gemini | gemini-3-flash-preview |
$0.80 | $0.40 | $0.40 | $1.44 (priority) | same as standard (flat) |
| gemini | gemini-2.5-pro |
$2.25 | $1.12 | $1.12 | $4.05 (priority) | $4.00 |
| gemini | gemini-2.5-flash |
$0.55 | $0.28 | $0.28 | $0.99 (priority) | same as standard (flat) |
| gemini | gemini-2.5-flash-lite |
$0.14 | $0.0700 | $0.0700 | $0.25 (priority) | same as standard (flat) |
| gemini | gemini-robotics-er-2-preview |
$1.50 | $0.75 | — | — (priority) | same as standard (flat) |
| gemini | gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025 |
$1.50 | — | — | — (priority) | same as standard (flat) |
Gemma 4 (gemma-4-31b-it, gemma-4-26b-a4b-it) and every Gemini free-tier row cost $0 at list price but carry free-tier limits and data-use terms; they are omitted from the arithmetic.
7. Cost model B — the same workload with a 900k-token cached prefix (steady state)
Assumptions: each request = 900k tokens read from cache + 100k fresh input + 100k output; the initial cache write is amortised over N = 10 requests. Formula per request: 0.9 × cache_read + 0.1 × input + 0.1 × output + write_cost / N. Write cost: OpenAI pre-5.6 free, GPT-5.6+ cache_write × 0.9; Anthropic 5-minute write (1.25×) × 0.9; xAI none (automatic cache); Gemini implicit caching none, explicit cachedContents = storage of 0.9M tokens for one hour (cache_storage_hour × 0.9) amortised over N. A 900k prefix exceeds xAI's 200k threshold, so xAI is shown at long-context rates (the only rates that apply to such a request); Gemini Pro at its >200k rates, Gemini Flash flat.
| Provider | Model | Uncached (A, same rates) | Cached steady-state (N=10) | Saving | Write / storage cost used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openai | gpt-6-astra |
$15.00 | $8.03 | 46 % | 12.5 |
| openai | gpt-5.6-sol |
$6.00 | $3.21 | 46 % | 5 |
| openai | gpt-5.6-terra |
$3.20 | $1.81 | 44 % | 2.5 |
| openai | gpt-5.6-luna |
$0.32 | $0.18 | 44 % | 0.25 |
| openai | gpt-5.5 |
$8.00 | $3.95 | 51 % | free |
| openai | gpt-5.4 |
$4.00 | $1.98 | 51 % | free |
| openai | gpt-5.4-mini |
$1.20 | $0.59 | 51 % | free |
| openai | gpt-5.4-nano |
$0.33 | $0.16 | 50 % | free |
| openai | gpt-5.3-codex |
$3.15 | $1.73 | 45 % | free |
| openai | gpt-5.2 |
$3.15 | $1.73 | 45 % | free |
| openai | gpt-5.1 |
$2.25 | $1.24 | 45 % | free |
| openai | gpt-5 |
$2.25 | $1.24 | 45 % | free |
| openai | gpt-5-mini |
$0.45 | $0.25 | 45 % | free |
| openai | gpt-5-nano |
$0.0900 | $0.0495 | 45 % | free |
| openai | o3 |
$2.80 | $1.45 | 48 % | free |
| openai | o4-mini |
$1.54 | $0.80 | 48 % | free |
| openai | o3-mini |
$1.54 | $1.05 | 32 % | free |
| openai | gpt-4.1 |
$2.80 | $1.45 | 48 % | free |
| openai | gpt-4.1-mini |
$0.56 | $0.29 | 48 % | free |
| openai | gpt-4.1-nano |
$0.14 | $0.0725 | 48 % | free |
| openai | gpt-4o |
$3.50 | $2.38 | 32 % | free |
| openai | gpt-4o-mini |
$0.21 | $0.14 | 32 % | free |
| openai | chat-latest |
$8.00 | $3.95 | 51 % | free |
| openai | gpt-5.6-cyber |
$20.00 | $11.28 | 44 % | 15.625 |
| anthropic | claude-fable-5-1 |
$15.00 | $7.35 | 51 % | 12.5 (5m write) |
| anthropic | claude-fable-5 |
$15.00 | $8.03 | 46 % | 12.5 (5m write) |
| anthropic | claude-mythos-5-1 |
$15.00 | $7.35 | 51 % | 12.5 (5m write) |
| anthropic | claude-mythos-5 |
$15.00 | $8.03 | 46 % | 12.5 (5m write) |
| anthropic | claude-opus-5 |
$7.50 | $4.01 | 46 % | 6.25 (5m write) |
| anthropic | claude-opus-4-8 |
$7.50 | $4.01 | 46 % | 6.25 (5m write) |
| anthropic | claude-opus-4-7 |
$7.50 | $4.01 | 46 % | 6.25 (5m write) |
| anthropic | claude-opus-4-6 |
$7.50 | $4.01 | 46 % | 6.25 (5m write) |
| anthropic | claude-opus-4-5-20251101 |
$7.50 | $4.01 | 46 % | 6.25 (5m write) |
| anthropic | claude-sonnet-5 |
$3.00 | $1.60 | 46 % | 2.5 (5m write) |
| anthropic | claude-sonnet-4-6 |
$4.50 | $2.41 | 46 % | 3.75 (5m write) |
| anthropic | claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 |
$4.50 | $2.41 | 46 % | 3.75 (5m write) |
| anthropic | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 |
$1.50 | $0.80 | 46 % | 1.25 (5m write) |
| xai | grok-4.6 |
$5.20 (long-context rates) | $2.50 | 52 % | none (automatic; cached rate 1) |
| xai | grok-4.5 |
$5.20 (long-context rates) | $2.14 | 59 % | none (automatic; cached rate 0.6) |
| xai | grok-4.3 |
$3.00 (long-context rates) | $1.11 | 63 % | none (automatic; cached rate 0.4) |
| xai | grok-4.20-0309-reasoning |
$3.00 (long-context rates) | $1.11 | 63 % | none (automatic; cached rate 0.4) |
| xai | grok-4.20-0309-non-reasoning |
$3.00 (long-context rates) | $1.11 | 63 % | none (automatic; cached rate 0.4) |
| xai | grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309 |
$3.00 (long-context rates) | $1.11 | 63 % | none (automatic; cached rate 0.4) |
| xai | grok-build-0.1 |
$2.40 (long-context rates) | $0.96 | 60 % | none (automatic; cached rate 0.4) |
| gemini | gemini-3.8-flash |
$1.12 | $0.56 | 50 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 0.5 /1M/h × 0.9 |
| gemini | gemini-3.7-flash |
$1.12 | $0.56 | 50 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 0.5 /1M/h × 0.9 |
| gemini | gemini-3.6-flash |
$1.12 | $0.56 | 50 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 0.5 /1M/h × 0.9 |
| gemini | gemini-3.5-flash |
$2.40 | $1.28 | 47 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 1 /1M/h × 0.9 |
| gemini | gemini-3.5-flash-lite |
$0.55 | $0.40 | 28 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 1 /1M/h × 0.9 |
| gemini | gemini-3.1-pro-preview |
$5.80 (>200k rates) | $2.96 | 49 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 4.5 /1M/h × 0.9 |
| gemini | gemini-3.1-pro-preview-customtools |
$5.80 (>200k rates) | $2.96 | 49 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 4.5 /1M/h × 0.9 |
| gemini | gemini-3.1-flash-lite |
$0.40 | $0.29 | 28 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 1 /1M/h × 0.9 |
| gemini | gemini-3-flash-preview |
$0.80 | $0.48 | 39 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 1 /1M/h × 0.9 |
| gemini | gemini-2.5-pro |
$4.00 (>200k rates) | $2.38 | 40 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 4.5 /1M/h × 0.9 |
| gemini | gemini-2.5-flash |
$0.55 | $0.40 | 28 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 1 /1M/h × 0.9 |
| gemini | gemini-2.5-flash-lite |
$0.14 | $0.15 | -6 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 1 /1M/h × 0.9 |
| gemini | gemini-robotics-er-2-preview |
$1.50 | $0.73 | 51 % | implicit: none; explicit: storage 0.5 /1M/h × 0.9 |
Caching break-even by provider
| Provider | Write cost | Read multiplier | Pays for itself on… | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI (pre-5.6) | free | model-specific 0.25×–0.5× | first hit | implicit; prompt_cache_key routing; 5–10 min in-memory, 24h retention option |
| OpenAI (GPT-5.6+, GPT-6) | 1.25× | 0.1× | second use (1.25 + 0.1 = 1.35 < 2.0) | explicit prompt_cache_breakpoint optional; ttl: 30m |
| Anthropic | 1.25× (5 m) / 2× (1 h) | 0.1× (0.025× Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1) | second use (5 m); 1 h only if the gap between calls exceeds 5 min | explicit cache_control; hits refresh TTL for free |
| xAI | none | 0.15×–0.25× | first hit | automatic; prompt_cache_key / x-grok-conv-id for sticky routing; no TTL or minimum documented; cached tokens still count toward TPM |
| Gemini | implicit: none; explicit: storage per token-hour | 0.1× | implicit: first hit (≥ 4,096-token prompts on 3.x, 2,048 on 2.5); explicit: when 0.9 × read + storage_hour × hours / N < 0.9 × input — for gemini-3.8-flash one hour of storage ($0.45 per 0.9M) is recovered after a single hit ($0.675 − $0.0675 saved) |
explicit cache TTL default 1 h (ttl / expireTime), min 1,024 tokens (live), free tier limit: 0 |
8. Batch vs synchronous — the same 100k-request job
| OpenAI Batch API | Anthropic Message Batches | xAI Batch API | Gemini Batch API | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discount | 50 % on input, cached input and output (batch tier) |
50 % on input, output, cache writes and cache reads (stacks with caching) | 20 % on input, output, cached and reasoning tokens — grok-4.3 / 4.20 / 4.20-multi-agent only; grok-4.6, grok-4.5, grok-build: not supported; Imagine models: standard rates | 50 % (service:batch_api) on text, image, TTS, embedding models; Flex gives the same 50 % synchronously (best-effort) |
| Window | 24 h (completion_window: "24h", only value); output retained 30 days |
24 h expiry (expires_at); results 29 days |
no completion window documented; results listed via GET /v1/batches/{id}/results; batch requests do not count toward rate limits; video URLs in results expire after 1 h |
target 24 h ('usually much faster'); poll GET /v1beta/batches/{id}; concurrent batch jobs 100; enqueued-token caps per model and tier (e.g. Tier 1: 3M gemini-3.8-flash, 5M gemini-3.1-pro-preview) |
| How requests are supplied | JSONL file (custom_id, method, url, body) → POST /v1/batches {input_file_id, endpoint}; 50,000 requests / 200 MB; one endpoint + one model per file |
inline requests[] {custom_id, params} → POST /v1/messages/batches; 100,000 requests / 256 MB; models mixed freely |
POST /v1/batches then POST /v1/batches/{id}/requests (inline chat/responses/image/video bodies) or JSONL upload; :cancel; no DELETE (405) |
POST /v1beta/models/{model}:batchGenerateContent with inline requests[] or a JSONL file from the Files API (2 GB / 20 GB storage); :asyncBatchEmbedContent for embeddings; /v1beta/openai/batches compatibility route |
| Example: 100k requests × (2k in + 300 out) on the flagship mid-tier | gpt-5.6-sol batch: 200M × $2 + 30M × $10 = $700 (vs $1,400 standard) | claude-sonnet-5 batch: 200M × $1 + 30M × $5 = $350 (vs $700 standard) | grok-4.3 batch: 200M × $1.00 + 30M × $2.00 = $260 (vs $325 standard); grok-4.6 has no batch: $430 standard | gemini-3.8-flash batch: 200M × $0.375 + 30M × $1.875 = $131.25 (vs $262.50 standard); gemini-3.1-pro-preview batch: 200M × $1 + 30M × $6 = $380 (vs $760) |
| Example: same job on the small models | gpt-5.4-mini batch: 200M × $0.375 + 30M × $2.25 = $142.50 | claude-haiku-4-5 batch: 200M × $0.5 + 30M × $2.5 = $175 | grok-build-0.1: no batch, $260 standard | gemini-3.5-flash-lite batch: 200M × $0.15 + 30M × $1.25 = $67.50 (vs $135) |
9. Tool and platform prices (from generated/pricing.json)
| Item | OpenAI | Anthropic | xAI | Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web search | $10 / 1k calls (web_search, image search); preview $25 / 1k on non-reasoning models |
$10 / 1k searches (errors not billed) | $5 / 1k successful calls (web_search, image search included; view_image results billed as image tokens) |
Google Search grounding: Gemini 3.x 5,000 free queries / month (shared) then $14 / 1k search queries; Gemini 2.5: 1,500 RPD free then $35 / 1k grounded prompts; free tier 500 RPD (not Pro) |
| Social / vertical search | — | — | x_search $5 / 1k calls until 2026-09-21 12:00 PT, then $5 / 1k posts fetched + $10 / 1k user profiles fetched |
Google Maps grounding: Gemini 3.x 5,000 free prompts / month then $14 / 1k queries; Gemini 2.5: $25 / 1k grounded prompts (1,500 RPD free; 10,000 for Pro) |
| Web fetch / URL context | — | $0 per fetch (content tokens only) | — (web search open_page action) |
urlContext free of charge; retrieved content billed as input tokens (toolUsePromptTokenCount); ≤ 20 URLs / request |
| Code execution | container session: 1 GB $0.03 · 4 GB $0.12 · 16 GB $0.48 · 64 GB $1.92 per 20 min (per-minute, 5-min minimum since 2026-06-02); shared with hosted shell | 1,550 free container-hours / org / month, then $0.05 / container-hour (5-min minimum); free when web_search/web_fetch 20260209+ is in the request |
$5 / 1k calls (code_interpreter / code_execution) + tokens |
no per-call fee (codeExecution); generated code/results billed as output then as input when re-read; 30 s per execution |
| File search / RAG | $2.50 / 1k calls + $0.10 / GB / day storage (1 GB free) | — | file_search / collections_search $2.50 / 1k calls + tokens; collections storage $0.10 / GiB / day, downloads $0.20 / GiB; attachment_search (implicit, files attached to messages) $10 / 1k calls |
fileSearch: indexing embeddings $0.15 / 1M tokens once; storage and query-time embeddings free; retrieved chunks billed as input tokens; store size by tier (Free 1 GB … Tier 3 1 TB) |
| MCP | tokens only (mcp tool) |
tokens only (mcp_servers, beta) |
tokens only (mcp tool; tool outputs count as input) |
not documented (mcpServers UNVERIFIED on generateContent; Interactions mcp_server type) |
| Computer use | tokens (computer tool) |
tokens (toolsets ≈ 4,500 tokens of definitions) | — | tokens only (computerUse, PREVIEW; screenshots are image input tokens); not on the free tier |
| Files API storage | not priced separately (purpose=batch files expire 30 d) |
not priced on the pricing page | $0.025 / GiB / day storage, $0.20 / GiB downloads; TTL via expires_after |
free (2 GB / file, 20 GB / project, 48 h TTL) |
| Managed agents runtime | model tokens at Responses rates + container rates (no session fee) | $0.08 per session-hour (usage.active_seconds) + model tokens + $10 / 1k web searches |
xAI Responses agentic loop: tokens + per-call tool fees; usage-guideline-violation fee $0.05 / request when a violation is caught before generation |
Interactions agents (Deep Research, Antigravity, custom managed agents): model inference at list rates incl. intermediate/reasoning tokens + tool fees; sandbox compute not billed during preview |
| Realtime / voice | gpt-realtime-2.1: audio $32 in / $64 out, text $4 / $24, image $5 per 1M; mini $10 / $20 audio; gpt-live-1 $0.05 / min | — | grok-voice-think-fast-2.0 $0.08 / min ($4.80 / h) audio sent or received + $0.004 per text item; STT $0.10 / h REST, $0.20 / h streaming; TTS $15 / 1M characters | gemini-3.8-live: audio in $3 / 1M (≈ $0.005 / min), audio out $12 / 1M (≈ $0.018 / min), text $0.75 / $4.50; TTS gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview $1 text in / $20 audio out per 1M (≈ $0.03 / min); gemini-3.5-transcribe ≈ $0.005 / min blended; free tier available |
| Image generation | gpt-image-2 / 2.5: text in $5, image in $8, image out $30 per 1M tokens (≈ $0.006–$0.21 per image); batch 50 % | — | grok-imagine-image $0.02 / image, grok-imagine-image-2.0 $0.04–$0.08 (quality × resolution), grok-imagine-image-quality $0.05 (DEPRECATED → 2026-11-02); image_generation tool billed at these rates |
gemini-3.1-flash-image $0.045 (0.5K) – $0.151 (4K) per image (image out $60 / 1M), gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image $0.034 (1K), gemini-3-pro-image $0.134 (1K/2K) / $0.24 (4K); batch 50 % |
| Video | sora-2 $0.10 / s (720p), sora-2-pro $0.30–$0.70 / s — shutting down 2026-09-24 | — | grok-imagine-video $0.05 / s, grok-imagine-video-1.5 $0.08 / s (1080p, reference-to-video) | Veo 3.1 $0.40 / s (720p/1080p), $0.60 / s (4K); Veo 3.1 Fast $0.10 / $0.12 / $0.30; Veo 3.1 Lite $0.05 / $0.08 (no 4K); gemini-omni-1.1-flash video out $17.50 / 1M tokens (≈ $0.10 / s) |
| Music | — | — | — | lyria-3.5 $0.08 / song, lyria-3-clip-preview $0.04 / 30-s clip, lyria-3-pro-preview $0.08; Lyria RealTime (experimental) unpriced |
| Embeddings | text-embedding-3-small $0.02, -large $0.13 per 1M | — | grok-embedding-small: no published price (ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED) |
gemini-embedding-2 text $0.20 / 1M (batch $0.10), image $0.45, audio $6.50, video $12 per 1M; free tier available; gemini-embedding-001 unpriced (DEPRECATED → 2028-05-14) |
| Moderation | free (omni-moderation-latest) |
— (built-in refusals) | — (built-in; usage-guideline violations still billed + $0.05 fee) | — (safetySettings thresholds, free) |
| Token counting | free (POST /v1/responses/input_tokens) |
free (POST /v1/messages/count_tokens, own RPM bucket) |
free (POST /v1/tokenize-text; no usage/cost ticks returned) |
free (POST /v1beta/models/{model}:countTokens) |
| Data residency | +10 % regional hosts (models ≥ 2026-03-05) | ×1.1 inference_geo: us; +10 % Bedrock/Vertex regional |
×1.1 on us.api.x.ai (grok-4.6) |
not priced on the Developer API (Vertex AI feature) |
| Per-request overhead | none published | tool-use system prompt: e.g. Opus 5 406 tokens (any/tool) / 286 (auto); bash_20250124 +244–325; text_editor +700; computer_toolset_20260801 ≈4,500; browser_toolset_20260801 ≈6,600 |
none published; cost_in_usd_ticks in every usage object (1 tick = $1e-10) makes the effective cost observable per call |
none published; usageMetadata breaks tokens down by modality (promptTokensDetails[]), thoughtsTokenCount, toolUsePromptTokenCount, cachedContentTokenCount |
10. Reading prices programmatically
bash
# OpenAI standard row for one model
jq '.[] | select(.id=="gpt-5.6-sol") | .pricing.standard' generated/models.json
# Anthropic per-dimension rows
jq '[.[] | select(.provider=="anthropic" and .model_or_service=="claude-sonnet-5")]' generated/pricing.json
# xAI standard + long-context blocks and the live price ticks (1 tick = USD 1e-10 per token)
jq '.[] | select(.id=="grok-4.6") | .pricing | {standard, long_context, batch_discount, priority_multiplier, us_regional_multiplier}' generated/models.json
# Gemini tiers (standard/batch/flex/priority) and free-tier note
jq '.[] | select(.id=="gemini-3.8-flash") | .pricing | {tiers, free_tier, from_2027_01_01}' generated/models.json
# every tool / service price row across the four providers
jq '[.[] | select(.model_or_service|test("^(tool:|service:|agent:|rule:)"))]' generated/pricing.jsonRelated: models · caching and reasoning · features · realtime and media · FAQ.