Pricing Trends Tracker
Analyzes how model pricing distributes across 300 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
Price vs Score (Paid Models)
Models per Price Tier
Price Tier Distribution
| Tier | Count | Avg Score |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 8 | 44 |
| Ultra-Budget | 72 | 49 |
| Budget | 79 | 61 |
| Mid-Range | 107 | 65 |
| Premium | 18 | 82 |
| Enterprise | 16 | 84 |
Full Pricing Table
Top 80 models by score| # | Model | Score | Avg Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic | 96 | $30.00 |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)Anthropic | 96 | $15.00 |
| 3 | Claude Fable 5Anthropic | 96 | $30.00 |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5 (batch)Anthropic | 96 | $15.00 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic | 95 | $12.00 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 5Anthropic | 95 | $15.00 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic | 95 | $15.00 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic | 95 | $15.00 |
| 9 | GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI | 93 | $105.00 |
| 10 | GPT-5.5 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 93 | $52.50 |
| 11 | GPT-5.5OpenAI | 93 | $17.50 |
| 12 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle | 92 | $7.00 |
| 13 | Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle | 92 | $7.00 |
| 14 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)Google | 92 | $3.50 |
| 15 | GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI | 92 | $105.00 |
| 16 | GPT-5.4 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 92 | $52.50 |
| 17 | GPT-5.4OpenAI | 92 | $8.75 |
| 18 | GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 19 | GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 20 | GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 21 | GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI | 91 | $94.50 |
| 22 | GPT-5.2 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 91 | $47.25 |
| 23 | GPT-5.2OpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 24 | Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | 90 | $15.00 |
| 25 | GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI | 89 | $0.70 |
| 26 | GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $0.35 |
| 27 | GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI | 89 | $0.70 |
| 28 | GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $0.35 |
| 29 | GPT-5.6 Terra ProOpenAI | 89 | $7.00 |
| 30 | GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $3.50 |
| 31 | GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI | 89 | $7.00 |
| 32 | GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $3.50 |
| 33 | GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAI | 89 | $12.00 |
| 34 | GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $6.00 |
| 35 | GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI | 89 | $12.00 |
| 36 | GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $6.00 |
| 37 | GPT-5.5 (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $8.75 |
| 38 | GPT-5.4 (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $4.38 |
| 39 | Grok 4.7xAI | 89 | $4.00 |
| 40 | Grok 4.6xAI | 89 | $4.00 |
| 41 | Grok 4.5xAI | 89 | $4.00 |
| 42 | Grok 4.3xAI | 89 | $1.88 |
| 43 | Grok 4.20xAI | 89 | $1.88 |
| 44 | GPT-5.2 (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $3.94 |
| 45 | GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI | 89 | $5.63 |
| 46 | GPT-5.1OpenAI | 89 | $5.63 |
| 47 | GPT-5.1 (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $2.81 |
| 48 | GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI | 89 | $5.63 |
| 49 | GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI | 89 | $1.13 |
| 50 | GPT-5 ProOpenAI | 89 | $67.50 |
| 51 | GPT-5 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $33.75 |
| 52 | GPT-5OpenAI | 89 | $5.63 |
| 53 | GPT-5 (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $2.81 |
| 54 | Grok 4.3 (batch)xAI | 89 | $1.50 |
| 55 | Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle | 88 | $1.75 |
| 56 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)Google | 88 | $0.88 |
| 57 | Grok 4.7 (batch)xAI | 88 | $3.20 |
| 58 | Grok 4.6 (batch)xAI | 88 | $3.20 |
| 59 | Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI | 88 | $1.88 |
| 60 | o3 ProOpenAI | 87 | $50.00 |
| 61 | o3OpenAI | 87 | $5.00 |
| 62 | o3 (batch)OpenAI | 87 | $2.50 |
| 63 | Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic | 85 | $6.00 |
| 64 | Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic | 85 | $6.00 |
| 65 | Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | 85 | $9.00 |
| 66 | Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic | 85 | $15.00 |
| 67 | Claude Opus 4.5 (batch)Anthropic | 85 | $7.50 |
| 68 | Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)Anthropic | 84 | $7.50 |
| 69 | Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)Anthropic | 84 | $7.50 |
| 70 | Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)Anthropic | 84 | $7.50 |
| 71 | Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | 84 | $5.63 |
| 72 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google | 84 | $5.63 |
| 73 | DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek | 83 | $0.32 |
| 74 | Claude Opus 4.1 (batch)Anthropic | 83 | $22.50 |
| 75 | Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | 82 | $9.00 |
| 76 | Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic | 82 | $45.00 |
| 77 | GPT-6 AstraOpenAI | 82 | $30.00 |
| 78 | GPT-6 Astra (batch)OpenAI | 82 | $15.00 |
| 79 | GPT-6 Astra ProOpenAI | 82 | $30.00 |
| 80 | GPT-6 Astra Pro (batch)OpenAI | 82 | $15.00 |
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 | $/M In | $/M Out | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLM 5.2 | $0.0060 | $6.80 | 1133.3x |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | $0.0060 | $0.50 | 83.3x |
| DeepSeek Flash Latest | $0.0060 | $0.50 | 83.3x |
| Kimi K3 | $0.19 | $16.00 | 83.3x |
| DeepSeek Pro Latest | $0.10 | $8.00 | 80.1x |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | $0.11 | $4.44 | 40.0x |
| GLM Latest | $0.07 | $1.40 | 20.0x |
| GLM 5.3 | $0.07 | $1.40 | 20.0x |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (batch) | $0.01 | $0.20 | 18.2x |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) | $0.01 | $0.20 | 18.2x |
Lowest I/O Ratio
Most balanced pricing| Model | $/M In | $/M Out | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summarize | $0.04 | Free | 0.0x |
| Extract | $0.04 | Free | 0.0x |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | $0.72 | $0.72 | 1.0x |
| Gemma 2 27B | $0.65 | $0.65 | 1.0x |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | $0.59 | $0.79 | 1.3x |
| LFM2.5-2.6B | $0.35 | $0.50 | 1.4x |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | $0.26 | $0.38 | 1.5x |
| Qwen3.5-9B | $0.17 | $0.25 | 1.5x |
| DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | $0.27 | $0.41 | 1.5x |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | $0.05 | $0.08 | 1.6x |
Best Value at Each Price Point
The highest-scoring model at or below each average cost threshold.
| Max $/1M | Model | Score | Actual Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.10 | Gemma 4 31B (free) | 76 | Free |
| $0.50 | GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch) | 89 | $0.35/1M |
| $1.00 | GPT-5.6 Luna Pro | 89 | $0.70/1M |
| $2.00 | GPT-5.6 Luna Pro | 89 | $0.70/1M |
| $5.00 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch) | 92 | $3.50/1M |
| $10.00 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools | 92 | $7.00/1M |
| $20.00 | Claude Fable 5.1 (batch) | 96 | $15.00/1M |
| $50.00 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 96 | $30.00/1M |
Provider Pricing Strategy
Providers with 2+ models, sorted by avg cost| Provider | Models | Avg Cost |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | 5 | $-199999.9080 |
| scaledown | 2 | $0.02 |
| inclusionai | 4 | $0.07 |
| inference-net | 2 | $0.11 |
| Liquid AI | 5 | $0.19 |
| prism-ml | 2 | $0.20 |
| Upstage | 2 | $0.25 |
| ~z-ai | 2 | $0.40 |
| Meta | 5 | $0.47 |
| Tencent | 6 | $0.55 |
| DeepSeek | 14 | $0.58 |
| MiniMax | 4 | $0.76 |
| thinkingmachines | 3 | $1.34 |
| moondream | 2 | $1.40 |
| ~deepseek | 3 | $1.49 |
| ByteDance | 2 | $1.63 |
| Zhipu AI | 18 | $1.64 |
| Alibaba | 15 | $1.78 |
| Xiaomi | 3 | $2.46 |
| 25 | $2.57 | |
| meta | 9 | $2.74 |
| aion-labs | 4 | $2.77 |
| xAI | 9 | $2.84 |
| Mistral AI | 5 | $2.88 |
| Cursor | 2 | $3.00 |
| Cohere | 4 | $3.44 |
| unbiased | 2 | $3.50 |
| Moonshot AI | 5 | $4.32 |
| sakana | 3 | $7.99 |
| ~openai | 4 | $9.82 |
| Anthropic | 29 | $11.55 |
| OpenAI | 84 | $12.16 |
We categorize models into tiers based on average cost per million tokens: Free (zero cost), Budget (under $1), Mid ($1-$10), Premium ($10-$50), and Enterprise (over $50). This tiering helps developers quickly find models that match their budget constraints.
The I/O ratio compares the cost of output tokens to input tokens. A ratio of 3x means output costs three times more than input. This matters because output-heavy workloads (like content generation) will cost more with high-ratio models, while input-heavy workloads (like analysis) are less affected.
Use the "Best Value at Each Price Point" table to find the highest-scoring model within your budget. Set your maximum cost threshold, and the table shows which model delivers the best quality at or below that price. You can also check the scatter chart to visually identify models with the best score-to-cost ratio.