TokenMeterMethodology

Source-backed API pricing

Price your AI workload before it reaches production.

Compare current token costs across leading models, including cache and long-context pricing, with the assumptions kept visible.

Models
08
Providers
03
Verified
Oct 5
Workload instrumentUSD · per 1M tokens where applicable
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3/4 models
Models to compare
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Live monthly estimate

calibrated
OpenAI

GPT-6.1 Sol

$22.00/ month
Input
$2.00
Output
$20.00
Cached
$0.00000000
Context rate
Base assumed
Rate alternativessource-backed only
Cache-readSet cached input tokens above zero to estimate cache-read savings.
Unavailable
BatchBatch pricing is asynchronous and can have separate completion windows, eligibility, and limits; compare it only when that delivery model fits the workload.
Save $11.0050% · $11.00 optimized
Verified Oct 5, 2026Official pricing ↗
Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 5.5

$22.00/ month
Input
$2.00
Output
$20.00
Cached
$0.00000000
Context rate
Flat
Rate alternativessource-backed only
Cache-readSet cached input tokens above zero to estimate cache-read savings.
Unavailable
BatchBatch pricing is asynchronous and can have separate completion windows, eligibility, and limits; compare it only when that delivery model fits the workload.
Save $11.0050% · $11.00 optimized
Verified Oct 5, 2026Official pricing ↗
Google

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Lowest cost
$8.25/ month
Input
$0.7500
Output
$7.50
Cached
$0.00000000
Context rate
Flat
Rate alternativessource-backed only
Cache-readSet cached input tokens above zero to estimate cache-read savings.
Unavailable
BatchPublished batch rate unavailable for one or more required dimensions.
Unavailable
Verified Oct 5, 2026Official pricing ↗
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Numbers you can trace.

Every shipped rate points back to official provider pricing and carries a verification date. TokenMeter does not silently invent discounts, regional routing, storage fees, or request patterns you did not specify.

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