AI Pricing Trends
How AI model pricing has evolved. Track trends, compare providers, and understand where pricing is heading.
$0.020
Cheapest Input $/M
Mistral Nemo
$2.79
Avg Input $/M
$14.98
Avg Output $/M
$21.00
Most Expensive $/M
GPT-5.2 Pro
Price Distribution (Input Price)
$0–$0.50/M 23 models
23
$0.50–$2/M 13 models
13
$2–$5/M 9 models
9
$5–$15/M 1 models
1
$15–$30/M 6 models
6
$30+/M 0 models
Pricing Milestones
Key moments in AI model pricing history.
| Date | Event | Input $/M | Output $/M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | GPT-4 launches | $30.00 | $60.00 |
| Nov 2023 | GPT-4 Turbo cuts price 3x | $10.00 | $30.00 |
| May 2024 | GPT-4o launches at 60% less | $5.00 | $15.00 |
| Jun 2024 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Dec 2024 | Gemini 2.0 Flash free preview | Free | Free |
| Jan 2025 | DeepSeek V3 at $0.27/M | $0.27 | $1.10 |
| Feb 2025 | GPT-4.5 at $75/M input | $75.00 | $150.00 |
| May 2025 | Claude Sonnet 4 at $3/M | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Jun 2025 | GPT-4.1 at $2/M input | $2.00 | $8.00 |
Average Pricing by Provider
Average input price across all paid models per provider (min. 2 models).
Meta
$0.15/M
5 Amazon
$0.30/M
3 DeepSeek
$0.40/M
4 Google
$0.55/M
3 Alibaba
$0.56/M
4 Mistral
$0.79/M
3 Cohere
$1.30/M
4 OpenAI
$5.56/M
15 Anthropic
$5.72/M
8 Price vs Quality
Each dot represents a model. Higher quality score (Y axis) with lower price (left) = better value.
Cheap
Expensive
High Quality
Low Quality
Top 10 Cheapest Models
| # | Model | Input $/M | Output $/M | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistral Nemo Mistral | $0.020 | $0.030 | 72.0 |
| 2 | Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Meta | $0.020 | $0.030 | 68.0 |
| 3 | Nova Micro 1.0 Amazon | $0.035 | $0.140 | 68.0 |
| 4 | Command R7B (12-2024) Cohere | $0.038 | $0.150 | 65.0 |
| 5 | GPT-5 Nano OpenAI | $0.050 | $0.400 | 78.0 |
| 6 | Nova Lite 1.0 Amazon | $0.060 | $0.240 | 72.0 |
| 7 | Phi 4 Microsoft | $0.065 | $0.140 | 74.0 |
| 8 | Llama 4 Scout Meta | $0.080 | $0.300 | 79.0 |
| 9 | GPT-4.1 Nano OpenAI | $0.100 | $0.400 | 75.0 |
| 10 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Google | $0.100 | $0.400 | 74.0 |
Price Trends Over Time
Interactive charts showing how model pricing has changed. Hover for details.