AI API monthly cost calculator
Estimate AI inference and token costs from your request volume, input/output tokens, caching and batch usage. Compare up to four models and their channels in USD. This is a budget calculator, not a connected billing dashboard.
1. Usage
Daily usage is converted using a 30-day month.
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Channels without a published cache price use the regular input price.
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Assumes the common 50% Batch discount; confirm channel eligibility before use.
30K
requests/mo
30M
input/mo
15M
output/mo
2. Models and region
GPT 6 AstraClaude Fable 5.1Gemini 4 Argon3/4
Monthly cost comparison
Paid channels are sorted by USD-normalised monthly cost.
| Model | Channel | Input price | Output price | Cache | Est. monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 4 Argon | XycAiChina | ¥3.17/1M | ¥15.87/1M | ¥0.16 | $48.30Lowest paid¥333.27 native |
| Gemini 4 Argon | OpenRouterGlobal | $1.00/1M | $5.00/1M | $0.05 | $105.00USD normalised |
| Gemini 4 Argon | OpenRouterGlobal | $2.00/1M | $10.00/1M | $0.10 | $210.00USD normalised |
| Gemini 4 Argon | Google Vertex AIGlobal | $2.00/1M | $10.00/1M | — | $210.00USD normalised |
| Gemini 4 Argon | Gemini(Google)Global | $2.00/1M | $10.00/1M | $0.10 | $210.00USD normalised |
| Gemini 4 Argon | OpenCode GoGlobal | $4.00/1M | $20.00/1M | $0.20 | $420.00USD normalised |
| GPT 6 Astra | OpenRouterGlobal | $5.00/1M | $25.00/1M | $0.50 | $525.00USD normalised |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | OpenRouterGlobal | $5.00/1M | $25.00/1M | $0.13 | $525.00USD normalised |
| GPT 6 Astra | OpenAIGlobal | $10.00/1M | $50.00/1M | $1.00 | $1,050.00USD normalised |
| GPT 6 Astra | OpenRouterGlobal | $10.00/1M | $50.00/1M | $1.00 | $1,050.00USD normalised |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | AnthropicGlobal | $10.00/1M | $50.00/1M | $0.25 | $1,050.00USD normalised |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | OpenRouterGlobal | $10.00/1M | $50.00/1M | $0.25 | $1,050.00USD normalised |