AI API monthly cost calculator

Enter your real request pattern and compare every available channel for up to four models. Native prices stay in their published currency; ranking is normalised to USD.

1. Usage

Usage period

Daily usage is converted using a 30-day month.

Requests / day

Avg input tokens

Avg output tokens

Cache hit rate0%

Channels without a published cache price use the regular input price.

Batch request share0%

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 41/4

Monthly cost comparison

Paid channels are sorted by USD-normalised monthly cost.

Model	Channel	Input price	Output price	Cache	Est. monthly
GPT 4	Azure OpenAIGlobal	$2.00/1M	$8.00/1M	$0.50	$180.00Lowest paidUSD normalised
GPT 4	XycAiChina	¥202.86/1M	¥405.72/1M	¥3.38	$1,764.00¥12,171.60 native
GPT 4	OpenRouterGlobal	$30.00/1M	$60.00/1M	$0.25	$1,800.00USD normalised