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
GLM 5.3 Flashx1/4
Monthly cost comparison
Paid channels are sorted by USD-normalised monthly cost.
| Model | Channel | Input price | Output price | Cache | Est. monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM 5.3 Flashx | 智谱 AI (ChatGLM)China | ¥2.00/1M | ¥7.00/1M | ¥0.57 | $23.91Lowest paid¥165.00 native |
| GLM 5.3 Flashx | 智谱 AI Global / Z.AI (ChatGLM)Global | $0.37/1M | $1.25/1M | $0.08 | $29.85USD normalised |
| GLM 5.3 Flashx | OpenRouterGlobal | $0.37/1M | $1.25/1M | $0.08 | $29.85USD normalised |