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

O3 Mini1/4

Monthly cost comparison

Paid channels are sorted by USD-normalised monthly cost.

Model	Channel	Input price	Output price	Cache	Est. monthly
O3 Mini	XycAiChina	¥7.44/1M	¥29.75/1M	¥3.72	$97.02Lowest paid¥669.44 native
O3 Mini	Azure OpenAIGlobal	$1.10/1M	$4.40/1M	$0.55	$99.00USD normalised
O3 Mini	OpenRouterGlobal	$1.10/1M	$4.40/1M	$0.55	$99.00USD normalised