AI Cost Intelligence
Token math, model trade-offs, and the real cost of running AI in production.
Every model provider publishes a per-token rate. Almost nobody publishes what their actual workload costs once you account for retries, context bloat, structured-output schemas, fine-tuning, and the difference between batch and real-time. We do.
- Live tools
- 1
- In build
- 2
- Total planned
- 8
Tools
LLM API Cost Calculator
LiveCompare GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and Mistral side-by-side. Token-level precision for input, output, and context caching.
Open calculator →Multi-Model Cost Comparison
BuildingSame prompt, every major model, real cost. Useful when picking a default model for production.
Self-Host vs API Breakeven
BuildingAt what monthly volume does running your own GPU beat paying per-token? Modeled for A100, H100, and consumer-tier hosts.
GPU Rental ROI Calculator
PlannedRunPod, Vast.ai, Lambda Labs, and AWS — true hourly cost including idle time, storage, and bandwidth.
Monthly AI Budget Planner
PlannedAllocate AI spend across teams, projects, and model tiers. Catches budget creep before the invoice lands.
AI Content ROI
PlannedCost-to-produce vs. measurable output. For marketers tired of being told AI is 'free' content.
Embedding & RAG Cost Estimator
PlannedVector storage, embedding generation, retrieval calls — all the parts of a RAG pipeline that scale faster than you expect.
Fine-Tuning Cost Calculator
PlannedCompare provider fine-tuning prices, account for dataset size, and decide whether prompt engineering would have been cheaper.
Why this category exists
Pricing changes every quarter
Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google have each adjusted their pricing structure at least twice in the past 18 months. A calculator that doesn't track these changes is worse than no calculator.
Token counts are not intuitive
A 500-word document is not 500 tokens. Whether you're paying for input, output, or cached context matters enormously. We expose all three.
Vendor calculators undercount
Most vendor estimators show you the per-call cost of a single prompt and stop there. We model your monthly workload including retries, error budget, and the cost of switching providers later.
FAQ
- How often is pricing data updated?
- Every Monday we re-check the public pricing pages of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, AWS Bedrock, and Azure OpenAI. The last verification date appears on each tool page.
- Do you include cached input discounts?
- Yes. Anthropic's prompt caching, OpenAI's batch API, and Gemini's context cache are all modeled in the relevant calculators.
- What about open-source models on Together / Replicate?
- Llama 3.x, Mistral, and Mixtral on Together AI and Replicate are included in the LLM cost calculator. DeepInfra and Groq coming next.