LLM Provider Comparison Matrix

Snapshot of data/pricing.json (v2026.07) — reviewed 2026-07-26. Regenerated from the dataset; edit data/pricing.json to correct. Live changelog: data/pricing-changelog.md.

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Per-Token Pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

Provider	Model	Input	Cached Input	Output	Context	Tier
OpenAI	GPT-5	$1.25	$0.125	$10	400K	Frontier
OpenAI	GPT-5 Mini	$0.25	$0.025	$2	400K	Mid
OpenAI	GPT-5 Nano	$0.05	$0.005	$0.4	128K	Cheap
OpenAI	o3	$2	—	$8	200K	Reasoning
Anthropic	Claude Opus 4.5	$5	$0.5	$25	200K	Frontier
Anthropic	Claude Sonnet 5	$2	$0.2	$10	200K	Frontier
Anthropic	Claude Haiku 4.5	$1	$0.1	$5	200K	Mid
Google	Gemini 3 Pro	$2	—	$12	1M	Frontier
Google	Gemini 2.5 Flash	$0.15	—	$0.6	1M	Mid
Google	Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite	$0.075	—	$0.3	1M	Cheap
DeepSeek	DeepSeek V3.2	$0.28	$0.028	$0.42	128K	Cheap
Meta Llama (hosted)	Llama 4 Scout	$0.15	—	$0.4	10M	Cheap
Meta Llama (hosted)	Llama 4 Maverick	$0.35	—	$1.4	1M	Mid
Mistral	Mistral Large	$2	—	$6	128K	Frontier
Mistral	Mistral Medium	$0.4	—	$1.2	128K	Mid

Batch API discounts

Provider	Batch discount	SLA
OpenAI	50% off	~24h
Anthropic	50% off	~24h

Prompt caching

• OpenAI: Automatic caching on repeated context; ~75-90% off cached input on current-gen models.
• Anthropic: Explicit cache control; 5-min TTL default. Cache writes billed at 1.25x (5-min) or 2.0x (1-hr) base input; cache reads at ~10% of base input.
• Google: Implicit automatic caching on Gemini 2.5+; discount surfaces on the invoice.
• DeepSeek: Disk-based cache; ~90% discount on cached input.
• Meta Llama (hosted): Varies by host.

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Provider pricing pages

Provider	URL
OpenAI	https://openai.com/api/pricing
Anthropic	https://www.anthropic.com/pricing
Google	https://ai.google.dev/pricing
DeepSeek	https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing
Meta Llama (hosted)	https://www.together.ai/pricing
Mistral	https://mistral.ai/products