Best for

Each job below uses the same ranker as the shortlist. The top pick is the tool whose catalogue note says it is the best fit. Alternatives are the next fits. A blank price stays “Price not verified”.

Price age is measured against 17 Oct 2026 (Europe/Paris).

AI video maker

A clip, scene, or presenter video. Text chat models are not candidates.

Top pick

Runway

Runway · Tool

Best when you want a finished clip from a prompt on a monthly plan you can check.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $15.00 per month

Free is $0 with 125 one-time credits. Standard is $15 per month, or $12 per month billed annually, with 625 credits. Pro is $35 or $28 annually (2,250 credits). Max is $95 or $76 annually (9,500 credits). Gen-4.5 is listed at 60 credits for 5 seconds. Kling and Nano Banana names on this page are models inside Runway, not separate list prices.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Grok Imagine

xAI

Best when you want xAI video and will pay a published per-second rate.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Usage rates, not a monthly plan. grok-imagine-image-2.0 from $0.01 per image (1K, low). grok-imagine-image $0.002 per image at 1K and $0.02 at 2K. grok-imagine-video-1.5 is $0.08 per second at 720p and $0.14 per second at 1080p. grok-imagine-video is $0.05 per second at 480p and $0.07 per second at 720p. A $0.25 per second figure was on the page without a clear resolution label, so it is not stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Veo

Google

Best when you want Google's Veo model and will confirm the API price on the pricing page.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Veo is named on the Gemini API pricing page, including the video section in the navigation. No dollar amount was paired with Veo in the page text captured on 16 Oct 2026, so the numeric price is blank.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

CapCut · ByteDance
Best when you want a phone-style editor with AI clips and will check the price after signing in.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The pricing page says displayed pricing is a reference only and that signing in changes it. Per-second rates ($0.12 and $0.007 for a first month) and credit counts were visible but were not cleanly paired with a plan name, so no numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Hailuo · MiniMax
Best when you want MiniMax Hailuo video and will confirm the price in the product.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
https://hailuoai.video/pricing returned 200 with no readable prices. The MiniMax platform pricing URL tried the same day returned 404. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
HeyGen · HeyGen
Best when the video is a talking presenter rather than a generated scene.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$29.00 per month
Free is $0 per month, up to 3 videos a month. Creator is $29 per month; an FAQ also says $24 per month when billed annually. Pro tiers run from 1,000 credits at $49 up to 100,000 credits at $4,300. Business is $149 per month plus $20 per seat.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Higgsfield · Higgsfield
Best when you want Higgsfield's camera-style video tools and will check the price in the app.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The pricing page loaded with almost no text and no dollar amount on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Kling · Kuaishou
Best when you want Kling's video model and will check the live price in the browser.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The pricing page returned 200 on 16 Oct 2026 but did not include readable dollar amounts (the prices appear to load in the browser). No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Luma Dream Machine · Luma
Best when you want a Dream Machine clip on a monthly credit plan.
Input
$30.00 per month
Output
$90.00 per month
Plus is $30 per month or $300 a year, with 10,000 credits. Pro is $90 per month or $900 a year, with 40,000 credits. Ultra is $300 per month or $3,000 a year, with 150,000 credits. A video credit table is also on the page (for example 20 credits per 5 seconds). No separate free plan price was verified.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Pika · Pika
Best when you want a low monthly starting plan for short clips.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$10.00 per month
Free is $0. Starter is $10 per month or $8 billed annually, with 900 credits. Creator is $35 or $28 annually, with 3,150 credits. Fancy runs from $95 to $880 a month ($76 to $704 annually) with 8,550 credits, and early access from $440 a month on Fancy.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Sora · OpenAI
Best when you specifically want OpenAI's Sora, once you have confirmed the current price.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The public Sora page returned 403 on 16 Oct 2026, and the OpenAI API pricing extract did not pair a dollar amount with Sora. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Synthesia · Synthesia
Best when you need a corporate avatar video and will confirm the plan price on the site.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The pricing page describes avatar video and credits, but dollar amounts were not paired with a plan in the text captured on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Product image

A still for a launch, a logo, or an illustration. Text chat models are not candidates.

Top pick

Gemini Nano Banana

Google · Tool

Best when you want Google's Nano Banana image model for a product picture.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Nano Banana is named on the Gemini API pricing page as Google's image model. No dollar amount was paired with it in the page text captured on 16 Oct 2026, so the numeric price is blank. This row is not the Gemini 4 Argon text model.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Grok Imagine

xAI

Best when you want xAI stills at a published per-image rate.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Flux

Black Forest Labs

Best when you want Flux stills and will pay a published per-image rate.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

FLUX.2 [pro] is $0.048 per image at the pricing calculator's default. Enterprise is custom. This is a per-image rate, not a monthly plan, so it is not stored in the monthly fields.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Adobe Firefly · Adobe
Best when the image needs to stay inside Adobe's commercially trained model and you will confirm the plan.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The Firefly plans page returned 403 on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GPT Image · OpenAI
Best when you want OpenAI's image model and will confirm the image rate on the pricing page.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
GPT Image is a separate product from the GPT text models. The OpenAI pricing extract on 16 Oct 2026 did not pair a dollar amount with the image model. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Ideogram · Ideogram
Best when the picture needs readable text in the image and you will check Ideogram's price.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The Ideogram pricing page returned 403 on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Midjourney · Midjourney
Best when you want Midjourney's look and will confirm the current plan price yourself.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The Midjourney plans documentation returned 403 on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Pika · Pika
Best when a short image test should stay on a low monthly plan.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$10.00 per month
Free is $0. Starter is $10 per month or $8 billed annually, with 900 credits. Creator is $35 or $28 annually, with 3,150 credits. Fancy runs from $95 to $880 a month ($76 to $704 annually) with 8,550 credits, and early access from $440 a month on Fancy.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Recraft · Recraft
Best when you want design-style images and vectors and will confirm Recraft's plan price.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The pricing page text captured on 16 Oct 2026 covered ownership and FAQ copy and did not pair a dollar amount with a plan. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Runway · Runway
Best when you already use Runway and want stills from the same credit plan.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$15.00 per month
Free is $0 with 125 one-time credits. Standard is $15 per month, or $12 per month billed annually, with 625 credits. Pro is $35 or $28 annually (2,250 credits). Max is $95 or $76 annually (9,500 credits). Gen-4.5 is listed at 60 credits for 5 seconds. Kling and Nano Banana names on this page are models inside Runway, not separate list prices.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Voiceover

Spoken audio for a demo or an ad.

Top pick

ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs · Tool

Best when you want a natural voiceover on a monthly plan with a free starting tier.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $22.00 per month

Monthly prices from the FAQ: Free $0 with 10,000 credits; Starter $6 with 30,000 credits (first month can be $1; annual equivalent about $5); Creator $22 with 121,000 credits (first month $11; annual about $18.33); Pro $99 with 600,000 credits (annual about $82.50); Scale $299 with 1.8 million credits and 3 seats; Business $990 with 6 million credits and 10 seats. The catalogue price uses Free and Creator, not the first-month promo. Higher tiers add speech-to-text, sound effects, dubbing, and image and video.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Grok Voice

xAI

Best when you want xAI voice at a published per-minute or per-character rate.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Usage rates, not a monthly plan. grok-voice-3.0 speech-to-speech is $0.08 per minute. Speech-to-text is $0.10 per hour over REST and $0.20 per hour streaming. Text-to-speech is $15 per 1 million characters.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

OpenAI Voice

OpenAI

Best when the voice should stay on OpenAI and you will confirm the speech rate yourself.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

OpenAI's voice, speech, and transcription products are separate from the text-token rows. The pricing extract on 16 Oct 2026 did not pair a dollar amount with a voice SKU. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

HeyGen · HeyGen
Best when the voiceover only needs to sit on a HeyGen avatar.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$29.00 per month
Free is $0 per month, up to 3 videos a month. Creator is $29 per month; an FAQ also says $24 per month when billed annually. Pro tiers run from 1,000 credits at $49 up to 100,000 credits at $4,300. Business is $149 per month plus $20 per seat.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Song

A background track or a full song from a prompt.

Top pick

Suno

Suno · Tool

Best when you want a song from a prompt on a monthly plan with a free tier.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $8.00 per month

Free is $0 with 50 credits a day and no monthly downloads. Pro is $8 per month (yearly saves $24) with 2,500 credits and 20 downloads. A higher tier is listed at $24 per month (yearly saves $72) with 10,000 credits and 60 downloads. The plan name beside $24 was not clearly labelled, so that figure stays in the notes.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Udio

Best when you want a second song generator beside Suno and will check Udio's price in the app.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

The pricing page title loaded on 16 Oct 2026 but no dollar amounts were in the text. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Transcription

Turn a recording into text.

Top pick

AssemblyAI

AssemblyAI · Tool

Best when you want a published per-hour rate for recorded interviews.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Usage rates, not a monthly plan. Universal-3.5 Pro async is $0.21 per hour. Universal-2 is $0.15 per hour. Realtime Universal-3.6 Pro is $0.45 per hour. Universal-Streaming is $0.15 per hour. Add-ons cost extra.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Deepgram

Best when you want a low per-minute rate for speech-to-text.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pay as you go after a $200 credit. Nova-3 monolingual is $0.0048 per minute on the current price (regular $0.0077). Nova-3 multilingual is $0.0058 per minute (regular $0.0092). A '$4K+ / year' label is a tier name, not a unit price. A Flux per-minute pair was interleaved with other current and regular prices and is not stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

ElevenLabs

Best when transcription should sit on the same ElevenLabs plan as the voice.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $22.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Grok Voice · xAI
Best when speech-to-text should use xAI's published hourly rate.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
Usage rates, not a monthly plan. grok-voice-3.0 speech-to-speech is $0.08 per minute. Speech-to-text is $0.10 per hour over REST and $0.20 per hour streaming. Text-to-speech is $15 per 1 million characters.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Slide deck

A pitch deck or a slide presentation from notes.

Top pick

Gamma

Gamma · Tool

Best when you want a deck from notes and will confirm Gamma's plan price.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

The pricing page returned 403 on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Beautiful.ai

Best when the deck should stay on a designed template and you will confirm the plan price.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

No dollar amount was verified against this pricing page on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Plus AI

Best when the deck should be drafted inside slides you already use, once the price is confirmed.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

No dollar amount was verified against this pricing page on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Web app

Building a web app. Coding tools lead. Automation tools do not.

Top pick

Cursor

Cursor · Tool

Best when you want an editor that writes the web app with you.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $30.00 per month

Re-checked 17 Oct 2026. Free $0. Plus $8/mo (Grok models only). Premium $30/mo, 4× Plus. Super $100/mo, 15× Plus; annual Super $1,000. Ultra $200/mo, 50× Plus. Teams $30, $100, or $200 per seat/mo. Annual Plus $80, Premium $300, Ultra $2,000. The included usage pool refreshes weekly. Third-party models are not in the subscription; Premium and above bill them at API list price from prepaid credit. Same monthly tiers on https://cursor.com/pricing.

Pricing source · Checked 17 Oct 2026

Alternative

Claude Code

Anthropic

Best when Claude should work in the repo on a paid Claude plan.

Input: $20.00 per month
Output: $100.00 per month

Included in paid Claude plans, not in Free. Pro is $20/mo billed monthly, or $17/mo annual ($200 up front). Max is from $100/mo. The table names Max 5x and Max 20x; its API-credit row shows $100/mo and $200/mo on those columns. Team standard seat $25/mo ($20 annual). Premium seat $125/mo ($100 annual). Console API usage is billed separately. See also https://code.claude.com/docs/en/costs.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Best when the web app needs a strong mid-price model beside the coding tools.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

GitHub Copilot · GitHub
Best when a web app should start on a lower monthly coding plan.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$10.00 per month
Copilot Free. Pro $10/mo. Pro+ $39/mo. Max $100/mo. Business $19 per granted seat/mo. Enterprise $39 per granted seat/mo. Some teachers, students, and open-source maintainers can get Pro free.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

App builder

A prompt-to-app product when you are not editing a codebase by hand.

Top pick

Lovable

Lovable · Tool

Best when you want a prompt-to-app builder with a free plan and a $25 Pro plan.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $25.00 per month

Free $0/mo: 5 build credits a day (up to 30 a month) and 20 Cloud credits a month. Pro $25/mo with 100 monthly credits. Business $50/mo with 100 monthly credits. Plans are priced by credits, not seats. Student discount up to 50% off Pro. Yearly dollar amounts were not printed.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Bolt

Best when you want a prompt-to-app builder with a free allowance and a $25 Pro plan.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $25.00 per month

Free $0 with a 300k token daily limit and 1M tokens a month. Pro $25/mo billed monthly, starting at 10M tokens a month. Teams $30 per member/mo billed monthly. Enterprise custom. The page says yearly billing saves up to 28% but does not print the yearly dollar price.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

v0

Vercel

Best when you want Vercel's UI builder and will ignore the struck-through higher price.

Input: $0.00 per user per month
Output: $30.00 per user per month

Free $0/mo (7 messages/day). Plus $30/user/mo, with a struck-through $90 beside it. Business $100/user/mo. Plus and Business each include $30 of monthly credits. Enterprise custom. Token rates are also listed, from v0 Mini at $0.20/1M input.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Replit · Replit
Best when the app should run in a hosted workspace and you can start at the Core plan.
Input
$20.00 per month
Output
$100.00 per month
Core $20/mo, or $18/mo billed annually. Pro $100/mo, or $90/mo billed annually. Enterprise custom. The pricing page does not list a $0 plan. 'Free Mode' is an allowance inside Core and Pro.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Customer support chat

A chatbot that answers customer questions.

Top pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic · Model

Best when a customer chat needs a safe mid-range model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Best when a support chat needs a strong mid-price model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic

Best when support replies should use the cheaper Claude model.

Input: $0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output: $0.50 per 1 million tokens

Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Mistral Large 4 · Mistral
Best when a sensitive support chat should start with an EU vendor.
Input
$0.68 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.09 per 1 million tokens
Sale price (original $1.36/$4.18). Cached input $0.07 sale. Typical ≈ $1.10/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Small 4 · Mistral
Best when a sensitive chat also needs a lower list price.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.015. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Document search

Search your own files and draft an answer that can cite them.

Top pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic · Model

Best when a model has to read retrieved passages and draft the answer.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

text-embedding-3-small

OpenAI

Best when document search needs a small, cheap embedding model.

Input: $0.02 per 1 million tokens
Output: Price not verified

No output token charge. ~10M tokens embedded ≈ $0.20/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Pinecone (Builder)

Pinecone

Best when document search needs a managed index beside the model and the embeddings.

Input: $20.00 per month
Output: Price not verified

Starter free. Builder $20 flat/mo. Standard $50/mo minimum then usage. Storage Standard $0.33/GB/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Claude Haiku 5.5 · Anthropic
Best when document search should start on a cheaper model.
Input
$0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.50 per 1 million tokens
Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Gemini Embedding 2 · Google
Best when document search on Google needs an embedding model beside the chat model.
Input
$0.20 per 1 million tokens
Output
Price not verified
Text input $0.20/MTok; image/audio/video priced separately. ~10M text tokens ≈ $2/mo.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
LlamaParse / LlamaIndex Cloud · LlamaIndex
Best when documents need parsing before they can be searched.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$50.00 per month
Free $0 with 10K credits/mo. Starter $50/mo with 40K credits. 1000 credits = $1.25.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Large 4 · Mistral
Best when sensitive document search should start with an EU model.
Input
$0.68 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.09 per 1 million tokens
Sale price (original $1.36/$4.18). Cached input $0.07 sale. Typical ≈ $1.10/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Small 4 · Mistral
Best when sensitive document search should use Mistral's smaller model.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.015. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
voyage-4-lite · Voyage AI
Best when document search wants a lighter Voyage embedding.
Input
$0.02 per 1 million tokens
Output
Price not verified
200M free tokens per account then $0.02/M. ~10M paid ≈ $0.20.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Workflow automation

Move form replies, mail, and sheets without writing an app.

Top pick

Zapier

Zapier · No-code

Best when a non-engineer should connect forms, sheets, and mail without hosting anything.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $19.99 per month

Free 100 tasks/mo. Pro from $19.99/mo annual (750 tasks). Team from $69/mo annual (2000 tasks).

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Make

Best when the automation should stay visual and the paid plan price is not verified.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: Price not verified

Free plan: 1,000 credits/mo verified on official pricing FAQ. Paid Core/Pro/Teams list prices render dynamically — left blank pending a confirmed static figure; check https://www.make.com/en/pricing before quoting paid rates.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

n8n Cloud

n8n

Best when the automation should run on an EU-hosted cloud plan.

Input: €20.00 per month
Output: €50.00 per month

Starter €20/mo annual (2.5k executions). Pro €50/mo annual (10k). Self-host Community free.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Data extraction

Pull fields out of invoices or other files.

Top pick

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic · Model

Best when you want a cheap model to pull fields out of text.

Input: $0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output: $0.50 per 1 million tokens

Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

LlamaParse / LlamaIndex Cloud

LlamaIndex

Best when the fields sit inside files and you need a parser before the model.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $50.00 per month

Free $0 with 10K credits/mo. Starter $50/mo with 40K credits. 1000 credits = $1.25.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic

Best when extraction needs a stronger check after a cheaper first pass.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Mistral Small 4 · Mistral
Best when sensitive extraction should use Mistral's smaller model.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.015. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Agent workflow

Several steps that a model runs with tools.

Top pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic · Model

Best when an agent workflow needs a safe mid-range model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Best when an agent workflow needs a strong mid-price model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

CrewAI (platform)

CrewAI

Best when you want a hosted place to run a multi-agent workflow.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: Price not verified

Basic Free: 50 workflow executions/mo. Enterprise custom. OSS framework free (you pay LLM tokens).

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Claude Haiku 5.5 · Anthropic
Best when a simple agent step should stay on a cheaper model.
Input
$0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.50 per 1 million tokens
Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
LangSmith · LangChain
Best when you want to trace agent runs rather than host the agent itself.
Input
$0.00 per seat per month
Output
$39.00 per seat per month
Developer $0 (1 seat 5k base traces/mo). Plus $39/seat then pay-as-you-go. 1 LSU = $1.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Microsoft Agent Framework · Microsoft
Best when you want an open-source agent framework and will keep the model API separate.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
Open-source framework; no framework licence fee. Model/API and Azure hosting billed separately by those providers.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Large 4 · Mistral
Best when a sensitive agent workflow should start with an EU model.
Input
$0.68 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.09 per 1 million tokens
Sale price (original $1.36/$4.18). Cached input $0.07 sale. Typical ≈ $1.10/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Market research

A pass over competitors or the market, with sources where the tool provides them.

Top pick

Perplexity

Perplexity · Tool

Best when you want a research assistant that cites the web, once you have confirmed Pro's price.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

The Pro page returned 403 on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Exa

Best when research needs web results and a monthly credit grant is enough to trial it.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Free includes $10 of credits every month plus a $10 onboarding bonus. Endpoint prices on the page mixed '$4', '$7', '$12', 'from $4', '$0.012–$1.00', and '$1 per 1,000 pages'. No single paid number is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Tavily

Best when a research agent should call a search API with a free monthly allowance.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: Price not verified

The free plan includes 1,000 API credits a month and does not ask for a card. Usage is $0.008 per credit. A project control on the page can show $30 while a slider moves the plan; that figure was not confirmed as a fixed list price, so it is not stored. A student programme is mentioned.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Search API

Web search you call from your own product.

Top pick

Tavily

Tavily · Tool

Best when a product needs web search with a free monthly credit allowance.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Exa

Best when you want a second search API and will read the per-request table before you commit.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Brave Search API

Brave

Best when you want an independent search index and will confirm the paid plan after the free credits.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

The plans page shows a free $5 in credits every month. Other dollar amounts were not clearly paired with a plan name. A '+$5 per 1 million input and output tokens' line appeared without a clear product, so it is not stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Hands-on coding

Editing a real codebase.

Top pick

Cursor

Cursor · Tool

Best when the job is hands-on coding in a real codebase.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $30.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 17 Oct 2026

Alternative

Claude Code

Anthropic

Best when you want Anthropic's coding product on a paid Claude plan.

Input: $20.00 per month
Output: $100.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Best when the coding job needs a mid-price model as well as an editor.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Claude Sonnet 5.5 · Anthropic
Best when a coding model should stay in the mid-range rather than a flagship.
Input
$2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$10.00 per 1 million tokens
Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GitHub Copilot · GitHub
Best when you want coding help in the editor at a lower monthly price.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$10.00 per month
Copilot Free. Pro $10/mo. Pro+ $39/mo. Max $100/mo. Business $19 per granted seat/mo. Enterprise $39 per granted seat/mo. Some teachers, students, and open-source maintainers can get Pro free.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Windsurf · Cognition
Best when you want the editor that now sits on Devin's pricing page.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$20.00 per month
On 16 Oct 2026, https://windsurf.com/pricing and https://codeium.com/pricing redirect to https://devin.ai/pricing. That page lists Devin plans: Free $0, Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo, Teams $80/mo plus $40/mo per full dev seat. Enterprise is custom. The page does not use the Windsurf name.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Model API

A language model you call from your product. Video and image products are separate rows.

Top pick

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI · Model

Best when you want a strong default model API without paying flagship rates.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic

Best when the product wants a safe mid-range Anthropic model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Gemini 4 Argon

Google

Best when you want Google's flagship text model on the Gemini API.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Introductory through 30 Nov 2026 then $4/$20. Cached input $0.10 intro. Typical intro ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Claude Fable 5.1 · Anthropic
Best when you want Anthropic's top published model and will pay the flagship rate.
Input
$10.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$50.00 per 1 million tokens
Cache hits $0.25/MTok. Batch 50% off. Typical ≈ $20/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Claude Haiku 5.5 · Anthropic
Best when the API job is classify, extract, or route and cost matters.
Input
$0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.50 per 1 million tokens
Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Claude Opus 5.5 · Anthropic
Best when a hard reasoning API call is worth more than a mid-range model.
Input
$4.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$20.00 per 1 million tokens
Cache hits $0.20/MTok. Fast mode $8/$40. Typical ≈ $8/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Together) · Together AI
Best when DeepSeek is hosted on Together. Hold it back for defence or personal data.
Input
$0.30 per 1 million tokens
Output
$1.20 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.006. Typical ≈ $0.54/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
DeepSeek-V4-Pro · DeepSeek
Best when you want DeepSeek's stronger API. Hold it back for defence or personal data.
Input
$0.66 per 1 million tokens
Output
$1.98 per 1 million tokens
Off-peak cache-miss $0.66 / output $1.98; peak $1.32/$3.96. Typical off-peak ≈ $1.06/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash · DeepSeek
Best when a cheap DeepSeek API is acceptable. Hold it back for defence or personal data.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Off-peak cache-miss $0.15 / output $0.60; peak 2× ($0.30/$1.20). Cache hit off-peak $0.003. Model id deepseek-flash. Typical off-peak ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · Google
Best when Gemini calls are high volume and the smallest Flash model is enough.
Input
$0.30 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.50 per 1 million tokens
Typical ≈ $0.80/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Gemini 3.8 Flash · Google
Best when you want a faster, cheaper Gemini model for everyday API calls.
Input
$0.75 per 1 million tokens
Output
$3.75 per 1 million tokens
Intro through 31 Dec 2026 then $1.50/$7.50. Typical intro ≈ $1.50/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol · OpenAI
Best when you want an older Sol-class OpenAI model at its own list price.
Input
$4.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$20.00 per 1 million tokens
Promotional pricing noted through at least 21 Nov 2026. Typical ≈ $8/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GPT-6 Astra · OpenAI
Best when the product needs OpenAI's flagship model and a higher list price is acceptable.
Input
$10.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$50.00 per 1 million tokens
Standard short context (≤272K). Cached input $1/MTok. Typical founder app ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $20/mo.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GPT-6 Luna · OpenAI
Best when a high-volume model API has to stay cheap.
Input
$0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.50 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.01/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $0.20/mo.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GPT-OSS 120B (Groq) · Groq
Best when you want a large open-weight model hosted on Groq.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
~500 tok/s. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GPT-OSS 20B (Groq) · Groq
Best when you want a smaller open-weight model hosted on Groq.
Input
$0.07 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.30 per 1 million tokens
~1000 tok/s. Typical ≈ $0.14/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Grok 4.5 · xAI
Best when you want the earlier Grok text price as a comparison.
Input
$2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$6.00 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.30 below 200k. Typical ≈ $3.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Grok 4.7 · xAI
Best when you want xAI's current text model. This row is not the video or image product.
Input
$2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$6.00 per 1 million tokens
<200k prompt tokens; ≥200k is $4/$12. Cached input $0.50. Typical ≈ $3.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Llama 4 · Meta
Best when you want Meta's Llama family and will price the host you actually call.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
Meta publishes the model family. A hosted token price depends on the provider and was not verified on 16 Oct 2026, so no numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Large 3 · Mistral
Best when you want the previous Mistral Large list price for comparison.
Input
$0.50 per 1 million tokens
Output
$1.50 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.05. Typical ≈ $0.80/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Large 4 · Mistral
Best when the API should sit with an EU vendor. Confirm the contract before you rely on that.
Input
$0.68 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.09 per 1 million tokens
Sale price (original $1.36/$4.18). Cached input $0.07 sale. Typical ≈ $1.10/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Small 4 · Mistral
Best when an EU-vendor API has to stay on a smaller model.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.015. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Qwen · Alibaba
Best when you want the Qwen family and will confirm the host or Alibaba Cloud rate.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The Qwen family is published by Alibaba. A token price was not verified on 16 Oct 2026, so no numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Vector database

A place to store embeddings for search.

Top pick

Pinecone (Builder)

Pinecone · Tool

Best when you want a managed vector database with a published plan price.

Input: $20.00 per month
Output: Price not verified

Starter free. Builder $20 flat/mo. Standard $50/mo minimum then usage. Storage Standard $0.33/GB/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Qdrant Cloud

Qdrant

Best when you want a dedicated vector database beside Pinecone and will confirm the cloud price.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

No dollar amount was verified against this pricing page on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Weaviate

Best when you want an open-source vector database and will confirm the cloud price.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

No dollar amount was verified against this pricing page on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Chroma · Chroma
Best when a small prototype can start on Chroma and you will confirm any cloud price.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
No dollar amount was verified against this pricing page on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Embeddings

Turn documents into vectors for search.

Top pick

text-embedding-3-small

OpenAI · Embeddings

Best when you want a low list price to turn documents into embeddings.

Input: $0.02 per 1 million tokens
Output: Price not verified

No output token charge. ~10M tokens embedded ≈ $0.20/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

voyage-4-lite

Voyage AI

Best when you want Voyage's lighter embedding model.

Input: $0.02 per 1 million tokens
Output: Price not verified

200M free tokens per account then $0.02/M. ~10M paid ≈ $0.20.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Gemini Embedding 2

Google

Best when embeddings should stay on Google and you already use Gemini.

Input: $0.20 per 1 million tokens
Output: Price not verified

Text input $0.20/MTok; image/audio/video priced separately. ~10M text tokens ≈ $2/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

text-embedding-3-large · OpenAI
Best when search quality matters more than the lowest embedding price.
Input
$0.13 per 1 million tokens
Output
Price not verified
~10M tokens ≈ $1.30/mo.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
voyage-4 · Voyage AI
Best when you want Voyage's standard embedding model.
Input
$0.06 per 1 million tokens
Output
Price not verified
200M free then $0.06/M. ~10M paid ≈ $0.60.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
voyage-4-large · Voyage AI
Best when you want Voyage's largest embedding model.
Input
$0.12 per 1 million tokens
Output
Price not verified
200M free then $0.12/M. ~10M paid ≈ $1.20.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Translation

Turn text into another language. This is a writing model, not a search index.

Top pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic · Model

Best when you want a careful translation and a safe mid-range model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Best when the translation should stay on a strong mid-price model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic

Best when a short translation should stay on the cheaper model.

Input: $0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output: $0.50 per 1 million tokens

Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Mistral Large 4 · Mistral
Best when a sensitive translation should start with an EU vendor. Confirm the contract.
Input
$0.68 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.09 per 1 million tokens
Sale price (original $1.36/$4.18). Cached input $0.07 sale. Typical ≈ $1.10/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Small 4 · Mistral
Best when a sensitive translation should stay on a smaller EU model.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.015. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Everyday writing

A draft that does not need a specialist tool.

Top pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic · Model

Best when ordinary writing needs a safe mid-range model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Best when the writing job needs a strong mid-price model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic

Best when everyday drafting should use the cheaper Claude model.

Input: $0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output: $0.50 per 1 million tokens

Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Mistral Large 4 · Mistral
Best when sensitive drafting should start with an EU vendor.
Input
$0.68 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.09 per 1 million tokens
Sale price (original $1.36/$4.18). Cached input $0.07 sale. Typical ≈ $1.10/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Small 4 · Mistral
Best when sensitive everyday drafting also needs a lower list price.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.015. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Best for

Price age is measured against 17 Oct 2026 (Europe/Paris).

AI video maker

A clip, scene, or presenter video. Text chat models are not candidates.

Top pick

Runway

Runway · Tool

Best when you want a finished clip from a prompt on a monthly plan you can check.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $15.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Grok Imagine

xAI

Best when you want xAI video and will pay a published per-second rate.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Veo

Google

Best when you want Google's Veo model and will confirm the API price on the pricing page.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

CapCut · ByteDance
Best when you want a phone-style editor with AI clips and will check the price after signing in.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The pricing page says displayed pricing is a reference only and that signing in changes it. Per-second rates ($0.12 and $0.007 for a first month) and credit counts were visible but were not cleanly paired with a plan name, so no numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Hailuo · MiniMax
Best when you want MiniMax Hailuo video and will confirm the price in the product.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
https://hailuoai.video/pricing returned 200 with no readable prices. The MiniMax platform pricing URL tried the same day returned 404. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
HeyGen · HeyGen
Best when the video is a talking presenter rather than a generated scene.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$29.00 per month
Free is $0 per month, up to 3 videos a month. Creator is $29 per month; an FAQ also says $24 per month when billed annually. Pro tiers run from 1,000 credits at $49 up to 100,000 credits at $4,300. Business is $149 per month plus $20 per seat.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Higgsfield · Higgsfield
Best when you want Higgsfield's camera-style video tools and will check the price in the app.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The pricing page loaded with almost no text and no dollar amount on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Kling · Kuaishou
Best when you want Kling's video model and will check the live price in the browser.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The pricing page returned 200 on 16 Oct 2026 but did not include readable dollar amounts (the prices appear to load in the browser). No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Luma Dream Machine · Luma
Best when you want a Dream Machine clip on a monthly credit plan.
Input
$30.00 per month
Output
$90.00 per month
Plus is $30 per month or $300 a year, with 10,000 credits. Pro is $90 per month or $900 a year, with 40,000 credits. Ultra is $300 per month or $3,000 a year, with 150,000 credits. A video credit table is also on the page (for example 20 credits per 5 seconds). No separate free plan price was verified.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Pika · Pika
Best when you want a low monthly starting plan for short clips.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$10.00 per month
Free is $0. Starter is $10 per month or $8 billed annually, with 900 credits. Creator is $35 or $28 annually, with 3,150 credits. Fancy runs from $95 to $880 a month ($76 to $704 annually) with 8,550 credits, and early access from $440 a month on Fancy.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Sora · OpenAI
Best when you specifically want OpenAI's Sora, once you have confirmed the current price.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The public Sora page returned 403 on 16 Oct 2026, and the OpenAI API pricing extract did not pair a dollar amount with Sora. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Synthesia · Synthesia
Best when you need a corporate avatar video and will confirm the plan price on the site.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The pricing page describes avatar video and credits, but dollar amounts were not paired with a plan in the text captured on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Product image

A still for a launch, a logo, or an illustration. Text chat models are not candidates.

Top pick

Gemini Nano Banana

Google · Tool

Best when you want Google's Nano Banana image model for a product picture.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Grok Imagine

xAI

Best when you want xAI stills at a published per-image rate.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Flux

Black Forest Labs

Best when you want Flux stills and will pay a published per-image rate.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

FLUX.2 [pro] is $0.048 per image at the pricing calculator's default. Enterprise is custom. This is a per-image rate, not a monthly plan, so it is not stored in the monthly fields.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Adobe Firefly · Adobe
Best when the image needs to stay inside Adobe's commercially trained model and you will confirm the plan.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The Firefly plans page returned 403 on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GPT Image · OpenAI
Best when you want OpenAI's image model and will confirm the image rate on the pricing page.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
GPT Image is a separate product from the GPT text models. The OpenAI pricing extract on 16 Oct 2026 did not pair a dollar amount with the image model. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Ideogram · Ideogram
Best when the picture needs readable text in the image and you will check Ideogram's price.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The Ideogram pricing page returned 403 on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Midjourney · Midjourney
Best when you want Midjourney's look and will confirm the current plan price yourself.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The Midjourney plans documentation returned 403 on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Pika · Pika
Best when a short image test should stay on a low monthly plan.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$10.00 per month
Free is $0. Starter is $10 per month or $8 billed annually, with 900 credits. Creator is $35 or $28 annually, with 3,150 credits. Fancy runs from $95 to $880 a month ($76 to $704 annually) with 8,550 credits, and early access from $440 a month on Fancy.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Recraft · Recraft
Best when you want design-style images and vectors and will confirm Recraft's plan price.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The pricing page text captured on 16 Oct 2026 covered ownership and FAQ copy and did not pair a dollar amount with a plan. No numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Runway · Runway
Best when you already use Runway and want stills from the same credit plan.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$15.00 per month
Free is $0 with 125 one-time credits. Standard is $15 per month, or $12 per month billed annually, with 625 credits. Pro is $35 or $28 annually (2,250 credits). Max is $95 or $76 annually (9,500 credits). Gen-4.5 is listed at 60 credits for 5 seconds. Kling and Nano Banana names on this page are models inside Runway, not separate list prices.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Voiceover

Spoken audio for a demo or an ad.

Top pick

ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs · Tool

Best when you want a natural voiceover on a monthly plan with a free starting tier.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $22.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Grok Voice

xAI

Best when you want xAI voice at a published per-minute or per-character rate.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

OpenAI Voice

OpenAI

Best when the voice should stay on OpenAI and you will confirm the speech rate yourself.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

OpenAI's voice, speech, and transcription products are separate from the text-token rows. The pricing extract on 16 Oct 2026 did not pair a dollar amount with a voice SKU. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

HeyGen · HeyGen
Best when the voiceover only needs to sit on a HeyGen avatar.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$29.00 per month
Free is $0 per month, up to 3 videos a month. Creator is $29 per month; an FAQ also says $24 per month when billed annually. Pro tiers run from 1,000 credits at $49 up to 100,000 credits at $4,300. Business is $149 per month plus $20 per seat.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Song

A background track or a full song from a prompt.

Top pick

Suno

Suno · Tool

Best when you want a song from a prompt on a monthly plan with a free tier.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $8.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Udio

Best when you want a second song generator beside Suno and will check Udio's price in the app.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

The pricing page title loaded on 16 Oct 2026 but no dollar amounts were in the text. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Transcription

Turn a recording into text.

Top pick

AssemblyAI

AssemblyAI · Tool

Best when you want a published per-hour rate for recorded interviews.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Deepgram

Best when you want a low per-minute rate for speech-to-text.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

ElevenLabs

Best when transcription should sit on the same ElevenLabs plan as the voice.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $22.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Grok Voice · xAI
Best when speech-to-text should use xAI's published hourly rate.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
Usage rates, not a monthly plan. grok-voice-3.0 speech-to-speech is $0.08 per minute. Speech-to-text is $0.10 per hour over REST and $0.20 per hour streaming. Text-to-speech is $15 per 1 million characters.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Slide deck

A pitch deck or a slide presentation from notes.

Top pick

Gamma

Gamma · Tool

Best when you want a deck from notes and will confirm Gamma's plan price.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

The pricing page returned 403 on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Beautiful.ai

Best when the deck should stay on a designed template and you will confirm the plan price.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

No dollar amount was verified against this pricing page on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Plus AI

Best when the deck should be drafted inside slides you already use, once the price is confirmed.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

No dollar amount was verified against this pricing page on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Web app

Building a web app. Coding tools lead. Automation tools do not.

Top pick

Cursor

Cursor · Tool

Best when you want an editor that writes the web app with you.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $30.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 17 Oct 2026

Alternative

Claude Code

Anthropic

Best when Claude should work in the repo on a paid Claude plan.

Input: $20.00 per month
Output: $100.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Best when the web app needs a strong mid-price model beside the coding tools.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

GitHub Copilot · GitHub
Best when a web app should start on a lower monthly coding plan.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$10.00 per month
Copilot Free. Pro $10/mo. Pro+ $39/mo. Max $100/mo. Business $19 per granted seat/mo. Enterprise $39 per granted seat/mo. Some teachers, students, and open-source maintainers can get Pro free.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

App builder

A prompt-to-app product when you are not editing a codebase by hand.

Top pick

Lovable

Lovable · Tool

Best when you want a prompt-to-app builder with a free plan and a $25 Pro plan.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $25.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Bolt

Best when you want a prompt-to-app builder with a free allowance and a $25 Pro plan.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $25.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

v0

Vercel

Best when you want Vercel's UI builder and will ignore the struck-through higher price.

Input: $0.00 per user per month
Output: $30.00 per user per month

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Replit · Replit
Best when the app should run in a hosted workspace and you can start at the Core plan.
Input
$20.00 per month
Output
$100.00 per month
Core $20/mo, or $18/mo billed annually. Pro $100/mo, or $90/mo billed annually. Enterprise custom. The pricing page does not list a $0 plan. 'Free Mode' is an allowance inside Core and Pro.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Customer support chat

A chatbot that answers customer questions.

Top pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic · Model

Best when a customer chat needs a safe mid-range model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Best when a support chat needs a strong mid-price model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic

Best when support replies should use the cheaper Claude model.

Input: $0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output: $0.50 per 1 million tokens

Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Mistral Large 4 · Mistral
Best when a sensitive support chat should start with an EU vendor.
Input
$0.68 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.09 per 1 million tokens
Sale price (original $1.36/$4.18). Cached input $0.07 sale. Typical ≈ $1.10/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Small 4 · Mistral
Best when a sensitive chat also needs a lower list price.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.015. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Document search

Search your own files and draft an answer that can cite them.

Top pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic · Model

Best when a model has to read retrieved passages and draft the answer.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

text-embedding-3-small

OpenAI

Best when document search needs a small, cheap embedding model.

Input: $0.02 per 1 million tokens
Output: Price not verified

No output token charge. ~10M tokens embedded ≈ $0.20/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Pinecone (Builder)

Pinecone

Best when document search needs a managed index beside the model and the embeddings.

Input: $20.00 per month
Output: Price not verified

Starter free. Builder $20 flat/mo. Standard $50/mo minimum then usage. Storage Standard $0.33/GB/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Claude Haiku 5.5 · Anthropic
Best when document search should start on a cheaper model.
Input
$0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.50 per 1 million tokens
Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Gemini Embedding 2 · Google
Best when document search on Google needs an embedding model beside the chat model.
Input
$0.20 per 1 million tokens
Output
Price not verified
Text input $0.20/MTok; image/audio/video priced separately. ~10M text tokens ≈ $2/mo.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
LlamaParse / LlamaIndex Cloud · LlamaIndex
Best when documents need parsing before they can be searched.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$50.00 per month
Free $0 with 10K credits/mo. Starter $50/mo with 40K credits. 1000 credits = $1.25.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Large 4 · Mistral
Best when sensitive document search should start with an EU model.
Input
$0.68 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.09 per 1 million tokens
Sale price (original $1.36/$4.18). Cached input $0.07 sale. Typical ≈ $1.10/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Small 4 · Mistral
Best when sensitive document search should use Mistral's smaller model.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.015. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
voyage-4-lite · Voyage AI
Best when document search wants a lighter Voyage embedding.
Input
$0.02 per 1 million tokens
Output
Price not verified
200M free tokens per account then $0.02/M. ~10M paid ≈ $0.20.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Workflow automation

Move form replies, mail, and sheets without writing an app.

Top pick

Zapier

Zapier · No-code

Best when a non-engineer should connect forms, sheets, and mail without hosting anything.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $19.99 per month

Free 100 tasks/mo. Pro from $19.99/mo annual (750 tasks). Team from $69/mo annual (2000 tasks).

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Make

Best when the automation should stay visual and the paid plan price is not verified.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

n8n Cloud

n8n

Best when the automation should run on an EU-hosted cloud plan.

Input: €20.00 per month
Output: €50.00 per month

Starter €20/mo annual (2.5k executions). Pro €50/mo annual (10k). Self-host Community free.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Data extraction

Pull fields out of invoices or other files.

Top pick

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic · Model

Best when you want a cheap model to pull fields out of text.

Input: $0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output: $0.50 per 1 million tokens

Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

LlamaParse / LlamaIndex Cloud

LlamaIndex

Best when the fields sit inside files and you need a parser before the model.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $50.00 per month

Free $0 with 10K credits/mo. Starter $50/mo with 40K credits. 1000 credits = $1.25.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic

Best when extraction needs a stronger check after a cheaper first pass.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Mistral Small 4 · Mistral
Best when sensitive extraction should use Mistral's smaller model.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.015. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Agent workflow

Several steps that a model runs with tools.

Top pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic · Model

Best when an agent workflow needs a safe mid-range model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Best when an agent workflow needs a strong mid-price model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

CrewAI (platform)

CrewAI

Best when you want a hosted place to run a multi-agent workflow.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: Price not verified

Basic Free: 50 workflow executions/mo. Enterprise custom. OSS framework free (you pay LLM tokens).

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Claude Haiku 5.5 · Anthropic
Best when a simple agent step should stay on a cheaper model.
Input
$0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.50 per 1 million tokens
Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
LangSmith · LangChain
Best when you want to trace agent runs rather than host the agent itself.
Input
$0.00 per seat per month
Output
$39.00 per seat per month
Developer $0 (1 seat 5k base traces/mo). Plus $39/seat then pay-as-you-go. 1 LSU = $1.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Microsoft Agent Framework · Microsoft
Best when you want an open-source agent framework and will keep the model API separate.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
Open-source framework; no framework licence fee. Model/API and Azure hosting billed separately by those providers.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Large 4 · Mistral
Best when a sensitive agent workflow should start with an EU model.
Input
$0.68 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.09 per 1 million tokens
Sale price (original $1.36/$4.18). Cached input $0.07 sale. Typical ≈ $1.10/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Market research

A pass over competitors or the market, with sources where the tool provides them.

Top pick

Perplexity

Perplexity · Tool

Best when you want a research assistant that cites the web, once you have confirmed Pro's price.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

The Pro page returned 403 on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Exa

Best when research needs web results and a monthly credit grant is enough to trial it.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Tavily

Best when a research agent should call a search API with a free monthly allowance.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Search API

Web search you call from your own product.

Top pick

Tavily

Tavily · Tool

Best when a product needs web search with a free monthly credit allowance.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Exa

Best when you want a second search API and will read the per-request table before you commit.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Brave Search API

Brave

Best when you want an independent search index and will confirm the paid plan after the free credits.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Hands-on coding

Editing a real codebase.

Top pick

Cursor

Cursor · Tool

Best when the job is hands-on coding in a real codebase.

Input: $0.00 per month
Output: $30.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 17 Oct 2026

Alternative

Claude Code

Anthropic

Best when you want Anthropic's coding product on a paid Claude plan.

Input: $20.00 per month
Output: $100.00 per month

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Best when the coding job needs a mid-price model as well as an editor.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Claude Sonnet 5.5 · Anthropic
Best when a coding model should stay in the mid-range rather than a flagship.
Input
$2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$10.00 per 1 million tokens
Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GitHub Copilot · GitHub
Best when you want coding help in the editor at a lower monthly price.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$10.00 per month
Copilot Free. Pro $10/mo. Pro+ $39/mo. Max $100/mo. Business $19 per granted seat/mo. Enterprise $39 per granted seat/mo. Some teachers, students, and open-source maintainers can get Pro free.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Windsurf · Cognition
Best when you want the editor that now sits on Devin's pricing page.
Input
$0.00 per month
Output
$20.00 per month
On 16 Oct 2026, https://windsurf.com/pricing and https://codeium.com/pricing redirect to https://devin.ai/pricing. That page lists Devin plans: Free $0, Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo, Teams $80/mo plus $40/mo per full dev seat. Enterprise is custom. The page does not use the Windsurf name.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Model API

A language model you call from your product. Video and image products are separate rows.

Top pick

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI · Model

Best when you want a strong default model API without paying flagship rates.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic

Best when the product wants a safe mid-range Anthropic model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Gemini 4 Argon

Google

Best when you want Google's flagship text model on the Gemini API.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Introductory through 30 Nov 2026 then $4/$20. Cached input $0.10 intro. Typical intro ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Claude Fable 5.1 · Anthropic
Best when you want Anthropic's top published model and will pay the flagship rate.
Input
$10.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$50.00 per 1 million tokens
Cache hits $0.25/MTok. Batch 50% off. Typical ≈ $20/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Claude Haiku 5.5 · Anthropic
Best when the API job is classify, extract, or route and cost matters.
Input
$0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.50 per 1 million tokens
Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Claude Opus 5.5 · Anthropic
Best when a hard reasoning API call is worth more than a mid-range model.
Input
$4.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$20.00 per 1 million tokens
Cache hits $0.20/MTok. Fast mode $8/$40. Typical ≈ $8/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Together) · Together AI
Best when DeepSeek is hosted on Together. Hold it back for defence or personal data.
Input
$0.30 per 1 million tokens
Output
$1.20 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.006. Typical ≈ $0.54/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
DeepSeek-V4-Pro · DeepSeek
Best when you want DeepSeek's stronger API. Hold it back for defence or personal data.
Input
$0.66 per 1 million tokens
Output
$1.98 per 1 million tokens
Off-peak cache-miss $0.66 / output $1.98; peak $1.32/$3.96. Typical off-peak ≈ $1.06/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash · DeepSeek
Best when a cheap DeepSeek API is acceptable. Hold it back for defence or personal data.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Off-peak cache-miss $0.15 / output $0.60; peak 2× ($0.30/$1.20). Cache hit off-peak $0.003. Model id deepseek-flash. Typical off-peak ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · Google
Best when Gemini calls are high volume and the smallest Flash model is enough.
Input
$0.30 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.50 per 1 million tokens
Typical ≈ $0.80/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Gemini 3.8 Flash · Google
Best when you want a faster, cheaper Gemini model for everyday API calls.
Input
$0.75 per 1 million tokens
Output
$3.75 per 1 million tokens
Intro through 31 Dec 2026 then $1.50/$7.50. Typical intro ≈ $1.50/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol · OpenAI
Best when you want an older Sol-class OpenAI model at its own list price.
Input
$4.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$20.00 per 1 million tokens
Promotional pricing noted through at least 21 Nov 2026. Typical ≈ $8/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GPT-6 Astra · OpenAI
Best when the product needs OpenAI's flagship model and a higher list price is acceptable.
Input
$10.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$50.00 per 1 million tokens
Standard short context (≤272K). Cached input $1/MTok. Typical founder app ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $20/mo.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GPT-6 Luna · OpenAI
Best when a high-volume model API has to stay cheap.
Input
$0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.50 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.01/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $0.20/mo.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GPT-OSS 120B (Groq) · Groq
Best when you want a large open-weight model hosted on Groq.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
~500 tok/s. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
GPT-OSS 20B (Groq) · Groq
Best when you want a smaller open-weight model hosted on Groq.
Input
$0.07 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.30 per 1 million tokens
~1000 tok/s. Typical ≈ $0.14/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Grok 4.5 · xAI
Best when you want the earlier Grok text price as a comparison.
Input
$2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$6.00 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.30 below 200k. Typical ≈ $3.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Grok 4.7 · xAI
Best when you want xAI's current text model. This row is not the video or image product.
Input
$2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output
$6.00 per 1 million tokens
<200k prompt tokens; ≥200k is $4/$12. Cached input $0.50. Typical ≈ $3.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Llama 4 · Meta
Best when you want Meta's Llama family and will price the host you actually call.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
Meta publishes the model family. A hosted token price depends on the provider and was not verified on 16 Oct 2026, so no numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Large 3 · Mistral
Best when you want the previous Mistral Large list price for comparison.
Input
$0.50 per 1 million tokens
Output
$1.50 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.05. Typical ≈ $0.80/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Large 4 · Mistral
Best when the API should sit with an EU vendor. Confirm the contract before you rely on that.
Input
$0.68 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.09 per 1 million tokens
Sale price (original $1.36/$4.18). Cached input $0.07 sale. Typical ≈ $1.10/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Small 4 · Mistral
Best when an EU-vendor API has to stay on a smaller model.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.015. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Qwen · Alibaba
Best when you want the Qwen family and will confirm the host or Alibaba Cloud rate.
Input
Price not verified
Output
Price not verified
The Qwen family is published by Alibaba. A token price was not verified on 16 Oct 2026, so no numeric price is stored.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Vector database

A place to store embeddings for search.

Top pick

Pinecone (Builder)

Pinecone · Tool

Best when you want a managed vector database with a published plan price.

Input: $20.00 per month
Output: Price not verified

Starter free. Builder $20 flat/mo. Standard $50/mo minimum then usage. Storage Standard $0.33/GB/mo.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Qdrant Cloud

Qdrant

Best when you want a dedicated vector database beside Pinecone and will confirm the cloud price.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

No dollar amount was verified against this pricing page on 16 Oct 2026. No numeric price is stored.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Alternative

Weaviate

Best when you want an open-source vector database and will confirm the cloud price.

Input: Price not verified
Output: Price not verified

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Chroma · Chroma
Best when a small prototype can start on Chroma and you will confirm any cloud price.
Input
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Output
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Embeddings

Turn documents into vectors for search.

Top pick

text-embedding-3-small

OpenAI · Embeddings

Best when you want a low list price to turn documents into embeddings.

Input: $0.02 per 1 million tokens
Output: Price not verified

No output token charge. ~10M tokens embedded ≈ $0.20/mo.

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voyage-4-lite

Voyage AI

Best when you want Voyage's lighter embedding model.

Input: $0.02 per 1 million tokens
Output: Price not verified

200M free tokens per account then $0.02/M. ~10M paid ≈ $0.20.

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Gemini Embedding 2

Google

Best when embeddings should stay on Google and you already use Gemini.

Input: $0.20 per 1 million tokens
Output: Price not verified

Text input $0.20/MTok; image/audio/video priced separately. ~10M text tokens ≈ $2/mo.

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text-embedding-3-large · OpenAI
Best when search quality matters more than the lowest embedding price.
Input
$0.13 per 1 million tokens
Output
Price not verified
~10M tokens ≈ $1.30/mo.
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voyage-4 · Voyage AI
Best when you want Voyage's standard embedding model.
Input
$0.06 per 1 million tokens
Output
Price not verified
200M free then $0.06/M. ~10M paid ≈ $0.60.
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voyage-4-large · Voyage AI
Best when you want Voyage's largest embedding model.
Input
$0.12 per 1 million tokens
Output
Price not verified
200M free then $0.12/M. ~10M paid ≈ $1.20.
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Translation

Turn text into another language. This is a writing model, not a search index.

Top pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic · Model

Best when you want a careful translation and a safe mid-range model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

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GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Best when the translation should stay on a strong mid-price model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

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Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic

Best when a short translation should stay on the cheaper model.

Input: $0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output: $0.50 per 1 million tokens

Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.

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Mistral Large 4 · Mistral
Best when a sensitive translation should start with an EU vendor. Confirm the contract.
Input
$0.68 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.09 per 1 million tokens
Sale price (original $1.36/$4.18). Cached input $0.07 sale. Typical ≈ $1.10/mo at 1M+0.2M.
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Mistral Small 4 · Mistral
Best when a sensitive translation should stay on a smaller EU model.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.015. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
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Everyday writing

A draft that does not need a specialist tool.

Top pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic · Model

Best when ordinary writing needs a safe mid-range model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cache hits $0.10/MTok. Typical ≈ $4/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

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GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI

Best when the writing job needs a strong mid-price model.

Input: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
Output: $10.00 per 1 million tokens

Cached input $0.10/MTok. Typical ~1M in + 0.2M out ≈ $4/mo.

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Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic

Best when everyday drafting should use the cheaper Claude model.

Input: $0.10 per 1 million tokens
Output: $0.50 per 1 million tokens

Prompts ≤100K tokens at $0.10/$0.50; >100K jumps to $0.50/$2.50. Typical short prompts ≈ $0.20/mo at 1M+0.2M.

Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026

Also fits

Mistral Large 4 · Mistral
Best when sensitive drafting should start with an EU vendor.
Input
$0.68 per 1 million tokens
Output
$2.09 per 1 million tokens
Sale price (original $1.36/$4.18). Cached input $0.07 sale. Typical ≈ $1.10/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026
Mistral Small 4 · Mistral
Best when sensitive everyday drafting also needs a lower list price.
Input
$0.15 per 1 million tokens
Output
$0.60 per 1 million tokens
Cached input $0.015. Typical ≈ $0.27/mo at 1M+0.2M.
Pricing source · Checked 16 Oct 2026