Name: AI Model Price Index 2026
Creator: DrAI
Published: 2026-08-16
License: https://ai.dr-ai.top/terms

Complete model price table

List prices in USD per 1M tokens (input / output). Image models are priced per generated image. Prices verified 2026-08-16.

Model	Provider	Context window	Input $/1M	Output $/1M	Notes
Claude Opus 4	Anthropic	500K	$15.00	$75.00	Most capable; enterprise workloads
GPT-5	OpenAI	400K	$5.00	$15.00	General frontier workhorse
GPT-5.6 Sol	OpenAI	400K	$4.00	$16.00	Flagship reasoning; deep research
Claude Sonnet 4	Anthropic	400K	$3.00	$15.00	Balanced coding & agentic work
Grok 4.1	xAI	256K	$1.50	$6.00	Reasoning + real-time knowledge
Gemini 2.5 Pro	Google	1M	$1.25	$5.00	1M-token context window
GPT-5.4	OpenAI	300K	$1.25	$5.00	Mid-tier reasoning
Mistral Large 3	Mistral	128K	$1.00	$3.00	EU enterprise; on-prem friendly
Llama 4 405B	Meta	256K	$0.90	$0.90	Open weights; symmetric in/out
Claude Haiku 4	Anthropic	300K	$0.80	$4.00	Fast assistant; high volume
Kimi K2.6	Moonshot AI	256K	$0.60	$2.50	Open weights; long-context
DeepSeek R1	DeepSeek	128K	$0.55	$2.19	Open reasoning model
Grok Chat Fast	xAI	256K	$0.50	$2.00	Consumer chat; low latency
o3-mini	OpenAI	200K	$0.40	$1.60	Fast small reasoning
GLM-4	Zhipu AI	128K	$0.35	$1.40	Open weights; strong coding
Gemini 2.5 Flash	Google	1M	$0.30	$2.50	High-volume; near-real-time
Qwen 3.5	Alibaba	256K	$0.30	$1.20	Open weights; multilingual
DeepSeek V3	DeepSeek	128K	$0.27	$1.10	Open weights; best value chat
GPT-5.4-mini	OpenAI	300K	$0.20	$0.80	Low-latency mini
GPT-5-mini	OpenAI	400K	$0.15	$0.60	Cheapest frontier mini of 2026
Midjourney V7	Midjourney	—	$5.00/img	—	2K/4K renders
Nano Banana Pro	Google	—	$4.00/img	—	4K photoreal editing
GPT Image 2	OpenAI	—	$3.00/img	—	Premium generation tier
GPT Image 1.5	OpenAI	—	$2.50/img	—	Mid-tier image generation
GPT Image 1	OpenAI	—	$2.00/img	—	Entry image generation

Cheapest models in 2026

Ranked by input price per 1M tokens. All five cost less than a single cent per page of text.

The premium tier — where frontier capability still commands a premium. Ranked by input price per 1M tokens.

List-price history for frontier models, USD per 1M input tokens (yearly average).

Year	Avg frontier input $/1M	Cheapest flagship input $/1M	Example
2024	$10.00	$2.50	GPT-4o at $2.50; GPT-4 Turbo at $10.00
2025	$4.20	$0.27	DeepSeek V3 at $0.27 reset the market
2026	$2.10	$0.15	GPT-5-mini at $0.15; mini-tier goes sub-$0.20

-67% — the average frontier input price fell from $6.40/1M (Jan 2025) to $2.10/1M (Aug 2026).
-97% — DeepSeek V3 at $0.27/1M is 97% cheaper than GPT-4 Turbo's $10.00/1M launch price (2024).
-94% — GPT-5-mini at $0.15/1M vs GPT-4o's $2.50/1M (2024).
-96% — reasoning output collapsed too: DeepSeek R1 at $2.19/1M vs OpenAI o1's $60.00/1M (2024).
Image generation moved up-market — while text prices fell, premium image APIs now run $2–$5 per image (GPT Image 1 at $2.00, GPT Image 2 at $3.00, Midjourney V7 at $5.00).
Outlook — we expect sub-$0.10/1M mini-tier input pricing and $1.00/1M reasoning output by Q1 2027.

Scope: 25 models from 11 providers — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, DeepSeek, Alibaba, Moonshot AI, Zhipu AI, xAI, Mistral, Midjourney.
Prices: official list prices in USD per 1M tokens (input / output), or per image for image-generation models. Batch, caching and volume discounts excluded.
Context window: maximum supported tokens, as published by each provider.
Cadence: refreshed weekly; last verified 2026-08-16.
Reseller note: DrAI offers all of these models at one flat subscription price — no per-token metering, no surprise bills. See pricing.