🧾 The Complete LLM Pricing Guide
Every major provider, every model, live token costs — pulled directly from OpenRouter.
You pay for what you use. Every LLM API charges per token — roughly 750 words per 1,000 tokens. Prices range from fractions of a cent per million tokens to hundreds of dollars. This page shows live rates pulled from OpenRouter, updated every time you load the page. Bookmark this page — it stays up to date automatically.
📑 Table of Contents
📊 All Providers at a Glance
Below is a master table of every LLM currently available via OpenRouter and their current per‑million‑token pricing. Input and output costs are shown separately. All figures in USD.
| Provider | Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Notes |
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📈 Head‑to‑Head Comparison
Which model gives you the most bang for your buck? The chart below ranks providers by blended cost (assuming a 3:1 input‑to‑output ratio, typical for chat applications).
For high‑volume, low‑cost workloads: Groq’s open‑weight models and DeepSeek V4‑Flash are often the cheapest. For reasoning and agentic tasks: OpenAI’s GPT‑5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5 deliver top‑tier quality at a premium. For search‑augmented generation: Perplexity Sonar offers a unique value proposition with free citation tokens.
🔧 How to Use This Data
The tables above are live — they refresh from OpenRouter’s model list each time you load the page (or click the refresh button). Here’s how to turn these numbers into a budget:
Estimate your token volume. A typical chat interaction uses ~1,500 input tokens and ~400 output tokens. A code‑generation session might use 3,000 input and 1,000 output.
Pick your provider. Use the master table to compare input/output rates. Remember that output tokens cost 3× to 8× more than input on most models.
Factor in discounts. Prompt caching (up to 90% off on some providers) and batch processing (50% off) can dramatically lower your effective rate.
Build a router. Many teams use a model router that sends easy queries to cheap models and difficult ones to flagship models. This can cut costs by 40–70%.
