COST ANALYSIS
AI Cost Analysis
Monthly cost projections across popular models and pricing tiers. Compare premium, mid-range, and budget models side by side.
TOP 10 MODELS
●Most Popular Models — Monthly Cost
Cost at medium usage: 2,000 in / 1,500 out tokens, 500 req/day
| Model | Provider | Intelligence | Speed (t/s) | All-in $/1M | Monthly Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1Kimi K3 | Moonshotai | 57 | 62 | $15.93 | $378.30 |
2GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | 59 | 57 | $12.00 | $285.00 |
3Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | 56 | 55 | $30.00 | $712.50 |
4Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | 46 | 117 | $14.00 | $330.00 | |
5GPT-5.4 Mini | OpenAI | 40 | 162 | $5.25 | $123.75 |
6Gemini 3.5 Flash | 50 | 161 | $10.50 | $247.50 | |
7DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | DeepSeek | 44 | 62 | $2.64 | $64.35 |
8GLM 5.2 | Z Ai | 51 | 145 | $5.80 | $141.00 |
9Kimi K2.6 | Moonshotai | 44 | 44 | $4.95 | $118.50 |
10Qwen3.7 Max | Qwen | 46 | 200 | $5.90 | $143.81 |
TIER COMPARISON
●Premium vs Mid-Range vs Budget
Same usage, different tiers. See the cost gap between Claude Fable, Kimi K3, and DeepSeek V4 Flash at medium volume.
Premium
$30+ /1MClaude Fable 5
Anthropic
$10/$50$1425.00/mo
Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
$5/$25$712.50/mo
GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI
$2/$10$285.00/mo
Mid-Range
$2–$6 /1MKimi K3
Moonshotai
$2.6481/$13.2827$378.30/mo
GLM 5.2
Z Ai
$1.4/$4.4$141.00/mo
Qwen3.7 Max
Qwen
$1.475/$4.425$143.81/mo
Budget
Under $0.50 /1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek
$0.66/$1.98$64.35/mo
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
$0.25/$1.5$41.25/mo
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest
~deepseek
$0.04/$0.1$3.45/mo
Key insight: Switching from a premium model (e.g. Claude Fable at $30/M) to a budget model (e.g. DeepSeek V4 Flash at $0.18/M) can reduce costs by 99%+ for simple tasks — with minimal quality loss for many use cases.
USE CASE COMPARISON
●Cost by Scenario — Across Tiers
Monthly cost for each scenario across premium, mid-range, and budget models
| Use Case | Volume | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Opus 4.8 | GPT-5.6 Sol | Kimi K3 | GLM 5.2 | Qwen3.7 Max | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24/7 Customer Support Chatbot Customer Support | 500 in · 200 out · 10,000 req/day | $4500.00 | $2250.00 | $900.00 | $1194.18 | $474.00 | $486.75 | $217.80 | $127.50 | $12.00 |
Technical Support Agent Customer Support | 3,000 in · 1,000 out · 5,000 req/day | $12000.00 | $6000.00 | $2400.00 | $3184.05 | $1290.00 | $1327.50 | $594.00 | $337.50 | $33.00 |
Multi-language Support Bot Customer Support | 800 in · 300 out · 8,000 req/day | $5520.00 | $2760.00 | $1104.00 | $1464.79 | $585.60 | $601.80 | $269.28 | $156.00 | $14.88 |
Code Generation Assistant Development | 2,000 in · 1,500 out · 500 req/day | $1425.00 | $712.50 | $285.00 | $378.30 | $141.00 | $143.81 | $64.35 | $41.25 | $3.45 |
Content Moderation System content-moderation | 500 in · 50 out · 50,000 req/day | $11250.00 | $5625.00 | $2250.00 | $2982.28 | $1380.00 | $1438.13 | $643.50 | $300.00 | $37.50 |
Cost scale:< $100/mo$100–$500/mo$500–$2000/mo> $2000/mo