Verified API Cost Index
AI Model API Pricing Directory (2026)
Empirical $/1M token pricing reviewed and published by CompareLLM from current provider rate-card research.
Empirical Fact Sheet & Prompt Export
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Sub-Dollar Tier (≤ $1.00/1M tok)12 models
Ultra-fast flash and distillation models built for high-speed pipelines and data summarization.
Standard Production ($1–$5/1M tok)25 models
The sweet spot for coding assistants, agent work, and general-purpose business production workloads.
Top-Tier Flagship ($5.00+/1M tok)19 models
Maximum IQ for complex theorem proving, deep research, and difficult SWE tasks.