LLM PRICING STATISTICS
LLM API pricing, by the numbers.
Statistics computed from 52 verified-price models and every pricing change we have recorded. All figures refresh automatically with the daily pricing check — cite them with the date shown below.
Data as of
$3.37
average input price per 1M tokens
Across 52 verified-price models, as of 2026-08-11. Median: $1.25.
$20.22
average output price per 1M tokens
Output tokens cost 6.0x more than input on average. Median: $6.75.
491x
spread between cheapest and priciest
GPT-5 nano ($0.138/1M blended) vs GPT-5.4 Pro ($67.50/1M blended).
26
pricing/catalog changes in the last 90 days
24 in the last 30 days, including 5 price cuts and 13 new models.
869,647
average context window (tokens)
30 of 52+ curated models now offer 1M tokens or more; Llama 4 Scout leads at 10,000,000.
Average price by provider
| Provider | Verified models | Avg input / 1M | Avg output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek | 2 | $0.29 | $0.58 |
| Moonshot AI | 2 | $0.77 | $3.25 |
| 8 | $0.90 | $5.68 | |
| xAI | 4 | $1.11 | $3.00 |
| Mistral | 3 | $1.33 | $4.67 |
| Alibaba | 3 | $1.37 | $5.30 |
| Anthropic | 7 | $4.14 | $20.71 |
| OpenAI | 23 | $5.41 | $35.28 |
Averages cover verified list prices only (self-hosted open-weight models excluded). Per-model rates, tiers, and sources are on the LLM pricing table; raw data is free via the pricing JSON API with attribution.
FAQ
LLM pricing statistics FAQ
How much does an LLM API cost on average?
As of 2026-08-11, the average across 52 verified-price models is $3.37 per 1M input tokens and $20.22 per 1M output tokens. The median is lower ($1.25 in / $6.75 out) because a few premium reasoning tiers pull the average up.
Which provider has the lowest average prices?
DeepSeek currently has the lowest average input price at $0.29 per 1M tokens across its 2 verified models. Full per-provider averages are in the table on this page.
Are LLM prices going up or down?
Mostly down. Of the pricing changes recorded in the last 90 days, 5 were price cuts. The largest was Mistral Large 3, which cut its input price by 75% (from $2 to $0.5 per 1M tokens).
Where does this data come from?
Prices are the official list rates of each provider, cross-verified daily against a community-maintained pricing dataset by an automated job. The raw data is free to reuse with attribution via the pricing JSON API, and every change is logged with a date on the pricing change tracker.