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How much does it cost to write 10 product descriptions with AI?

Q: How much does it cost to write 10 product descriptions with AI?

On Oct 18, 2026 it costs from 0.04¢ with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash to 22¢ with Claude Fable 5.1 among popular models. The median of 336 models is 0.59¢ per task.

Q: What is the cheapest AI to write 10 product descriptions?

The cheapest model overall is Summarize at <0.01¢; the cheapest popular model is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at 0.04¢. The best value among popular models (cheap and highly rated) is Gemini 3.8 Flash at 1.2¢.

Q: Why do reasoning models cost more for the same task?

Reasoning (thinking) tokens are billed as output tokens even though you never see them. On some tasks a model thinks for thousands of tokens before a short answer, which can multiply the cost.

Q: How is the cost calculated?

Ten e-commerce product descriptions of about 80 words each from short specs. We send the same prompt (155 words of input) to every measured model through OpenRouter with default settings and record the input, output and reasoning tokens it uses.

Between 0.04¢ (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash) and 22¢ (Claude Fable 5.1) among popular models. The median across all 336 models is 0.59¢.

Cheapest popular0.04¢

Median0.59¢

Priciest popular22¢

1,000 tasks, cheapest$0.41

1,000 tasks, median$5.90

Models priced336

Full ranking: 336 models

Sorted by cost. Click a column to sort by quality or tokens.

#	Model	Cost per task	Text score	Tokens in / out	Basis
1	S SummarizeScaledown	≥<0.01¢$0.01 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
2	S ExtractScaledown	≥<0.01¢$0.01 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
3	Mistral NemoMistral	0.01¢$0.10 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
4	gpt-oss-20bOpenAI	0.01¢$0.11 / 1,000	1317	283 / 1,175	estimated best value
5	Mistral Small 3Mistral	0.03¢$0.26 / 1,000	1274	285 / 3,079	estimated
6	N Nex-N2.5-MiniNex Agi	0.03¢$0.28 / 1,000	-	307 / 2,712	estimated
7	Gemma 3 4BGoogle	0.03¢$0.31 / 1,000	1303	293 / 2,944	estimated
8	Ministral 3 3B 2512Mistral	0.03¢$0.34 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
9	gpt-oss-safeguard-20bOpenAI	0.04¢$0.37 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
10	DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek	0.04¢$0.41 / 1,000	1475	307 / 2,712	measured best value
11	I Mercury 2.5Inception	0.04¢$0.41 / 1,000	-	298 / 2,687	estimated
12	GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI	0.04¢$0.44 / 1,000	1322	283 / 1,021	estimated
13	Gemma 3 12BGoogle	0.05¢$0.46 / 1,000	1342	293 / 2,944	estimated
14	GPT-5 NanoOpenAI	0.05¢$0.48 / 1,000	1338	283 / 1,175	estimated
15	Ministral 3 8B 2512Mistral	0.05¢$0.50 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
16	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek	0.05¢$0.52 / 1,000	1439	307 / 2,712	estimated
17	GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAI	0.05¢$0.54 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,021	estimated
18	GPT-6 LunaOpenAI	0.05¢$0.54 / 1,000	1443	283 / 1,021	measured
19	U Solar Mini 4Upstage	0.06¢$0.56 / 1,000	-	305 / 2,708	estimated
20	GPT-4o-miniOpenAI	0.07¢$0.66 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,021	estimated
21	GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAI	0.07¢$0.66 / 1,000	1318	283 / 1,021	estimated
22	Ministral 3 14B 2512Mistral	0.07¢$0.67 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
23	Gemma 4 26B A4B Google	0.07¢$0.68 / 1,000	1438	293 / 2,944	estimated
24	Granite 4.2 8BIBM	0.07¢$0.70 / 1,000	1290	307 / 2,714	estimated
25	N Nex-N2.5-ProNex Agi	0.07¢$0.70 / 1,000	-	307 / 2,712	estimated
26	gpt-oss-120bOpenAI	0.07¢$0.75 / 1,000	1352	283 / 1,175	estimated
27	Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral	0.08¢$0.80 / 1,000	1356	285 / 3,079	estimated
28	S Llama 3 8B LunarisSao10K	≥0.08¢$0.81 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
29	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek	0.08¢$0.84 / 1,000	-	307 / 2,712	estimated
30	Voxtral Small 24B 2507Mistral	0.10¢$0.95 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
31	I Ling 3.0 FlashInclusionai	≥0.10¢$1.02 / 1,000	-	344 / 16,000	estimated capped
32	Gemma 3 27BGoogle	0.11¢$1.05 / 1,000	1366	293 / 2,944	estimated
33	DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek	0.12¢$1.19 / 1,000	1425	307 / 2,712	estimated
34	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek	0.12¢$1.20 / 1,000	1458	307 / 2,712	estimated
35	Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle	0.12¢$1.21 / 1,000	1375	293 / 2,944	estimated
36	DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek	0.12¢$1.22 / 1,000	1425	307 / 2,712	estimated
37	Gemma 4 31BGoogle	0.12¢$1.24 / 1,000	1452	293 / 2,944	estimated
38	GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI	0.13¢$1.28 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,021	estimated
39	GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI	0.13¢$1.28 / 1,000	1453	283 / 1,021	estimated
40	Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta	≥0.13¢$1.30 / 1,000	1211	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
41	GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI	0.13¢$1.33 / 1,000	1401	283 / 1,021	estimated
42	U Solar Pro 4Upstage	0.13¢$1.34 / 1,000	1386	325 / 3,636	estimated
43	GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai	0.14¢$1.42 / 1,000	1474	289 / 7,041	measured
44	Muse Spark 1.3 ContributorMeta	0.14¢$1.44 / 1,000	-	289 / 7,041	estimated
45	Muse Spark 1.2 ContributorMeta	0.14¢$1.44 / 1,000	-	289 / 7,041	estimated
46	R Reka Flash 3Rekaai	0.14¢$1.44 / 1,000	-	289 / 7,042	estimated
47	Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance Seed	0.15¢$1.50 / 1,000	-	330 / 3,655	estimated
48	T Skyfall 36B V2Thedrummer	0.16¢$1.55 / 1,000	-	452 / 1,628	estimated
49	C UncensoredCognitivecomputations	0.16¢$1.56 / 1,000	-	452 / 1,628	estimated
50	MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi	0.16¢$1.59 / 1,000	1479	444 / 1,611	estimated best value
51	MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi	0.16¢$1.59 / 1,000	1467	444 / 1,611	estimated
52	R Reka EdgeRekaai	≥0.16¢$1.63 / 1,000	-	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
53	MiniMax M2.5MiniMax	0.16¢$1.64 / 1,000	1391	441 / 1,602	estimated
54	GPT-3.5 TurboOpenAI	0.17¢$1.67 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,021	estimated
55	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek	0.17¢$1.67 / 1,000	-	307 / 2,712	estimated
56	Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA	0.17¢$1.68 / 1,000	1360	333 / 3,666	estimated
57	S Llama 3.1 Euryale 70B v2.2Sao10K	0.17¢$1.74 / 1,000	-	441 / 1,602	estimated
58	MiniMax M2MiniMax	0.17¢$1.75 / 1,000	1343	441 / 1,602	estimated
59	GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI	0.17¢$1.75 / 1,000	1383	283 / 1,021	estimated
60	G MythoMax 13BGryphe	≥0.18¢$1.79 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
61	Granite 4.0 MicroIBM	≥0.18¢$1.80 / 1,000	-	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
62	Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistral	0.18¢$1.81 / 1,000	1303	285 / 3,079	estimated
63	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek	0.18¢$1.82 / 1,000	-	307 / 2,712	estimated
64	MiniMax-01MiniMax	0.19¢$1.85 / 1,000	-	441 / 1,602	estimated
65	P Ternary Bonsai 2 27BPrism Ml	0.19¢$1.85 / 1,000	-	330 / 3,653	estimated
66	Mistral Small 4Mistral	0.19¢$1.89 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
67	SabaMistral	0.19¢$1.90 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
68	P Laguna XS 2.1Poolside	≥0.19¢$1.94 / 1,000	-	351 / 16,000	estimated capped
69	SonarPerplexity	0.20¢$2.04 / 1,000	-	441 / 1,602	estimated
70	MiniMax M3MiniMax	0.21¢$2.05 / 1,000	1441	441 / 1,602	measured
71	MiniMax M2.7MiniMax	0.21¢$2.05 / 1,000	1415	441 / 1,602	estimated
72	MiniMax M2-herMiniMax	0.21¢$2.05 / 1,000	-	441 / 1,602	estimated
73	MiniMax M2.1MiniMax	0.21¢$2.05 / 1,000	1384	441 / 1,602	estimated
74	N Hermes 3 405B InstructNous Research	0.21¢$2.06 / 1,000	-	444 / 1,611	estimated
75	M LongCat 2.0Meituan	0.21¢$2.07 / 1,000	-	444 / 1,610	estimated
76	Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba Qwen	≥0.21¢$2.09 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
77	Gemma 2 27BGoogle	0.21¢$2.10 / 1,000	1290	293 / 2,944	estimated
78	Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic	0.21¢$2.12 / 1,000	-	454 / 4,145	measured
79	Step 3.5 FlashStepFun	0.21¢$2.14 / 1,000	1393	288 / 7,037	estimated
80	U Solar Pro 3Upstage	0.22¢$2.23 / 1,000	-	325 / 3,636	estimated
81	Hy3Tencent	0.22¢$2.25 / 1,000	1453	454 / 4,145	estimated
82	Nova Micro 1.0Amazon	≥0.23¢$2.25 / 1,000	-	335 / 16,000	estimated capped
83	Phi 4Microsoft	≥0.23¢$2.26 / 1,000	1256	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
84	M Morph V3 FastMorph	0.23¢$2.30 / 1,000	-	447 / 1,618	estimated
85	GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)OpenAI	0.23¢$2.32 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,021	estimated
86	R Relace Apply 3Relace	0.24¢$2.38 / 1,000	-	441 / 1,602	estimated
87	I Schematron V2 TurboInference Net	≥0.24¢$2.41 / 1,000	-	346 / 16,000	estimated capped
88	Command R7B (12-2024)Cohere	≥0.24¢$2.41 / 1,000	-	340 / 16,000	estimated capped
89	GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI	0.24¢$2.42 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
90	GPT-5 MiniOpenAI	0.24¢$2.42 / 1,000	1390	283 / 1,175	estimated
91	Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba Qwen	≥0.24¢$2.43 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
92	GPT-3.5 Turbo InstructOpenAI	0.25¢$2.47 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,021	estimated
93	P Perceptron Mk1Perceptron	0.25¢$2.49 / 1,000	-	447 / 1,618	estimated
94	DeepSeek V3DeepSeek	0.25¢$2.51 / 1,000	1358	307 / 2,712	estimated
95	Command A+Cohere	0.25¢$2.54 / 1,000	-	442 / 1,605	estimated
96	Hy3 previewTencent	0.26¢$2.57 / 1,000	1409	454 / 4,145	estimated
97	DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek	0.27¢$2.65 / 1,000	1417	307 / 2,712	estimated
98	I Mercury 2Inception	0.28¢$2.78 / 1,000	1343	318 / 3,605	estimated
99	DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeek	0.28¢$2.79 / 1,000	1416	307 / 2,712	estimated
100	GLM 4.7 FlashZ.ai	0.28¢$2.83 / 1,000	1364	289 / 7,041	estimated
101	Hy-MT2-1.8BTencent	≥0.28¢$2.85 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
102	Codestral 2508Mistral	0.29¢$2.86 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
103	I Ling 3.0 Flash VLInclusionai	≥0.29¢$2.90 / 1,000	-	344 / 16,000	estimated capped
104	P Laguna S 2.1Poolside	≥0.29¢$2.91 / 1,000	-	351 / 16,000	estimated capped
105	A Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)Aion Labs	0.29¢$2.93 / 1,000	-	444 / 1,610	estimated
106	Llama Guard 4 12BMeta	≥0.29¢$2.94 / 1,000	-	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
107	DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek	0.32¢$3.18 / 1,000	1395	307 / 2,712	estimated
108	Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA	≥0.32¢$3.22 / 1,000	1351	347 / 16,000	estimated capped
109	Llama 3.2 1B InstructMeta	≥0.32¢$3.23 / 1,000	1111	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
110	UI-TARS 7B ByteDance	≥0.32¢$3.23 / 1,000	-	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
111	Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥0.32¢$3.23 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
112	Nemotron 3.5 Content SafetyNVIDIA	≥0.33¢$3.27 / 1,000	-	347 / 16,000	estimated capped
113	Seed 1.6ByteDance Seed	0.34¢$3.35 / 1,000	-	448 / 1,620	estimated
114	Grok Build 0.1xAI	0.35¢$3.46 / 1,000	-	1,524 / 970	estimated
115	Step 3.7 FlashStepFun	0.35¢$3.47 / 1,000	-	298 / 2,963	estimated
116	M Morph V3 LargeMorph	0.35¢$3.48 / 1,000	-	447 / 1,618	estimated
117	Muse Glimmer 30BMeta	0.36¢$3.62 / 1,000	-	293 / 2,944	estimated
118	I Ling 3.1 FlashInclusionai	≥0.36¢$3.63 / 1,000	-	344 / 16,000	estimated capped
119	I Schematron V2 SmallInference Net	≥0.37¢$3.70 / 1,000	-	346 / 16,000	estimated capped
120	MiniMax M1MiniMax	0.38¢$3.77 / 1,000	1364	441 / 1,602	estimated
121	T Inkling SmallThinkingmachines	0.38¢$3.79 / 1,000	1404	276 / 3,055	estimated
122	Nova Lite 1.0Amazon	≥0.39¢$3.86 / 1,000	1260	335 / 16,000	estimated capped
123	Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA	≥0.39¢$3.86 / 1,000	1314	347 / 16,000	estimated capped
124	Qwen3 14BAlibaba Qwen	≥0.39¢$3.88 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
125	Kimi K2 0711Moonshot AI	0.40¢$3.98 / 1,000	1418	448 / 1,620	estimated
126	Nova 2 LiteAmazon	0.41¢$4.10 / 1,000	1335	435 / 1,589	estimated
127	M Moondream 3 PreviewMoondream	0.41¢$4.14 / 1,000	-	441 / 1,602	estimated
128	M Moondream 3.1Moondream	0.41¢$4.14 / 1,000	-	441 / 1,602	estimated
129	Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba Qwen	≥0.42¢$4.18 / 1,000	1396	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
130	Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance Seed	0.43¢$4.27 / 1,000	-	448 / 1,620	estimated
131	Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI	0.43¢$4.27 / 1,000	1450	448 / 1,620	estimated
132	Kimi K2 0905Moonshot AI	0.43¢$4.32 / 1,000	1419	448 / 1,620	estimated
133	Grok 4.3xAI	0.43¢$4.33 / 1,000	1442	1,524 / 970	estimated
134	Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI	0.43¢$4.33 / 1,000	-	1,524 / 970	estimated
135	Grok 4.20xAI	0.43¢$4.33 / 1,000	-	1,524 / 970	estimated
136	A Aion 3.5 MiniAion Labs	0.44¢$4.36 / 1,000	-	298 / 2,966	estimated
137	A Aion-3.0-MiniAion Labs	0.44¢$4.36 / 1,000	-	298 / 2,966	estimated
138	Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogle	0.45¢$4.49 / 1,000	-	293 / 2,944	estimated
139	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle	0.45¢$4.49 / 1,000	1433	293 / 2,944	estimated
140	Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥0.45¢$4.50 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
141	Qwen3 32BAlibaba Qwen	≥0.45¢$4.51 / 1,000	1347	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
142	MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi	≥0.45¢$4.53 / 1,000	1451	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
143	MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi	≥0.45¢$4.53 / 1,000	1434	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
144	P Perceptron Mk1.5Perceptron	0.46¢$4.63 / 1,000	-	278 / 3,060	estimated
145	Hy-MT2-30B-A3BTencent	≥0.47¢$4.75 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
146	Hy-MT2-7BTencent	≥0.47¢$4.75 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
147	Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral	0.48¢$4.76 / 1,000	1414	285 / 3,079	estimated
148	GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI	0.48¢$4.81 / 1,000	1447	283 / 1,021	estimated
149	Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance Seed	≥0.48¢$4.83 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
150	Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Alibaba Qwen	≥0.48¢$4.83 / 1,000	1382	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
151	Llama 4 ScoutMeta	≥0.48¢$4.83 / 1,000	1322	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
152	LFM2.5-24B-A2BLiquid AI	0.49¢$4.94 / 1,000	-	289 / 7,041	estimated
153	A Aion-2.0Aion Labs	0.50¢$4.98 / 1,000	-	298 / 2,966	estimated
154	E GlimpseElorian	0.51¢$5.07 / 1,000	-	441 / 1,602	estimated
155	Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta	≥0.52¢$5.15 / 1,000	1318	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
156	R Relace SearchRelace	0.52¢$5.25 / 1,000	-	441 / 1,602	estimated
157	N Hermes 4 405BNous Research	0.53¢$5.28 / 1,000	-	444 / 1,611	estimated
158	Llama 3.2 3B InstructMeta	≥0.53¢$5.30 / 1,000	1167	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
159	Nova Pro 1.0Amazon	0.54¢$5.43 / 1,000	1290	435 / 1,589	estimated
160	o4 Mini HighOpenAI	0.55¢$5.48 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
161	o4 MiniOpenAI	0.55¢$5.48 / 1,000	1391	283 / 1,175	estimated
162	o3 Mini HighOpenAI	0.55¢$5.48 / 1,000	1364	283 / 1,175	estimated
163	o3 MiniOpenAI	0.55¢$5.48 / 1,000	1348	283 / 1,175	estimated
164	U Pareto 26.10Unbiased	0.55¢$5.49 / 1,000	-	442 / 1,606	estimated
165	GPT-3.5 Turbo 16kOpenAI	0.55¢$5.55 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
166	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek	0.56¢$5.57 / 1,000	-	307 / 2,712	estimated
167	A Trinity Large ThinkingArcee AI	0.57¢$5.66 / 1,000	1367	276 / 6,994	estimated
168	Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI	0.58¢$5.82 / 1,000	1461	448 / 1,620	estimated
169	R1 0528DeepSeek	0.60¢$5.98 / 1,000	1421	307 / 2,712	estimated
170	GLM 4.5 AirZ.ai	0.60¢$6.02 / 1,000	1373	289 / 7,041	estimated
171	Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance Seed	0.62¢$6.19 / 1,000	-	279 / 3,062	estimated
172	Devstral 2 2512Mistral	0.63¢$6.27 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
173	Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral	0.63¢$6.27 / 1,000	1408	285 / 3,079	estimated
174	Mistral Medium 3Mistral	0.63¢$6.27 / 1,000	1387	285 / 3,079	estimated
175	GLM 4.6VZ.ai	0.64¢$6.42 / 1,000	1378	289 / 7,041	estimated
176	Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA	≥0.64¢$6.43 / 1,000	-	347 / 16,000	estimated capped
177	Qwen2.5 72B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥0.65¢$6.52 / 1,000	1303	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
178	Llama 3.1 70B InstructMeta	≥0.65¢$6.54 / 1,000	1293	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
179	T UnslopNemo 12BThedrummer	≥0.65¢$6.54 / 1,000	-	347 / 16,000	estimated capped
180	Mistral Large 4Mistral	0.66¢$6.63 / 1,000	1432	285 / 3,079	measured
181	R1DeepSeek	0.70¢$6.99 / 1,000	1398	307 / 2,712	estimated
182	Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle	0.74¢$7.45 / 1,000	1455	293 / 2,944	estimated
183	Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle	0.74¢$7.45 / 1,000	1409	293 / 2,944	estimated
184	Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA	0.75¢$7.53 / 1,000	1426	281 / 3,069	estimated
185	Qwen3.8 Omni FlashAlibaba Qwen	≥0.76¢$7.57 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
186	Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba Qwen	≥0.76¢$7.57 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	measured capped
187	Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI	0.76¢$7.62 / 1,000	-	301 / 2,977	estimated
188	Hy4 previewTencent	0.79¢$7.94 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
189	Qwen3 30B A3BAlibaba Qwen	≥0.80¢$8.04 / 1,000	1327	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
190	T Cydonia 24B V4.1Thedrummer	≥0.81¢$8.10 / 1,000	-	347 / 16,000	estimated capped
191	Step 5 PreviewStepFun	0.83¢$8.30 / 1,000	1447	298 / 2,963	estimated
192	Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Alibaba Qwen	≥0.88¢$8.83 / 1,000	1422	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
193	Grok 4.7xAI	0.89¢$8.87 / 1,000	1444	1,524 / 970	measured
194	S Fugu MaxSakana	0.89¢$8.87 / 1,000	-	1,524 / 970	estimated
195	Grok 4.6xAI	0.89¢$8.87 / 1,000	1454	1,524 / 970	estimated
196	Grok 4.5xAI	0.89¢$8.87 / 1,000	1466	1,524 / 970	estimated
197	GLM 5.3 FlashXZ.ai	0.89¢$8.91 / 1,000	-	289 / 7,041	estimated
198	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	0.90¢$8.98 / 1,000	1473	293 / 2,944	estimated
199	R Beam 1.0 501B A23BReflection	0.91¢$9.12 / 1,000	-	293 / 2,944	estimated
200	A Magnum v4 72BAnthracite Org	0.92¢$9.16 / 1,000	-	444 / 1,611	estimated
201	Hunyuan A13B InstructTencent	≥0.92¢$9.17 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
202	Seed-2.0-CodeByteDance Seed	0.93¢$9.33 / 1,000	-	279 / 3,062	estimated
203	Command R (08-2024)Cohere	≥0.97¢$9.65 / 1,000	1250	340 / 16,000	estimated capped
204	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥0.97¢$9.65 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
205	A Aion 3.5Aion Labs	0.97¢$9.70 / 1,000	-	1,420 / 907	estimated
206	A Aion-3.0Aion Labs	0.97¢$9.70 / 1,000	-	1,420 / 907	estimated
207	W Palmyra X5Writer	0.99¢$9.93 / 1,000	-	444 / 1,611	estimated
208	o3OpenAI	1.00¢$9.97 / 1,000	1432	283 / 1,175	estimated
209	GPT-4.1OpenAI	1.00¢$9.97 / 1,000	1415	283 / 1,175	estimated
210	WizardLM-2 8x22BMicrosoft	≥1.0¢$10.13 / 1,000	-	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
211	Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI	1.0¢$10.18 / 1,000	-	301 / 2,977	estimated
212	Llama 4 MaverickMeta	≥1.1¢$10.50 / 1,000	1327	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
213	U ReMM SLERP 13BUndi95	≥1.1¢$10.52 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
214	GPT-5.1OpenAI	1.1¢$10.56 / 1,000	1456	283 / 1,021	estimated
215	GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAI	1.1¢$10.78 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,021	estimated
216	GPT-6 SolOpenAI	1.1¢$10.78 / 1,000	1459	283 / 1,021	estimated
217	Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle	1.1¢$11.26 / 1,000	1488	293 / 2,944	estimated best value
218	Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle	1.1¢$11.26 / 1,000	1483	293 / 2,944	estimated
219	N Hermes 3 70B InstructNous Research	≥1.1¢$11.44 / 1,000	-	342 / 16,000	estimated capped
220	Qwen3 VL 8B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥1.2¢$12.09 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
221	GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI	1.2¢$12.10 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
222	GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI	1.2¢$12.10 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
223	GPT-5OpenAI	1.2¢$12.10 / 1,000	1435	283 / 1,175	estimated
224	M Weaver (alpha)Mancer	≥1.2¢$12.14 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
225	S Llama 3.3 Euryale 70BSao10K	≥1.2¢$12.22 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
226	GPT-6.1 Sol ProOpenAI	1.2¢$12.32 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
227	GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI	1.2¢$12.32 / 1,000	1484	283 / 1,175	measured
228	Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle	1.2¢$12.39 / 1,000	1496	293 / 2,944	measured best value
229	GPT-4o (2024-11-20)OpenAI	1.2¢$12.46 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
230	GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI	1.2¢$12.46 / 1,000	1336	283 / 1,175	estimated
231	GPT-4oOpenAI	1.2¢$12.46 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
232	Qwen-PlusAlibaba Qwen	≥1.3¢$12.57 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
233	S Sakana NamazuSakana	1.3¢$12.59 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
234	T InklingThinkingmachines	1.3¢$12.65 / 1,000	1441	276 / 3,055	estimated
235	GPT-5.6 Terra ProOpenAI	1.3¢$12.82 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,021	estimated
236	GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI	1.3¢$12.82 / 1,000	1466	283 / 1,021	estimated
237	Qwen3 Coder NextAlibaba Qwen	≥1.3¢$12.84 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
238	GLM 4.5VZ.ai	1.3¢$12.85 / 1,000	1352	289 / 7,041	estimated
239	Muse Spark OpenMeta	1.3¢$12.88 / 1,000	-	293 / 2,944	estimated
240	Muse Spark 1.3Meta	1.3¢$12.88 / 1,000	1494	293 / 2,944	estimated
241	Muse Spark 1.2Meta	1.3¢$12.88 / 1,000	1493	293 / 2,944	estimated
242	Muse Spark 1.1Meta	1.3¢$12.88 / 1,000	1490	293 / 2,944	estimated
243	U Pareto 26.9Unbiased	1.3¢$13.15 / 1,000	-	442 / 1,606	estimated
244	GLM 4.7Z.ai	1.4¢$14.10 / 1,000	1441	289 / 7,041	estimated
245	GLM 4.6Z.ai	1.4¢$14.23 / 1,000	1424	289 / 7,041	estimated
246	GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI	1.5¢$14.79 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,021	estimated
247	GPT-5.2OpenAI	1.5¢$14.79 / 1,000	1437	283 / 1,021	estimated
248	GLM 4.5Z.ai	1.6¢$15.66 / 1,000	1411	289 / 7,041	estimated
249	Qwen3 Coder FlashAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$15.67 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
250	MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeedXiaomi	1.6¢$15.95 / 1,000	-	444 / 1,611	estimated
251	GPT-5.4OpenAI	1.6¢$16.02 / 1,000	1475	283 / 1,021	estimated
252	Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$16.05 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
253	Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$16.05 / 1,000	1394	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
254	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$16.10 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
255	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$16.10 / 1,000	1388	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
256	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$16.23 / 1,000	1271	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
257	Qwen2.5 VL 72B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$16.28 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
258	GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI	1.7¢$16.95 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
259	GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI	1.7¢$16.95 / 1,000	1476	283 / 1,175	estimated
260	Command ACohere	1.7¢$17.16 / 1,000	1354	442 / 1,605	estimated
261	Command R+ (08-2024)Cohere	1.7¢$17.16 / 1,000	1276	442 / 1,605	estimated
262	GLM 5.2Z.ai	1.7¢$17.22 / 1,000	1476	289 / 7,041	estimated
263	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥1.8¢$17.63 / 1,000	1398	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
264	Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba Qwen	≥1.8¢$18.06 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
265	GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI	1.9¢$19.04 / 1,000	1346	283 / 1,175	estimated
266	Mistral Large 2407Mistral	1.9¢$19.04 / 1,000	1314	285 / 3,079	estimated
267	Mixtral 8x22B InstructMistral	1.9¢$19.04 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
268	Mistral LargeMistral	1.9¢$19.04 / 1,000	-	285 / 3,079	estimated
269	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Qwen	≥1.9¢$19.25 / 1,000	1369	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
270	Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba Qwen	≥2.1¢$20.59 / 1,000	1456	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
271	Nova Premier 1.0Amazon	2.1¢$20.95 / 1,000	-	435 / 1,589	estimated
272	GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAI	2.2¢$21.55 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,021	estimated
273	GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI	2.2¢$21.55 / 1,000	1485	283 / 1,021	estimated
274	GLM 5.1Z.ai	2.2¢$21.66 / 1,000	1465	289 / 7,041	estimated
275	Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic	2.2¢$22.08 / 1,000	1414	454 / 4,325	estimated
276	GLM 5Z.ai	2.3¢$22.82 / 1,000	1457	289 / 7,041	estimated
277	Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral	2.4¢$23.52 / 1,000	1426	285 / 3,079	estimated
278	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba Qwen	≥2.5¢$25.05 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
279	Sonar ProPerplexity	2.5¢$25.35 / 1,000	-	441 / 1,602	estimated
280	GLM 5V TurboZ.ai	2.9¢$28.51 / 1,000	1434	289 / 7,041	estimated
281	GLM 5 TurboZ.ai	2.9¢$28.51 / 1,000	-	289 / 7,041	estimated
282	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Alibaba Qwen	≥2.9¢$28.90 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
283	Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle	2.9¢$29.36 / 1,000	1478	293 / 3,213	estimated
284	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥3.0¢$30.47 / 1,000	1413	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
285	Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba Qwen	≥3.1¢$31.31 / 1,000	1443	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
286	GPT-5.5OpenAI	3.2¢$32.04 / 1,000	1481	283 / 1,021	estimated
287	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba Qwen	≥3.2¢$32.09 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
288	Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle	3.2¢$32.50 / 1,000	1445	293 / 3,213	estimated
289	Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google	3.2¢$32.50 / 1,000	-	293 / 3,213	estimated
290	Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle	3.3¢$32.72 / 1,000	1524	293 / 3,213	estimated best value
291	Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba Qwen	≥3.3¢$33.37 / 1,000	1416	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
292	GLM 5.3Z.ai	3.4¢$33.82 / 1,000	1478	289 / 7,041	estimated
293	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba Qwen	≥3.5¢$35.28 / 1,000	1438	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
294	Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity	3.6¢$35.51 / 1,000	-	454 / 4,325	estimated
295	Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexity	3.6¢$35.51 / 1,000	-	454 / 4,325	estimated
296	Kimi K3Moonshot AI	3.7¢$36.63 / 1,000	1487	279 / 3,062	estimated
297	GPT Chat LatestOpenAI	3.7¢$36.67 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
298	GPT-4 TurboOpenAI	3.8¢$38.08 / 1,000	1324	283 / 1,175	estimated
299	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle	3.9¢$39.14 / 1,000	-	293 / 3,213	estimated
300	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	3.9¢$39.14 / 1,000	1487	293 / 3,213	measured
301	Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba Qwen	≥4.2¢$41.69 / 1,000	1409	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
302	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	4.2¢$42.36 / 1,000	1461	454 / 4,145	estimated
303	Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic	4.4¢$44.16 / 1,000	1475	454 / 4,325	measured
304	F Ember-1Fireworks	4.7¢$46.77 / 1,000	-	279 / 3,062	estimated
305	Sonar Pro SearchPerplexity	4.9¢$49.07 / 1,000	-	293 / 3,213	estimated
306	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba Qwen	≥5.6¢$56.16 / 1,000	1400	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
307	Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba Qwen	≥5.8¢$57.77 / 1,000	1442	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
308	GPT-6 AstraOpenAI	6.2¢$61.58 / 1,000	1477	283 / 1,175	estimated
309	GPT-6 Astra ProOpenAI	6.2¢$61.58 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
310	GLM 5.3 PrimeZ.ai	6.3¢$62.77 / 1,000	-	289 / 7,041	estimated
311	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	6.4¢$63.54 / 1,000	1472	454 / 4,145	estimated
312	Muse WonderMeta	6.5¢$65.43 / 1,000	1509	293 / 3,213	estimated
313	Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic	6.6¢$66.24 / 1,000	1455	454 / 4,325	estimated
314	Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba Qwen	≥7.1¢$71.31 / 1,000	1474	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
315	o1OpenAI	7.5¢$74.75 / 1,000	1402	283 / 1,175	estimated
316	GPT-4OpenAI	7.9¢$78.99 / 1,000	1288	283 / 1,175	estimated
317	Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic	8.8¢$88.32 / 1,000	1508	454 / 4,325	estimated
318	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba Qwen	≥9.7¢$96.69 / 1,000	1482	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
319	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba Qwen	≥9.7¢$96.69 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
320	S Fugu Ultra v2Sakana	9.8¢$97.86 / 1,000	-	293 / 3,213	estimated
321	S Fugu UltraSakana	9.8¢$97.86 / 1,000	-	293 / 3,213	estimated
322	o3 ProOpenAI	10.0¢$99.66 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
323	Claude Opus 5Anthropic	11¢$106 / 1,000	1490	454 / 4,145	estimated
324	Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic	11¢$106 / 1,000	1482	454 / 4,145	estimated
325	Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic	11¢$106 / 1,000	1501	454 / 4,145	estimated
326	Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic	11¢$106 / 1,000	1503	454 / 4,145	estimated
327	Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic	11¢$110 / 1,000	1470	454 / 4,325	estimated
328	GPT-5 ProOpenAI	15¢$145 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
329	Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba Qwen	≥19¢$193 / 1,000	-	345 / 16,000	estimated capped
330	GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI	20¢$203 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
331	GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI	22¢$220 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
332	GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI	22¢$220 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated
333	Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic	22¢$221 / 1,000	1502	454 / 4,325	estimated
334	Claude Fable 5Anthropic	22¢$221 / 1,000	1504	454 / 4,325	estimated
335	Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic	33¢$331 / 1,000	1448	454 / 4,325	estimated
336	o1-proOpenAI	75¢$747 / 1,000	-	283 / 1,175	estimated

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How the price is spread

Number of models per price band (log scale). Most models cluster in a narrow band; a few frontier and reasoning-heavy models cost 100x more.

FAQ

How much does it cost to write 10 product descriptions with AI?

On Oct 18, 2026 it costs from 0.04¢ with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash to 22¢ with Claude Fable 5.1 among popular models. The median of 336 models is 0.59¢ per task.

What is the cheapest AI to write 10 product descriptions?

The cheapest model overall is Summarize at <0.01¢; the cheapest popular model is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at 0.04¢. The best value among popular models (cheap and highly rated) is Gemini 3.8 Flash at 1.2¢.

Why do reasoning models cost more for the same task?

Reasoning (thinking) tokens are billed as output tokens even though you never see them. On some tasks a model thinks for thousands of tokens before a short answer, which can multiply the cost.

How is the cost calculated?

Ten e-commerce product descriptions of about 80 words each from short specs. We send the same prompt (155 words of input) to every measured model through OpenRouter with default settings and record the input, output and reasoning tokens it uses.