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How much does it cost to write a SQL query with AI?

Q: How much does it cost to write a SQL query with AI?

On Oct 18, 2026 it costs from 0.03¢ with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash to 5.5¢ with Claude Fable 5.1 among popular models. The median of 336 models is 0.22¢ per task.

Q: What is the cheapest AI to write a SQL query?

The cheapest model overall is Summarize at <0.01¢; the cheapest popular model is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at 0.03¢. The best value among popular models (cheap and highly rated) is Claude Opus 5.5 at 2.2¢.

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?

A natural-language question turned into a SQL query for a 4-table schema, with a short explanation. We send the same prompt (66 words of input) to every measured model through OpenRouter with default settings and record the input, output and reasoning tokens it uses.

Between 0.03¢ (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash) and 5.5¢ (Claude Fable 5.1) among popular models. The median across all 336 models is 0.22¢.

Cheapest popular0.03¢

Median0.22¢

Priciest popular5.5¢

1,000 tasks, cheapest$0.32

1,000 tasks, median$2.16

Models priced336

Full ranking: 336 models

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

#	Model	Cost per task	WebDev score	Tokens in / out	Basis
1	S SummarizeScaledown	<0.01¢$0.0071 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
2	S ExtractScaledown	<0.01¢$0.0071 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
3	gpt-oss-20bOpenAI	<0.01¢$0.04 / 1,000	1317	126 / 459	estimated best value
4	Mistral NemoMistral	<0.01¢$0.10 / 1,000	-	121 / 3,158	estimated
5	S Llama 3 8B LunarisSao10K	0.01¢$0.14 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
6	gpt-oss-safeguard-20bOpenAI	0.01¢$0.15 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
7	Gemma 3 4BGoogle	0.02¢$0.17 / 1,000	1303	135 / 1,589	estimated
8	I Ling 3.0 FlashInclusionai	0.02¢$0.17 / 1,000	-	176 / 2,629	estimated
9	GPT-5 NanoOpenAI	0.02¢$0.19 / 1,000	1338	126 / 459	estimated best value
10	N Nex-N2.5-MiniNex Agi	0.02¢$0.22 / 1,000	-	145 / 2,129	estimated
11	Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta	0.02¢$0.22 / 1,000	1211	175 / 2,626	estimated
12	Gemma 3 12BGoogle	0.02¢$0.25 / 1,000	1342	135 / 1,589	estimated best value
13	Mistral Small 3Mistral	0.03¢$0.26 / 1,000	1274	121 / 3,158	estimated
14	R Reka EdgeRekaai	0.03¢$0.28 / 1,000	-	175 / 2,626	estimated
15	gpt-oss-120bOpenAI	0.03¢$0.29 / 1,000	1352	126 / 459	estimated best value
16	Granite 4.0 MicroIBM	0.03¢$0.30 / 1,000	-	175 / 2,626	estimated
17	G MythoMax 13BGryphe	0.03¢$0.30 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
18	DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek	0.03¢$0.32 / 1,000	1618	145 / 2,129	measured best value
19	I Mercury 2.5Inception	0.03¢$0.32 / 1,000	-	140 / 2,117	estimated
20	GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai	0.03¢$0.33 / 1,000	1606	128 / 1,596	measured
21	GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI	0.03¢$0.33 / 1,000	1322	126 / 782	estimated
22	P Laguna XS 2.1Poolside	0.03¢$0.33 / 1,000	-	180 / 2,637	estimated
23	Ministral 3 3B 2512Mistral	0.03¢$0.33 / 1,000	-	121 / 3,158	estimated
24	Muse Spark 1.3 ContributorMeta	0.03¢$0.33 / 1,000	-	128 / 1,596	estimated
25	Muse Spark 1.2 ContributorMeta	0.03¢$0.33 / 1,000	-	128 / 1,596	estimated
26	R Reka Flash 3Rekaai	0.03¢$0.33 / 1,000	-	128 / 1,596	estimated
27	Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.03¢$0.35 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
28	Gemma 4 26B A4B Google	0.04¢$0.37 / 1,000	1360	135 / 1,589	estimated
29	Nova Micro 1.0Amazon	0.04¢$0.37 / 1,000	-	171 / 2,618	estimated
30	Phi 4Microsoft	0.04¢$0.38 / 1,000	1256	175 / 2,626	estimated
31	I Schematron V2 TurboInference Net	0.04¢$0.40 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,631	estimated
32	Command R7B (12-2024)Cohere	0.04¢$0.40 / 1,000	-	174 / 2,624	estimated
33	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek	0.04¢$0.40 / 1,000	1581	145 / 2,129	estimated
34	GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAI	0.04¢$0.40 / 1,000	-	126 / 782	estimated
35	GPT-6 LunaOpenAI	0.04¢$0.40 / 1,000	1578	126 / 782	measured
36	Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba Qwen	0.04¢$0.41 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
37	U Solar Mini 4Upstage	0.04¢$0.43 / 1,000	-	144 / 2,127	estimated
38	Hy-MT2-1.8BTencent	0.05¢$0.47 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
39	I Ling 3.0 Flash VLInclusionai	0.05¢$0.48 / 1,000	-	176 / 2,629	estimated
40	GPT-4o-miniOpenAI	0.05¢$0.49 / 1,000	-	126 / 782	estimated
41	GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAI	0.05¢$0.49 / 1,000	1318	126 / 782	estimated
42	P Laguna S 2.1Poolside	0.05¢$0.49 / 1,000	-	180 / 2,637	estimated
43	Step 3.5 FlashStepFun	0.05¢$0.49 / 1,000	1393	127 / 1,594	estimated
44	Ministral 3 8B 2512Mistral	0.05¢$0.49 / 1,000	-	121 / 3,158	estimated
45	Llama Guard 4 12BMeta	0.05¢$0.50 / 1,000	-	175 / 2,626	estimated
46	U Solar Pro 4Upstage	0.05¢$0.52 / 1,000	1371	130 / 1,413	estimated
47	Llama 3.2 1B InstructMeta	0.05¢$0.53 / 1,000	1111	175 / 2,626	estimated
48	Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA	0.05¢$0.54 / 1,000	1351	178 / 2,633	estimated
49	Granite 4.2 8BIBM	0.05¢$0.54 / 1,000	1290	145 / 2,130	estimated
50	UI-TARS 7B ByteDance	0.05¢$0.54 / 1,000	-	175 / 2,626	estimated
51	N Nex-N2.5-ProNex Agi	0.05¢$0.54 / 1,000	-	145 / 2,129	estimated
52	Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.05¢$0.54 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
53	Nemotron 3.5 Content SafetyNVIDIA	0.06¢$0.56 / 1,000	-	178 / 2,633	estimated
54	Gemma 3 27BGoogle	0.06¢$0.57 / 1,000	1366	135 / 1,589	estimated
55	Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance Seed	0.06¢$0.58 / 1,000	-	132 / 1,422	estimated
56	I Ling 3.1 FlashInclusionai	0.06¢$0.60 / 1,000	-	176 / 2,629	estimated
57	I Schematron V2 SmallInference Net	0.06¢$0.61 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,631	estimated
58	Nova Lite 1.0Amazon	0.06¢$0.64 / 1,000	1260	171 / 2,618	estimated
59	Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA	0.06¢$0.64 / 1,000	1314	178 / 2,633	estimated
60	GLM 4.7 FlashZ.ai	0.06¢$0.65 / 1,000	1364	128 / 1,596	estimated
61	Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle	0.06¢$0.65 / 1,000	1375	135 / 1,589	estimated
62	Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA	0.07¢$0.65 / 1,000	1360	133 / 1,426	estimated
63	Qwen3 14BAlibaba Qwen	0.07¢$0.65 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
64	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek	0.07¢$0.65 / 1,000	-	145 / 2,129	estimated
65	Ministral 3 14B 2512Mistral	0.07¢$0.66 / 1,000	-	121 / 3,158	estimated
66	Gemma 4 31BGoogle	0.07¢$0.66 / 1,000	1367	135 / 1,589	estimated
67	Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.07¢$0.70 / 1,000	1244	177 / 2,630	estimated
68	C UncensoredCognitivecomputations	0.07¢$0.70 / 1,000	-	278 / 719	estimated
69	P Ternary Bonsai 2 27BPrism Ml	0.07¢$0.72 / 1,000	-	132 / 1,420	estimated
70	T Skyfall 36B V2Thedrummer	0.07¢$0.73 / 1,000	-	278 / 719	estimated
71	MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi	0.07¢$0.74 / 1,000	1625	274 / 708	estimated best value
72	MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi	0.07¢$0.74 / 1,000	1481	274 / 708	estimated
73	MiniMax M2.5MiniMax	0.07¢$0.74 / 1,000	1386	272 / 702	estimated
74	Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.07¢$0.75 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
75	Qwen3 32BAlibaba Qwen	0.08¢$0.75 / 1,000	1347	177 / 2,630	estimated
76	MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi	0.08¢$0.76 / 1,000	1634	175 / 2,626	estimated best value
77	MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi	0.08¢$0.76 / 1,000	1438	175 / 2,626	estimated
78	MiniMax M2MiniMax	0.08¢$0.79 / 1,000	1297	272 / 702	estimated
79	Hy-MT2-30B-A3BTencent	0.08¢$0.79 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
80	Hy-MT2-7BTencent	0.08¢$0.79 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
81	Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral	0.08¢$0.80 / 1,000	1356	121 / 3,158	estimated
82	Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance Seed	0.08¢$0.80 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
83	Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Alibaba Qwen	0.08¢$0.80 / 1,000	1382	177 / 2,630	estimated
84	Llama 4 ScoutMeta	0.08¢$0.81 / 1,000	1322	175 / 2,626	estimated
85	MiniMax-01MiniMax	0.08¢$0.83 / 1,000	-	272 / 702	estimated
86	S Llama 3.1 Euryale 70B v2.2Sao10K	0.08¢$0.83 / 1,000	-	272 / 702	estimated
87	Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic	0.08¢$0.84 / 1,000	1585	182 / 1,650	measured
88	Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta	0.09¢$0.86 / 1,000	1318	175 / 2,626	estimated
89	U Solar Pro 3Upstage	0.09¢$0.87 / 1,000	-	130 / 1,413	estimated
90	Llama 3.2 3B InstructMeta	0.09¢$0.88 / 1,000	1167	175 / 2,626	estimated
91	Hy3Tencent	0.09¢$0.90 / 1,000	1506	182 / 1,650	estimated
92	DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek	0.09¢$0.91 / 1,000	1272	145 / 2,129	estimated
93	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek	0.09¢$0.92 / 1,000	1582	145 / 2,129	estimated
94	MiniMax M3MiniMax	0.09¢$0.92 / 1,000	1482	272 / 702	measured
95	MiniMax M2.7MiniMax	0.09¢$0.92 / 1,000	1399	272 / 702	estimated
96	MiniMax M2-herMiniMax	0.09¢$0.92 / 1,000	-	272 / 702	estimated
97	MiniMax M2.1MiniMax	0.09¢$0.92 / 1,000	1384	272 / 702	estimated
98	M LongCat 2.0Meituan	0.09¢$0.93 / 1,000	-	274 / 707	estimated
99	DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek	0.09¢$0.93 / 1,000	1362	145 / 2,129	estimated
100	GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI	0.09¢$0.95 / 1,000	1244	126 / 459	estimated
101	GPT-5 MiniOpenAI	0.09¢$0.95 / 1,000	1390	126 / 459	estimated
102	Voxtral Small 24B 2507Mistral	0.10¢$0.96 / 1,000	-	121 / 3,158	estimated
103	GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI	0.10¢$0.96 / 1,000	-	126 / 782	estimated
104	GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI	0.10¢$0.96 / 1,000	1519	126 / 782	estimated
105	SonarPerplexity	0.10¢$0.97 / 1,000	-	272 / 702	estimated
106	N Hermes 3 405B InstructNous Research	0.10¢$0.98 / 1,000	-	274 / 708	estimated
107	GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI	0.10¢$1.00 / 1,000	1401	126 / 782	estimated
108	Hy3 previewTencent	0.10¢$1.02 / 1,000	1357	182 / 1,650	estimated
109	Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA	0.11¢$1.07 / 1,000	-	178 / 2,633	estimated
110	M Morph V3 FastMorph	0.11¢$1.08 / 1,000	-	276 / 712	estimated
111	I Mercury 2Inception	0.11¢$1.08 / 1,000	1171	127 / 1,398	estimated
112	R Relace Apply 3Relace	0.11¢$1.11 / 1,000	-	272 / 702	estimated
113	P Perceptron Mk1Perceptron	0.11¢$1.11 / 1,000	-	276 / 712	estimated
114	Qwen2.5 72B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.11¢$1.12 / 1,000	1303	177 / 2,630	estimated
115	Llama 3.1 70B InstructMeta	0.11¢$1.12 / 1,000	1293	175 / 2,626	estimated
116	Gemma 2 27BGoogle	0.11¢$1.12 / 1,000	1290	135 / 1,589	estimated
117	LFM2.5-24B-A2BLiquid AI	0.11¢$1.12 / 1,000	-	128 / 1,596	estimated
118	T UnslopNemo 12BThedrummer	0.11¢$1.12 / 1,000	-	178 / 2,633	estimated
119	Command A+Cohere	0.11¢$1.14 / 1,000	-	272 / 704	estimated
120	GPT-3.5 TurboOpenAI	0.12¢$1.24 / 1,000	-	126 / 782	estimated
121	Qwen3.8 Omni FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.13¢$1.26 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
122	Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.13¢$1.26 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	measured
123	A Trinity Large ThinkingArcee AI	0.13¢$1.29 / 1,000	1238	122 / 1,576	estimated
124	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek	0.13¢$1.30 / 1,000	-	145 / 2,129	estimated
125	GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI	0.13¢$1.30 / 1,000	1383	126 / 782	estimated
126	Qwen3 30B A3BAlibaba Qwen	0.13¢$1.34 / 1,000	1327	177 / 2,630	estimated
127	A Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)Aion Labs	0.14¢$1.35 / 1,000	-	274 / 707	estimated
128	T Cydonia 24B V4.1Thedrummer	0.14¢$1.37 / 1,000	-	178 / 2,633	estimated
129	GLM 4.5 AirZ.ai	0.14¢$1.37 / 1,000	1373	128 / 1,596	estimated
130	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek	0.14¢$1.41 / 1,000	-	145 / 2,129	estimated
131	Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Alibaba Qwen	0.15¢$1.46 / 1,000	1422	177 / 2,630	estimated
132	GLM 4.6VZ.ai	0.15¢$1.47 / 1,000	1378	128 / 1,596	estimated
133	Seed 1.6ByteDance Seed	0.15¢$1.50 / 1,000	-	276 / 714	estimated
134	Hunyuan A13B InstructTencent	0.15¢$1.52 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
135	Command R (08-2024)Cohere	0.16¢$1.60 / 1,000	1250	174 / 2,624	estimated
136	M Morph V3 LargeMorph	0.16¢$1.60 / 1,000	-	276 / 712	estimated
137	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.16¢$1.60 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
138	GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)OpenAI	0.17¢$1.69 / 1,000	-	126 / 782	estimated
139	MiniMax M1MiniMax	0.17¢$1.69 / 1,000	1364	272 / 702	estimated
140	WizardLM-2 8x22BMicrosoft	0.17¢$1.74 / 1,000	-	175 / 2,626	estimated
141	Llama 4 MaverickMeta	0.17¢$1.75 / 1,000	1327	175 / 2,626	estimated
142	GPT-3.5 Turbo InstructOpenAI	0.18¢$1.75 / 1,000	-	126 / 782	estimated
143	U ReMM SLERP 13BUndi95	0.18¢$1.77 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
144	Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistral	0.18¢$1.80 / 1,000	1303	121 / 3,158	estimated
145	Kimi K2 0711Moonshot AI	0.18¢$1.80 / 1,000	1418	276 / 714	estimated
146	Nova 2 LiteAmazon	0.18¢$1.81 / 1,000	1335	268 / 693	estimated
147	M Moondream 3 PreviewMoondream	0.18¢$1.84 / 1,000	-	272 / 702	estimated
148	M Moondream 3.1Moondream	0.18¢$1.84 / 1,000	-	272 / 702	estimated
149	Step 3.7 FlashStepFun	0.19¢$1.87 / 1,000	-	137 / 1,598	estimated
150	Mistral Small 4Mistral	0.19¢$1.91 / 1,000	-	121 / 3,158	estimated
151	SabaMistral	0.19¢$1.92 / 1,000	-	121 / 3,158	estimated
152	Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance Seed	0.19¢$1.92 / 1,000	-	276 / 714	estimated
153	Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI	0.19¢$1.92 / 1,000	1437	276 / 714	estimated
154	DeepSeek V3DeepSeek	0.19¢$1.94 / 1,000	1358	145 / 2,129	estimated
155	Muse Glimmer 30BMeta	0.19¢$1.95 / 1,000	-	135 / 1,589	estimated
156	Kimi K2 0905Moonshot AI	0.20¢$1.95 / 1,000	1419	276 / 714	estimated
157	N Hermes 3 70B InstructNous Research	0.20¢$1.96 / 1,000	-	175 / 2,626	estimated
158	Qwen3 VL 8B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.20¢$2.02 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
159	GLM 5.3 FlashXZ.ai	0.20¢$2.04 / 1,000	-	128 / 1,596	estimated
160	M Weaver (alpha)Mancer	0.20¢$2.04 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
161	DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek	0.21¢$2.06 / 1,000	1417	145 / 2,129	estimated
162	S Llama 3.3 Euryale 70BSao10K	0.21¢$2.09 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
163	Qwen-PlusAlibaba Qwen	0.21¢$2.10 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
164	Qwen3 Coder NextAlibaba Qwen	0.21¢$2.13 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
165	o4 Mini HighOpenAI	0.22¢$2.16 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
166	o4 MiniOpenAI	0.22¢$2.16 / 1,000	1391	126 / 459	estimated
167	o3 Mini HighOpenAI	0.22¢$2.16 / 1,000	1364	126 / 459	estimated
168	o3 MiniOpenAI	0.22¢$2.16 / 1,000	1348	126 / 459	estimated
169	DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeek	0.22¢$2.17 / 1,000	1416	145 / 2,129	estimated
170	GPT-3.5 Turbo 16kOpenAI	0.22¢$2.21 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
171	E GlimpseElorian	0.23¢$2.27 / 1,000	-	272 / 702	estimated
172	A Aion 3.5 MiniAion Labs	0.23¢$2.34 / 1,000	-	137 / 1,600	estimated
173	A Aion-3.0-MiniAion Labs	0.23¢$2.34 / 1,000	-	137 / 1,600	estimated
174	R Relace SearchRelace	0.24¢$2.38 / 1,000	-	272 / 702	estimated
175	N Hermes 4 405BNous Research	0.24¢$2.40 / 1,000	-	274 / 708	estimated
176	Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogle	0.24¢$2.42 / 1,000	-	135 / 1,589	estimated
177	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle	0.24¢$2.42 / 1,000	1257	135 / 1,589	estimated
178	Nova Pro 1.0Amazon	0.24¢$2.43 / 1,000	1290	268 / 693	estimated
179	DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek	0.25¢$2.47 / 1,000	1395	145 / 2,129	estimated
180	U Pareto 26.10Unbiased	0.25¢$2.47 / 1,000	-	273 / 704	estimated
181	Qwen3 Coder FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.26¢$2.60 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
182	Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI	0.26¢$2.61 / 1,000	1510	276 / 714	estimated
183	Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba Qwen	0.27¢$2.66 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
184	Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba Qwen	0.27¢$2.66 / 1,000	1254	177 / 2,630	estimated
185	A Aion-2.0Aion Labs	0.27¢$2.67 / 1,000	-	137 / 1,600	estimated
186	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Qwen	0.27¢$2.68 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
187	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BAlibaba Qwen	0.27¢$2.68 / 1,000	1275	177 / 2,630	estimated
188	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.27¢$2.75 / 1,000	1271	177 / 2,630	estimated
189	Qwen2.5 VL 72B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.28¢$2.77 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
190	Codestral 2508Mistral	0.29¢$2.88 / 1,000	-	121 / 3,158	estimated
191	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.29¢$2.91 / 1,000	1398	177 / 2,630	estimated
192	GLM 4.5VZ.ai	0.29¢$2.95 / 1,000	1352	128 / 1,596	estimated
193	Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba Qwen	0.30¢$2.99 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
194	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Qwen	0.32¢$3.18 / 1,000	1369	177 / 2,630	estimated
195	GLM 4.7Z.ai	0.32¢$3.23 / 1,000	1435	128 / 1,596	estimated
196	GLM 4.6Z.ai	0.33¢$3.26 / 1,000	1341	128 / 1,596	estimated
197	Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba Qwen	0.34¢$3.42 / 1,000	1456	177 / 2,630	estimated
198	GLM 4.5Z.ai	0.36¢$3.59 / 1,000	1411	128 / 1,596	estimated
199	GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI	0.36¢$3.61 / 1,000	1398	126 / 782	estimated
200	T Inkling SmallThinkingmachines	0.38¢$3.82 / 1,000	1409	117 / 3,143	estimated
201	o3OpenAI	0.39¢$3.92 / 1,000	1432	126 / 459	estimated
202	GPT-4.1OpenAI	0.39¢$3.92 / 1,000	1415	126 / 459	estimated
203	GLM 5.2Z.ai	0.39¢$3.94 / 1,000	1605	128 / 1,596	estimated
204	Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle	0.40¢$4.01 / 1,000	1441	135 / 1,589	estimated
205	Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle	0.40¢$4.01 / 1,000	1409	135 / 1,589	estimated
206	Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI	0.41¢$4.10 / 1,000	-	138 / 1,605	estimated
207	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba Qwen	0.41¢$4.15 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
208	A Magnum v4 72BAnthracite Org	0.42¢$4.22 / 1,000	-	274 / 708	estimated
209	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek	0.43¢$4.31 / 1,000	-	145 / 2,129	estimated
210	W Palmyra X5Writer	0.44¢$4.41 / 1,000	-	274 / 708	estimated
211	Grok Build 0.1xAI	0.44¢$4.42 / 1,000	-	1,372 / 1,522	estimated
212	Step 5 PreviewStepFun	0.45¢$4.45 / 1,000	1565	137 / 1,598	estimated
213	R1 0528DeepSeek	0.46¢$4.65 / 1,000	1421	145 / 2,129	estimated
214	P Perceptron Mk1.5Perceptron	0.47¢$4.74 / 1,000	-	118 / 3,147	estimated
215	GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI	0.47¢$4.75 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
216	GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI	0.47¢$4.75 / 1,000	1337	126 / 459	estimated
217	GPT-5OpenAI	0.47¢$4.75 / 1,000	1418	126 / 459	estimated
218	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Alibaba Qwen	0.48¢$4.79 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
219	Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral	0.48¢$4.80 / 1,000	1230	121 / 3,158	estimated
220	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	0.48¢$4.83 / 1,000	1440	135 / 1,589	estimated
221	GPT-6.1 Sol ProOpenAI	0.48¢$4.84 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
222	GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI	0.48¢$4.84 / 1,000	1756	126 / 459	measured best value
223	R Beam 1.0 501B A23BReflection	0.49¢$4.90 / 1,000	1438	135 / 1,589	estimated
224	GPT-4o (2024-11-20)OpenAI	0.49¢$4.90 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
225	GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI	0.49¢$4.90 / 1,000	1336	126 / 459	estimated
226	GPT-4oOpenAI	0.49¢$4.90 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
227	GLM 5.1Z.ai	0.50¢$4.97 / 1,000	1508	128 / 1,596	estimated
228	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructAlibaba Qwen	0.50¢$5.03 / 1,000	1413	177 / 2,630	estimated
229	Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba Qwen	0.52¢$5.19 / 1,000	1462	177 / 2,630	estimated
230	GLM 5Z.ai	0.52¢$5.24 / 1,000	1435	128 / 1,596	estimated
231	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba Qwen	0.53¢$5.30 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
232	R1DeepSeek	0.54¢$5.42 / 1,000	1398	145 / 2,129	estimated
233	Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic	0.55¢$5.47 / 1,000	1330	182 / 1,057	estimated
234	Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI	0.55¢$5.47 / 1,000	1474	138 / 1,605	estimated
235	Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba Qwen	0.55¢$5.52 / 1,000	1360	177 / 2,630	estimated
236	Grok 4.3xAI	0.55¢$5.52 / 1,000	1358	1,372 / 1,522	estimated
237	Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI	0.55¢$5.52 / 1,000	-	1,372 / 1,522	estimated
238	Grok 4.20xAI	0.55¢$5.52 / 1,000	1376	1,372 / 1,522	estimated
239	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba Qwen	0.58¢$5.83 / 1,000	1593	177 / 2,630	estimated
240	U Pareto 26.9Unbiased	0.60¢$5.96 / 1,000	-	273 / 704	estimated
241	Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle	0.61¢$6.06 / 1,000	1591	135 / 1,589	estimated
242	Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle	0.61¢$6.06 / 1,000	1538	135 / 1,589	estimated
243	Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance Seed	0.63¢$6.33 / 1,000	-	118 / 3,148	estimated
244	Devstral 2 2512Mistral	0.64¢$6.36 / 1,000	1196	121 / 3,158	estimated
245	Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral	0.64¢$6.36 / 1,000	1408	121 / 3,158	estimated
246	Mistral Medium 3Mistral	0.64¢$6.36 / 1,000	1387	121 / 3,158	estimated
247	GLM 5V TurboZ.ai	0.65¢$6.54 / 1,000	1402	128 / 1,596	estimated
248	GLM 5 TurboZ.ai	0.65¢$6.54 / 1,000	-	128 / 1,596	estimated
249	GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI	0.66¢$6.65 / 1,000	1339	126 / 459	estimated
250	GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI	0.66¢$6.65 / 1,000	1476	126 / 459	estimated
251	Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle	0.67¢$6.67 / 1,000	1585	135 / 1,589	measured
252	Mistral Large 4Mistral	0.67¢$6.68 / 1,000	1542	121 / 3,158	measured
253	Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba Qwen	0.69¢$6.88 / 1,000	1358	177 / 2,630	estimated
254	Muse Spark OpenMeta	0.69¢$6.92 / 1,000	1511	135 / 1,589	estimated
255	Muse Spark 1.3Meta	0.69¢$6.92 / 1,000	1658	135 / 1,589	estimated
256	Muse Spark 1.2Meta	0.69¢$6.92 / 1,000	1534	135 / 1,589	estimated
257	Muse Spark 1.1Meta	0.69¢$6.92 / 1,000	1542	135 / 1,589	estimated
258	MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeedXiaomi	0.74¢$7.35 / 1,000	-	274 / 708	estimated
259	GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI	0.75¢$7.51 / 1,000	1346	126 / 459	estimated
260	Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA	0.76¢$7.64 / 1,000	1426	119 / 3,152	estimated
261	GLM 5.3Z.ai	0.77¢$7.67 / 1,000	1621	128 / 1,596	estimated
262	Command ACohere	0.77¢$7.72 / 1,000	1354	272 / 704	estimated
263	Command R+ (08-2024)Cohere	0.77¢$7.72 / 1,000	1276	272 / 704	estimated
264	GPT-5.1OpenAI	0.80¢$7.98 / 1,000	1396	126 / 782	estimated
265	Hy4 previewTencent	0.80¢$8.00 / 1,000	1632	121 / 3,158	estimated
266	GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAI	0.81¢$8.07 / 1,000	-	126 / 782	estimated
267	GPT-6 SolOpenAI	0.81¢$8.07 / 1,000	1683	126 / 782	estimated
268	Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity	0.88¢$8.82 / 1,000	-	182 / 1,057	estimated
269	Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexity	0.88¢$8.82 / 1,000	-	182 / 1,057	estimated
270	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba Qwen	0.93¢$9.28 / 1,000	1400	177 / 2,630	estimated
271	Nova Premier 1.0Amazon	0.93¢$9.33 / 1,000	-	268 / 693	estimated
272	Seed-2.0-CodeByteDance Seed	0.95¢$9.50 / 1,000	-	118 / 3,148	estimated
273	Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba Qwen	0.96¢$9.56 / 1,000	1400	177 / 2,630	estimated
274	GPT-5.6 Terra ProOpenAI	0.96¢$9.64 / 1,000	-	126 / 782	estimated
275	GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI	0.96¢$9.64 / 1,000	1522	126 / 782	estimated
276	Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic	1.1¢$10.93 / 1,000	1768	182 / 1,057	measured best value
277	GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI	1.1¢$11.17 / 1,000	1407	126 / 782	estimated
278	GPT-5.2OpenAI	1.1¢$11.17 / 1,000	1417	126 / 782	estimated
279	Sonar ProPerplexity	1.1¢$11.35 / 1,000	-	272 / 702	estimated
280	Grok 4.7xAI	1.2¢$11.88 / 1,000	1639	1,372 / 1,522	measured
281	S Fugu MaxSakana	1.2¢$11.88 / 1,000	-	1,372 / 1,522	estimated
282	Grok 4.6xAI	1.2¢$11.88 / 1,000	1617	1,372 / 1,522	estimated
283	Grok 4.5xAI	1.2¢$11.88 / 1,000	1553	1,372 / 1,522	estimated
284	Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba Qwen	1.2¢$11.90 / 1,000	1515	177 / 2,630	estimated
285	GPT-5.4OpenAI	1.2¢$12.04 / 1,000	1464	126 / 782	estimated
286	S Sakana NamazuSakana	1.3¢$12.75 / 1,000	-	121 / 3,158	estimated
287	A Aion 3.5Aion Labs	1.3¢$12.80 / 1,000	-	1,278 / 1,494	estimated
288	A Aion-3.0Aion Labs	1.3¢$12.80 / 1,000	-	1,278 / 1,494	estimated
289	T InklingThinkingmachines	1.3¢$12.85 / 1,000	1414	117 / 3,143	estimated
290	GPT Chat LatestOpenAI	1.4¢$14.40 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
291	GLM 5.3 PrimeZ.ai	1.4¢$14.40 / 1,000	-	128 / 1,596	estimated
292	GPT-4 TurboOpenAI	1.5¢$15.03 / 1,000	1324	126 / 459	estimated
293	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba Qwen	1.6¢$16.13 / 1,000	1674	177 / 2,630	estimated
294	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba Qwen	1.6¢$16.13 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
295	GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAI	1.6¢$16.14 / 1,000	-	126 / 782	estimated
296	GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI	1.6¢$16.14 / 1,000	1616	126 / 782	estimated
297	Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic	1.6¢$16.40 / 1,000	1394	182 / 1,057	estimated
298	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	1.7¢$16.86 / 1,000	1540	182 / 1,650	estimated
299	Mistral Large 2407Mistral	1.9¢$19.19 / 1,000	1314	121 / 3,158	estimated
300	Mixtral 8x22B InstructMistral	1.9¢$19.19 / 1,000	-	121 / 3,158	estimated
301	Mistral LargeMistral	1.9¢$19.19 / 1,000	-	121 / 3,158	estimated
302	Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic	2.2¢$21.87 / 1,000	1807	182 / 1,057	estimated best value
303	Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle	2.4¢$23.63 / 1,000	1500	135 / 2,603	estimated
304	Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral	2.4¢$23.87 / 1,000	1264	121 / 3,158	estimated
305	GPT-5.5OpenAI	2.4¢$24.09 / 1,000	1513	126 / 782	estimated
306	GPT-6 AstraOpenAI	2.4¢$24.21 / 1,000	1777	126 / 459	estimated
307	GPT-6 Astra ProOpenAI	2.4¢$24.21 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
308	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	2.5¢$25.30 / 1,000	1523	182 / 1,650	estimated
309	Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle	2.6¢$26.20 / 1,000	1226	135 / 2,603	estimated
310	Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google	2.6¢$26.20 / 1,000	-	135 / 2,603	estimated
311	Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle	2.6¢$26.30 / 1,000	1678	135 / 2,603	estimated
312	Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic	2.7¢$27.34 / 1,000	1494	182 / 1,057	estimated
313	o1OpenAI	2.9¢$29.43 / 1,000	1402	126 / 459	estimated
314	GPT-4OpenAI	3.1¢$31.32 / 1,000	1288	126 / 459	estimated
315	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle	3.2¢$31.51 / 1,000	-	135 / 2,603	estimated
316	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	3.2¢$31.51 / 1,000	1447	135 / 2,603	measured
317	Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba Qwen	3.2¢$32.27 / 1,000	-	177 / 2,630	estimated
318	Kimi K3Moonshot AI	3.8¢$37.61 / 1,000	1655	118 / 3,148	estimated
319	o3 ProOpenAI	3.9¢$39.24 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
320	Sonar Pro SearchPerplexity	3.9¢$39.45 / 1,000	-	135 / 2,603	estimated
321	Claude Opus 5Anthropic	4.2¢$42.16 / 1,000	1689	182 / 1,650	estimated
322	Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic	4.2¢$42.16 / 1,000	1556	182 / 1,650	estimated
323	Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic	4.2¢$42.16 / 1,000	1558	182 / 1,650	estimated
324	Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic	4.2¢$42.16 / 1,000	1547	182 / 1,650	estimated
325	F Ember-1Fireworks	4.8¢$47.57 / 1,000	-	118 / 3,148	estimated
326	Muse WonderMeta	5.3¢$52.60 / 1,000	1650	135 / 2,603	estimated
327	Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic	5.5¢$54.67 / 1,000	1741	182 / 1,057	estimated
328	Claude Fable 5Anthropic	5.5¢$54.67 / 1,000	1625	182 / 1,057	estimated
329	GPT-5 ProOpenAI	5.7¢$56.97 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
330	S Fugu Ultra v2Sakana	7.9¢$78.77 / 1,000	-	135 / 2,603	estimated
331	S Fugu UltraSakana	7.9¢$78.77 / 1,000	-	135 / 2,603	estimated
332	GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI	8.0¢$79.76 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
333	Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic	8.2¢$82.00 / 1,000	1390	182 / 1,057	estimated
334	GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI	8.6¢$86.40 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
335	GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI	8.6¢$86.40 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	estimated
336	o1-proOpenAI	29¢$294 / 1,000	-	126 / 459	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 a SQL query with AI?

On Oct 18, 2026 it costs from 0.03¢ with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash to 5.5¢ with Claude Fable 5.1 among popular models. The median of 336 models is 0.22¢ per task.

What is the cheapest AI to write a SQL query?

The cheapest model overall is Summarize at <0.01¢; the cheapest popular model is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at 0.03¢. The best value among popular models (cheap and highly rated) is Claude Opus 5.5 at 2.2¢.

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?

A natural-language question turned into a SQL query for a 4-table schema, with a short explanation. We send the same prompt (66 words of input) to every measured model through OpenRouter with default settings and record the input, output and reasoning tokens it uses.