LLM API guides, pricing and model selection

Practical guides for LLM pricing, model selection, scenario cost, provider comparisons, and calculator workflows.

Pricing guidesModel selection
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LLM API pricing guide

Understand input tokens, output tokens, cache pricing, batch discounts, context windows, and route differences before choosing an LLM API.

Start with workload shape
Separate input and output cost
Check cache, batch, and context
Open guide
Calculator5 min

ChatGPT API cost calculator guide

Estimate ChatGPT and GPT API costs from monthly requests, token volume, cache hit ratio, and batch usage.

Use realistic token countsModel upgrades change both quality and price
Provider5 min

Claude API pricing guide

Compare Claude Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku pricing for coding agents, long-running workflows, chat, and high-volume automation.

Opus for hard workSonnet for balance
Provider7 min

Gemini API pricing guide

Compare Gemini Pro and Flash options for long context, multimodal prompts, high-volume chat, and cost-sensitive workloads without relying on headline price alone.

Long context changes the budgetUse Flash for efficiency candidates
Pricing4 min

How to find the cheapest LLM API

Find low-cost LLM APIs without ignoring context, output price, quality signals, free-route limits, and production reliability.

Avoid headline-price trapsTreat free routes carefully
Comparison6 min

How to choose an LLM model

Choose an LLM model by balancing price, quality, context window, output limit, latency, route, source confidence, and required capabilities.

Define the jobSet hard constraints
Calculator5 min

RAG cost calculator guide

Estimate RAG pipeline cost by separating retrieved context tokens, user prompt tokens, generated output, cache reuse, and long-context model pricing.

Measure retrieved contextUse cache where prompts repeat
Comparison6 min

Coding agent model comparison guide

Compare GPT Codex, Claude Sonnet, Qwen Coder, DeepSeek, Grok Code, and other coding models by cost, context, tool support, and output budget.

Budget for iterationsContext is a hard limit
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