Monthly cost, every model
Pick a workload and see what each flagship model would actually cost you per month. Bars are sorted cheapest β priciest. Numbers assume list prices without prompt caching.
Coding agent (5k reqs, 8k/2k tok)
Ox Alpha$0Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash$2.5DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731$5.0OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano$6.0Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$8.0OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)$10.0OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)$10.0DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp$15.4Meta: Llama 4 Maverick$16.0Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)$16.9Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)$18.5OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna$20.0OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro$20.0OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano$20.5Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)$25.0Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus$25.6OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini$30.0Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash$33.8Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)$33.8Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B$36.4Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$37.0Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash$37.0DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1$38.5Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B$46.0Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)$50.0DeepSeek: R1$53.0Amazon: Nova Pro 1.0$64.0Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash$67.5OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini$75.0DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813$78.5OpenAI: o4 Mini$88.0OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)$90.0OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)$90.0Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)$90.0OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch)$100OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)$100Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B$140SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6$140Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max$140SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5$140Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash$150OpenAI: GPT-5$150Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro$150OpenAI: o3$160OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol$180Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5$180OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro$180OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro$200OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra$200Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)$200Claude Opus 5 (batch)$225Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)$225OpenAI: GPT-5.4$250Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5$270Claude Opus 5$450Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (batch)$450Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8$450OpenAI: GPT-5.5$500Anthropic: Claude Fable 5$900Claude Opus 5 (Fast)$900Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)$900Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1$1,350OpenAI: GPT-5 Pro$1,800OpenAI: GPT-5.5 Pro$3,000
For this workload, Ox Alpha costs $0/mo vs OpenAI: GPT-5.5 Pro at $3,000/mo β that's 300000Γ more expensive.
How we compute this
Monthly cost = requests Γ (input tokens Γ input price + output tokens Γ output price) Γ· 1,000,000. Workload presets mirror real-world traffic shapes β see the scenario pages for full breakdowns, or the calculator to plug in your own numbers.