LLMCost

Bulk Translation LLM Cost

High-volume content translation. Monthly estimates at 20,000 requests/mo, avg 1,500 input / 1,500 output tokens per request.

#ModelEst. monthly costvs cheapest
1Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash$4.80
2DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731$7.801.6×
3OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano$13.502.8×
4Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$15.003.1×
5OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)$21.004.4×
6OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)$21.004.4×
7DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp$26.405.5×
8Meta: Llama 4 Maverick$30.006.3×
9Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)$33.757.0×
10OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna$42.008.8×
11Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)$42.008.8×
12OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro$42.008.8×
13OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano$43.509.1×
14Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus$48.0010.0×
15Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)$52.5010.9×
16DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1$66.0013.8×
17Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash$67.5014.1×
18OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini$67.5014.1×
19Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)$67.5014.1×
20Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B$68.2514.2×
21Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$84.0017.5×
22Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash$84.0017.5×
23DeepSeek: R1$96.0020.0×
24Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B$102.0021.3×
25Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)$105.0021.9×
26Amazon: Nova Pro 1.0$120.0025.0×
27DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813$134.6428.0×
28Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash$135.0028.1×
29OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini$157.5032.8×
30OpenAI: o4 Mini$165.0034.4×
31OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)$180.0037.5×
32OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)$180.0037.5×
33Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)$180.0037.5×
34OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch)$210.0043.8×
35OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)$210.0043.8×
36Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B$240.0050.0×
37SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6$240.0050.0×
38Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max$240.0050.0×
39SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5$240.0050.0×
40OpenAI: o3$300.0062.5×
41Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash$315.0065.6×
42OpenAI: GPT-5$337.5070.3×
43Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro$337.5070.3×
44OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol$360.0075.0×
45Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5$360.0075.0×
46OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro$360.0075.0×
47OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro$420.0087.5×
48OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra$420.0087.5×
49Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)$420.0087.5×
50Claude Opus 5 (batch)$450.0093.8×
51Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)$450.0093.8×
52OpenAI: GPT-5.4$525.00109.4×
53Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5$540.00112.5×
54Claude Opus 5$900.00187.5×
55Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (batch)$900.00187.5×
56Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8$900.00187.5×
57OpenAI: GPT-5.5$1050.00218.8×
58Anthropic: Claude Fable 5$1800.00375.0×
59Claude Opus 5 (Fast)$1800.00375.0×
60Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)$1800.00375.0×
61Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1$2700.00562.5×
62OpenAI: GPT-5 Pro$4050.00843.8×
63OpenAI: GPT-5.5 Pro$6300.001312.5×

Cost-saving tips for bulk translations

  • Balanced in/out ratio means both prices matter — compare blended cost.
  • Mid-tier models match frontier quality for most language pairs.
  • Glossary/prompt reuse benefits heavily from prompt caching.

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