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 V4.1 Flash (batch)$6.001.3×
3Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)$9.001.9×
4OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch)$9.001.9×
5OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna (batch)$9.001.9×
6DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash$12.722.7×
7OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano$13.502.8×
8Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$15.003.1×
9Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5$18.003.8×
10OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna Pro$18.003.8×
11OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna$18.003.8×
12Qwen: Qwen3.8 Omni Flash$18.603.9×
13Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash$18.603.9×
14DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017$22.504.7×
15Meta: Llama 4 Maverick$25.205.3×
16DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp$25.875.4×
17DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1$36.007.5×
18Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B$41.708.7×
19OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna$42.008.8×
20OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano$43.509.1×
21DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731$52.8011.0×
22OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini$67.5014.1×
23Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)$67.5014.1×
24Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)$67.5014.1×
25DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813$79.2016.5×
26Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$84.0017.5×
27Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash$84.0017.5×
28Amazon: Nova Pro 1.0$120.0025.0×
29Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash$135.0028.1×
30Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash$135.0028.1×
31Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash$148.5030.9×
32OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini$157.5032.8×
33OpenAI: o4 Mini$165.0034.4×
34Mistral: Mistral Large 4$166.2034.6×
35Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch)$180.0037.5×
36OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro (batch)$180.0037.5×
37OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol (batch)$180.0037.5×
38Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)$180.0037.5×
39OpenAI: GPT-6 Sol Pro (batch)$180.0037.5×
40OpenAI: GPT-6 Sol (batch)$180.0037.5×
41xAI: Grok 4.7$240.0050.0×
42Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max (0902)$240.0050.0×
43Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B$240.0050.0×
44xAI: Grok 4.6$240.0050.0×
45Google: Nano Banana 2.1$270.0056.3×
46OpenAI: o3$300.0062.5×
47Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash$315.0065.6×
48OpenAI: GPT-5$337.5070.3×
49Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro$337.5070.3×
50Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5$360.0075.0×
51Google: Gemini 4 Argon$360.0075.0×
52OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro$360.0075.0×
53OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol$360.0075.0×
54Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5$360.0075.0×
55OpenAI: GPT-6 Sol Pro$360.0075.0×
56OpenAI: GPT-6 Sol$360.0075.0×
57Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)$360.0075.0×
58OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro$420.0087.5×
59Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)$450.0093.8×
60Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime$480.00100.0×
61OpenAI: GPT-5.4$525.00109.4×
62Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5$540.00112.5×
63OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol$720.00150.0×
64Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5$720.00150.0×
65Anthropic: Claude Opus 5$900.00187.5×
66OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)$900.00187.5×
67OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra Pro (batch)$900.00187.5×
68Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)$900.00187.5×
69OpenAI: GPT-5.5$1050.00218.8×
70Anthropic: Claude Fable 5$1800.00375.0×
71OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra$1800.00375.0×
72OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra Pro$1800.00375.0×
73Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1$1800.00375.0×
74Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1$2700.00562.5×
75OpenAI: GPT-5 Pro$4050.00843.8×
76OpenAI: 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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