Independent AI pricing reference

CostofAgents.

What AI agents actually cost, with sources.

Checked 14 Oct 2026Official provider sourcesAll figures USD

Model APIs

Standard tier, per 1M tokens (MTok).

Source
AnthropicClaude Fable 5.1$10$0.25$50source
AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5$4$0.20$20source
AnthropicClaude Opus 5$5$0.50$25source
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5.5$2$0.10$10source
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.6$3$0.30$15source
AnthropicClaude Haiku 5.5 (prompts ≤100K)$0.10$0.01$0.50source
AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.5$1$0.10$5source
OpenAIgpt-6-astra (≤272K ctx)$10.00$1.00$50.00source
OpenAIgpt-6.1-sol (≤272K)$2.00$0.10$10.00source
OpenAIgpt-6-luna (≤272K)$0.10$0.01$0.50source
OpenAIgpt-5.6-sol (≤272K)$4.00$0.40$20.00source
OpenAIgpt-5-mini$0.25$0.025$2.00source
OpenAIgpt-5.3-codex$1.75$0.175$14.00source
Googlegemini-4-argon (paid)$2.00 until 30 Nov 2026, then $4.00$0.10 → $0.20$10.00 → $20.00source
Googlegemini-3.8-flash (paid)$0.75 until 31 Dec 2026, then $1.50$0.075 → $0.15$3.75 → $7.50source
Googlegemini-3.5-flash-lite$0.30$0.03$2.50source
Googlegemini-2.5-pro (≤200K)$1.25$0.125$10.00source
Googlegemini-2.5-flash$0.30$0.03$2.50source

Prices checked 14 Oct 2026

Agent runtime / tool fees

The costs beyond model tokens.

Source
Claude Managed Agents session runtime$0.08 per session-hour (plus tokens)source
Claude API web search$10 per 1,000 searchessource
OpenAI web search tool$10.00 per 1k calls + content tokenssource
Google Search grounding (Gemini 3+)5,000 free/month, then $14 per 1,000source

Prices checked 14 Oct 2026

Subscriptions

Per user per month, unless noted.

Source
Claude Pro$20 monthly; $17/mo annual ($200 up front)source
Claude MaxFrom $100source
Claude Enterprise$20/seat + usage at API ratessource
ChatGPT Business standard seat$25 monthly; $20/mo annualsource
ChatGPT Business premium seat$125 monthly; $100/mo annualsource

Prices checked 14 Oct 2026

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