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HomeAI Cost per TaskAnswer 5,000 support tickets

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What it costs to answer 5,000 support tickets

The ticket, the customer's history and retrieved help-centre articles in; a drafted reply out.

Pricing verified: September 2026

The short answer

Between $0.0001 and $0.011 per run, depending on the model. That is a 77× spread for the same job.

Cheapest that fits
Gemma 2 9B
$0.0001
$0.683 at 5,000 tickets a month
Best value
GPT-5.6 Luna
$0.0011
$5.60 at 5,000 tickets a month
Highest quality
Claude Sonnet 5
$0.011
$52.50 at 5,000 tickets a month

How this is calculated

The ticket, prior thread history and three retrieved help-centre articles ≈ 2,600 words ≈ 3,500 input tokens. A 260-word reply ≈ 350 output tokens.

3,500 input tokens350 output tokens4k tokens context needed

Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1M × input price) + (output tokens ÷ 1M × output price). Prices come from our daily-verified model data. Batch and cached-input discounts are not applied — they only ever make these numbers smaller.

Every model, cheapest first

ModelProviderPer runAt 5,000 tickets a monthContext
Gemma 2 9BGoogle$0.0001$0.6838k tokens
Llama 3.2 1B InstructMeta$0.0002$0.82260k tokens
Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta$0.0002$1.0116k tokens
GPT-5 NanoOpenAI$0.0003$1.58400k tokens
gpt-oss-safeguard-20bOpenAI$0.0003$1.58131k tokens
Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral$0.0003$1.66128k tokens
Gemini 2.0 Flash LiteGoogle$0.0004$1.841.0M tokens
Ministral 3 3B 2512Mistral$0.0004$1.92131k tokens
Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1needs chunkingMistral$0.0005$2.263k tokens
Devstral Small 1.1Mistral$0.0005$2.27131k tokens
Mistral Small CreativeMistral$0.0005$2.2733k tokens
Voxtral Small 24B 2507Mistral$0.0005$2.2732k tokens
Mistral Small 3.1Mistral$0.0005$2.28128k tokens
Gemini 2.0 FlashGoogle$0.0005$2.451.0M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle$0.0005$2.451.0M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025Google$0.0005$2.451.0M tokens
GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI$0.0005$2.451.0M tokens
Llama 3 8B InstructMeta$0.0005$2.708k tokens
Ministral 3 8B 2512Mistral$0.0006$2.89262k tokens
Mistral NemoMistral$0.0006$2.89131k tokens
DeepSeek V4-FlashDeepSeek$0.0006$2.941M tokens
Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle$0.0006$2.98262k tokens
Llama Guard 4 12BMeta$0.0007$3.47164k tokens
GLM-5.3 FlashZ.ai$0.0007$3.501M tokens
Qwen 3.8 FlashAlibaba$0.0007$3.62991k tokens
GPT-4o MiniOpenAI$0.0007$3.67128k tokens
Mistral Small 4Mistral$0.0007$3.67262k tokens
Ministral 3 14B 2512Mistral$0.0008$3.85262k tokens
SabaMistral$0.0009$4.5533k tokens
GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI$0.0011$5.601.1M tokens
Grok 3 MinixAI$0.0012$6.13131k tokens
Grok 3 Mini BetaxAI$0.0012$6.13131k tokens
Grok Code Fast 1xAI$0.0012$6.13256k tokens
Claude 3 HaikuAnthropic$0.0013$6.56200k tokens
Llama 3.2 11B Vision InstructMeta$0.0013$6.64131k tokens
DeepSeek V3DeepSeek$0.0013$6.65128k tokens
Codestral 2508Mistral$0.0014$6.82256k tokens
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle$0.0014$7.001.0M tokens
Mistral Small 3Mistral$0.0014$7.1133k tokens
Llama 3.1 70B InstructMeta$0.0015$7.70131k tokens
GPT-5 MiniOpenAI$0.0016$7.88400k tokens
GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI$0.0016$7.88400k tokens
Llama Guard 3 8BMeta$0.0017$8.45131k tokens
Gemma 4 31BGoogle$0.0017$8.52262k tokens
Muse Glimmer 30BMeta$0.0017$8.75131k tokens
DeepSeek V4-ProDeepSeek$0.0018$9.131M tokens
Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle$0.0019$9.631.0M tokens
Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle$0.0019$9.631.0M tokens
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)Google$0.0019$9.6333k tokens
GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI$0.0020$9.801.0M tokens
Llama 3 70B InstructMeta$0.0020$10.228k tokens
Mixtral 8x7B InstructMistral$0.0021$10.4033k tokens
Devstral 2 2512Mistral$0.0021$10.50262k tokens
Devstral MediumMistral$0.0021$10.50131k tokens
Mistral Medium 3Mistral$0.0021$10.50131k tokens
Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral$0.0021$10.50131k tokens
Llama 4 ScoutMeta$0.0022$10.85512k tokens
GPT-3.5 TurboOpenAI$0.0023$11.3816k tokens
Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral$0.0023$11.38262k tokens
Gemma 2 27BGoogle$0.0025$12.518k tokens
Llama 4 MaverickMeta$0.0027$13.30256k tokens
DeepSeek R1DeepSeek$0.0027$13.46128k tokens
Gemini 3.1 FlashGoogle$0.0028$14.001M tokens
GPT Audio MiniOpenAI$0.0029$14.70128k tokens
Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle$0.0039$19.691.0M tokens
Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle$0.0039$19.691.0M tokens
Codestral 25.01Mistral$0.0041$20.47256k tokens
Claude 3.5 HaikuAnthropic$0.0042$21.00200k tokens
GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)OpenAI$0.0042$21.004k tokens
Claude 4 HaikuAnthropic$0.0042$21.00200k tokens
Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot$0.0047$23.63256k tokens
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic$0.0053$26.25200k tokens
o3 MiniOpenAI$0.0054$26.95200k tokens
o3 Mini HighOpenAI$0.0054$26.95200k tokens
o4 MiniOpenAI$0.0054$26.95200k tokens
o4 Mini HighOpenAI$0.0054$26.95200k tokens
Muse SparkMeta$0.0059$29.311.0M tokens
GPT-5.2 MiniOpenAI$0.0059$29.40128k tokens
GPT-3.5 Turbo InstructOpenAI$0.0060$29.754k tokens
GLM-5.2Z.ai$0.0064$32.201M tokens
GLM-5.3Z.ai$0.0064$32.201M tokens
GPT-5OpenAI$0.0079$39.38400k tokens
GPT-5 ChatOpenAI$0.0079$39.38128k tokens
GPT-5 CodexOpenAI$0.0079$39.38400k tokens
GPT-5.1OpenAI$0.0079$39.38400k tokens
GPT-5.1 ChatOpenAI$0.0079$39.38128k tokens
GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI$0.0079$39.38400k tokens
GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI$0.0079$39.38400k tokens
Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle$0.0079$39.381.0M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06Google$0.0079$39.381.0M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google$0.0079$39.381.0M tokens
Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral$0.0079$39.38256k tokens
Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle$0.0084$42.001.0M tokens
Grok 4xAI$0.0091$45.502M tokens
Grok 4.5xAI$0.0091$45.50500k tokens
Grok 4.6xAI$0.0091$45.50500k tokens
Mixtral 8x22B InstructMistral$0.0091$45.5066k tokens
Pixtral Large 2411Mistral$0.0091$45.50131k tokens
Qwen 3.8 MaxAlibaba$0.0091$45.501M tokens
GPT-5 Image MiniOpenAI$0.0095$47.25400k tokens
GPT-4.1OpenAI$0.0098$49.001.0M tokens
o3OpenAI$0.0098$49.00200k tokens
o4 Mini Deep ResearchOpenAI$0.0098$49.00200k tokens
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic$0.011$52.501M tokens
GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI$0.011$52.501.1M tokens
GPT-5.2OpenAI$0.011$55.13200k tokens
GPT-5.3 ChatOpenAI$0.011$55.13128k tokens
GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI$0.011$55.13400k tokens
GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI$0.011$56.001.1M tokens
Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle$0.011$56.002M tokens
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)Google$0.011$56.0066k tokens
Qwen 3.7 MaxAlibaba$0.011$56.881M tokens
GPT-3.5 Turbo 16kOpenAI$0.012$59.5016k tokens
GPT AudioOpenAI$0.012$61.25128k tokens
GPT-4oOpenAI$0.012$61.25128k tokens
Mistral Large 2Mistral$0.014$68.25128k tokens
GPT-5.4OpenAI$0.014$70.00272k tokens
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking)Anthropic$0.016$78.75200k tokens
Claude Sonnet 4Anthropic$0.016$78.75200k tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic$0.016$78.751M tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic$0.016$78.751M tokens
Grok 3xAI$0.016$78.75131k tokens
Grok 3 BetaxAI$0.016$78.75131k tokens
Kimi K3Moonshot$0.016$78.751M tokens
Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic$0.026$131200k tokens
Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic$0.026$1311M tokens
Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic$0.026$1311M tokens
Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic$0.026$1311M tokens
Claude Opus 5Anthropic$0.026$1311M tokens
GPT-5.5OpenAI$0.028$1401M tokens
Claude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic$0.032$158200k tokens
GPT-5 ImageOpenAI$0.039$193400k tokens
GPT-4 TurboOpenAI$0.046$228128k tokens
GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106)OpenAI$0.046$228128k tokens
GPT-4 Turbo PreviewOpenAI$0.046$228128k tokens
o3 Deep ResearchOpenAI$0.049$245200k tokens
Claude Fable 5Anthropic$0.053$2631M tokens
Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic$0.053$2631M tokens
Claude Mythos 5Anthropic$0.053$2631M tokens
Claude Mythos 5.1Anthropic$0.053$2631M tokens
GPT-6 AstraOpenAI$0.053$2631.1M tokens
o1OpenAI$0.073$368200k tokens
Claude Opus 4Anthropic$0.079$394200k tokens
Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic$0.079$394200k tokens
GPT-5 ProOpenAI$0.095$473400k tokens
o3 ProOpenAI$0.098$490200k tokens
GPT-4OpenAI$0.126$6308k tokens
GPT-4 (older v0314)OpenAI$0.126$6308k tokens
o1-proOpenAI$0.735$3,675200k tokens

“Needs chunking” means the model's context window can't hold this job in a single pass, so the real cost is higher than the figure shown and quality usually suffers.

Should you just pick the cheapest?

At 5,000 tickets the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive model is real money, which makes this the classic case for routing: a budget model drafts, and tickets it flags as uncertain escalate to a premium model or a human.

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Frequently asked

How much does it cost to answer a support ticket with AI?

$0.0001 on Gemma 2 9B, the cheapest capable option, rising to $0.011 on Claude Sonnet 5 at the top end. GPT-5.6 Luna is the value pick at $0.0011 per run. The job is priced at 3,500 input and 350 output tokens — see the working below.

How did you work out the token count for this task?

The ticket, prior thread history and three retrieved help-centre articles ≈ 2,600 words ≈ 3,500 input tokens. A 260-word reply ≈ 350 output tokens.

What does this cost at 5,000 tickets a month?

$0.683 a month on Gemma 2 9B, $5.60 on GPT-5.6 Luna, and $52.50 on Claude Sonnet 5. Batch APIs typically halve these figures for work that can wait, and prompt caching cuts the input side further when the same context is reused.

Is the cheapest model the right choice for this task?

At 5,000 tickets the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive model is real money, which makes this the classic case for routing: a budget model drafts, and tickets it flags as uncertain escalate to a premium model or a human.

Are these prices current?

Yes. Every figure on this page is computed from our model pricing data, which is checked daily against each provider's official pricing page. When a provider changes a price, these numbers change with it.

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