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What it costs to run a chatbot for 10,000 chats One eight-turn conversation, priced with the history re-sent on every turn — the way chat actually bills.
Pricing verified: September 2026
The short answer
Between $0.0003 and $0.021 per run, depending on the model. That is a 80× spread for the same job.
Cheapest that fits
Gemma 2 9B $0.0003
$2.61 at 10,000 conversations a month
Best value
GPT-5.6 Luna $0.0023
$22.80 at 10,000 conversations a month
How this is calculated A system prompt plus eight turns of conversation, with the full history re-sent each turn, sums to ≈ 6,000 input tokens across the conversation. Eight replies ≈ 900 output tokens.
6,000 input tokens 900 output tokens 7k 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 Model Provider Per run At 10,000 conversations a month Context Gemma 2 9B Google $0.0003 $2.61 8k tokens Llama 3.2 1B Instruct Meta $0.0003 $3.42 60k tokens Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Meta $0.0004 $3.72 16k tokens gpt-oss-safeguard-20b OpenAI $0.0006 $6.00 131k tokens Mistral Small 3.2 24B Mistral $0.0006 $6.30 128k tokens GPT-5 Nano OpenAI $0.0007 $6.60 400k tokens Ministral 3 3B 2512 Mistral $0.0007 $6.90 131k tokens Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Google $0.0007 $7.20 1.0M tokens Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1 needs chunking Mistral $0.0008 $8.31 3k tokens Devstral Small 1.1 Mistral $0.0009 $8.70 131k tokens Mistral Small Creative Mistral $0.0009 $8.70 33k tokens Voxtral Small 24B 2507 Mistral $0.0009 $8.70 32k tokens Mistral Small 3.1 Mistral $0.0009 $8.70 128k tokens Gemini 2.0 Flash Google $0.0010 $9.60 1.0M tokens Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Google $0.0010 $9.60 1.0M tokens Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 Google $0.0010 $9.60 1.0M tokens GPT-4.1 Nano OpenAI $0.0010 $9.60 1.0M tokens Llama 3 8B Instruct Meta $0.0010 $9.66 8k tokens Ministral 3 8B 2512 Mistral $0.0010 $10.35 262k tokens Mistral Nemo Mistral $0.0010 $10.35 131k tokens DeepSeek V4-Flash DeepSeek $0.0011 $10.92 1M tokens Gemma 4 26B A4B Google $0.0011 $11.40 262k tokens Llama Guard 4 12B Meta $0.0012 $12.42 164k tokens GLM-5.3 Flash Z.ai $0.0014 $13.50 1M tokens Ministral 3 14B 2512 Mistral $0.0014 $13.80 262k tokens Qwen 3.8 Flash Alibaba $0.0014 $13.83 991k tokens GPT-4o Mini OpenAI $0.0014 $14.40 128k tokens Mistral Small 4 Mistral $0.0014 $14.40 262k tokens Saba Mistral $0.0017 $17.40 33k tokens Grok 3 Mini xAI $0.0022 $22.50 131k tokens Grok 3 Mini Beta xAI $0.0022 $22.50 131k tokens GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI $0.0023 $22.80 1.1M tokens Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct Meta $0.0024 $23.80 131k tokens Grok Code Fast 1 xAI $0.0026 $25.50 256k tokens Mistral Small 3 Mistral $0.0026 $26.05 33k tokens Codestral 2508 Mistral $0.0026 $26.10 256k tokens DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek $0.0026 $26.10 128k tokens Claude 3 Haiku Anthropic $0.0026 $26.25 200k tokens Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Meta $0.0028 $27.60 131k tokens Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google $0.0029 $28.50 1.0M tokens Llama Guard 3 8B Meta $0.0029 $29.07 131k tokens Gemma 4 31B Google $0.0032 $32.13 262k tokens GPT-5 Mini OpenAI $0.0033 $33.00 400k tokens GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini OpenAI $0.0033 $33.00 400k tokens DeepSeek V4-Pro DeepSeek $0.0034 $33.93 1M tokens Muse Glimmer 30B Meta $0.0034 $34.50 131k tokens Llama 3 70B Instruct Meta $0.0037 $37.26 8k tokens Mixtral 8x7B Instruct Mistral $0.0037 $37.26 33k tokens GPT-4.1 Mini OpenAI $0.0038 $38.40 1.0M tokens Gemini 2.5 Flash Google $0.0040 $40.50 1.0M tokens Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google $0.0040 $40.50 1.0M tokens Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) Google $0.0040 $40.50 33k tokens Llama 4 Scout Meta $0.0041 $40.80 512k tokens Devstral 2 2512 Mistral $0.0042 $42.00 262k tokens Devstral Medium Mistral $0.0042 $42.00 131k tokens Mistral Medium 3 Mistral $0.0042 $42.00 131k tokens Mistral Medium 3.1 Mistral $0.0042 $42.00 131k tokens GPT-3.5 Turbo OpenAI $0.0043 $43.50 16k tokens Mistral Large 3 2512 Mistral $0.0043 $43.50 262k tokens Gemma 2 27B Google $0.0045 $44.85 8k tokens Llama 4 Maverick Meta $0.0050 $50.40 256k tokens DeepSeek R1 DeepSeek $0.0053 $52.71 128k tokens Gemini 3.1 Flash Google $0.0057 $57.00 1M tokens GPT Audio Mini OpenAI $0.0058 $57.60 128k tokens GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) needs chunking OpenAI $0.0078 $78.00 4k tokens Codestral 25.01 Mistral $0.0078 $78.30 256k tokens Gemini 3.6 Flash Google $0.0079 $78.75 1.0M tokens Gemini 3.7 Flash Google $0.0079 $78.75 1.0M tokens Claude 3.5 Haiku Anthropic $0.0084 $84.00 200k tokens Claude 4 Haiku Anthropic $0.0084 $84.00 200k tokens Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot $0.0093 $93.00 256k tokens Claude Haiku 4.5 Anthropic $0.010 $105 200k tokens o3 Mini OpenAI $0.011 $106 200k tokens o3 Mini High OpenAI $0.011 $106 200k tokens o4 Mini OpenAI $0.011 $106 200k tokens o4 Mini High OpenAI $0.011 $106 200k tokens GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct needs chunking OpenAI $0.011 $108 4k tokens Muse Spark Meta $0.011 $113 1.0M tokens GPT-5.2 Mini OpenAI $0.012 $115 128k tokens GLM-5.2 Z.ai $0.012 $124 1M tokens GLM-5.3 Z.ai $0.012 $124 1M tokens Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral $0.016 $158 256k tokens GPT-5 OpenAI $0.017 $165 400k tokens GPT-5 Chat OpenAI $0.017 $165 128k tokens GPT-5 Codex OpenAI $0.017 $165 400k tokens GPT-5.1 OpenAI $0.017 $165 400k tokens GPT-5.1 Chat OpenAI $0.017 $165 128k tokens GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI $0.017 $165 400k tokens GPT-5.1-Codex-Max OpenAI $0.017 $165 400k tokens Gemini 2.5 Pro Google $0.017 $165 1.0M tokens Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 Google $0.017 $165 1.0M tokens Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 Google $0.017 $165 1.0M tokens GPT-5 Image Mini OpenAI $0.017 $168 400k tokens Gemini 3.5 Flash Google $0.017 $171 1.0M tokens Grok 4 xAI $0.017 $174 2M tokens Grok 4.5 xAI $0.017 $174 500k tokens Grok 4.6 xAI $0.017 $174 500k tokens Mixtral 8x22B Instruct Mistral $0.017 $174 66k tokens Pixtral Large 2411 Mistral $0.017 $174 131k tokens Qwen 3.8 Max Alibaba $0.017 $174 1M tokens GPT-4.1 OpenAI $0.019 $192 1.0M tokens o3 OpenAI $0.019 $192 200k tokens o4 Mini Deep Research OpenAI $0.019 $192 200k tokens Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic $0.021 $210 1M tokens GPT-5.6 Sol OpenAI $0.021 $210 1.1M tokens GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k OpenAI $0.022 $216 16k tokens Qwen 3.7 Max Alibaba $0.022 $217 1M tokens GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI $0.023 $228 1.1M tokens Gemini 3.1 Pro Google $0.023 $228 2M tokens Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) Google $0.023 $228 66k tokens GPT-5.2 OpenAI $0.023 $231 200k tokens GPT-5.3 Chat OpenAI $0.023 $231 128k tokens GPT-5.3-Codex OpenAI $0.023 $231 400k tokens GPT Audio OpenAI $0.024 $240 128k tokens GPT-4o OpenAI $0.024 $240 128k tokens Mistral Large 2 Mistral $0.026 $261 128k tokens GPT-5.4 OpenAI $0.028 $285 272k tokens Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking) Anthropic $0.032 $315 200k tokens Claude Sonnet 4 Anthropic $0.032 $315 200k tokens Claude Sonnet 4.5 Anthropic $0.032 $315 1M tokens Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic $0.032 $315 1M tokens Grok 3 xAI $0.032 $315 131k tokens Grok 3 Beta xAI $0.032 $315 131k tokens Kimi K3 Moonshot $0.032 $315 1M tokens Claude Opus 4.5 Anthropic $0.052 $525 200k tokens Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic $0.052 $525 1M tokens Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic $0.052 $525 1M tokens Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic $0.052 $525 1M tokens Claude Opus 5 Anthropic $0.052 $525 1M tokens GPT-5.5 OpenAI $0.057 $570 1M tokens Claude 3.5 Sonnet Anthropic $0.063 $630 200k tokens GPT-5 Image OpenAI $0.069 $690 400k tokens GPT-4 Turbo OpenAI $0.087 $870 128k tokens GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) OpenAI $0.087 $870 128k tokens GPT-4 Turbo Preview OpenAI $0.087 $870 128k tokens o3 Deep Research OpenAI $0.096 $960 200k tokens Claude Fable 5 Anthropic $0.105 $1,050 1M tokens Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic $0.105 $1,050 1M tokens Claude Mythos 5 Anthropic $0.105 $1,050 1M tokens Claude Mythos 5.1 Anthropic $0.105 $1,050 1M tokens GPT-6 Astra OpenAI $0.105 $1,050 1.1M tokens o1 OpenAI $0.144 $1,440 200k tokens Claude Opus 4 Anthropic $0.158 $1,575 200k tokens Claude Opus 4.1 Anthropic $0.158 $1,575 200k tokens o3 Pro OpenAI $0.192 $1,920 200k tokens GPT-5 Pro OpenAI $0.198 $1,980 400k tokens GPT-4 OpenAI $0.234 $2,340 8k tokens GPT-4 (older v0314) OpenAI $0.234 $2,340 8k tokens o1-pro OpenAI $1.44 $14,400 200k 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? Chat bills quadratically, not linearly: every turn re-sends the whole history, so a sixteen-turn conversation costs roughly four times an eight-turn one rather than twice. Prompt caching targets exactly this and can cut the input side by up to 90% on a stable system prompt.
Frequently asked How much does it cost to run an AI chatbot? $0.0003 on Gemma 2 9B, the cheapest capable option, rising to $0.021 on Claude Sonnet 5 at the top end. GPT-5.6 Luna is the value pick at $0.0023 per run. The job is priced at 6,000 input and 900 output tokens — see the working below.
How did you work out the token count for this task? A system prompt plus eight turns of conversation, with the full history re-sent each turn, sums to ≈ 6,000 input tokens across the conversation. Eight replies ≈ 900 output tokens.
What does this cost at 10,000 conversations a month? $2.61 a month on Gemma 2 9B, $22.80 on GPT-5.6 Luna, and $210 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? Chat bills quadratically, not linearly: every turn re-sends the whole history, so a sixteen-turn conversation costs roughly four times an eight-turn one rather than twice. Prompt caching targets exactly this and can cut the input side by up to 90% on a stable system prompt.
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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