Writing
A brief, an outline and reference notes in; a 1,500-word draft out.
Pricing verified:
Between $0.0002 and $0.022 per run, depending on the model. That is a 104× spread for the same job.
A brief, outline and a page of reference notes ≈ 900 words ≈ 1,200 input tokens. A 1,500-word draft ≈ 2,000 output tokens.
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.
| Model | Provider | Per run | At 30 posts a month | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 2 9B | $0.0002 | $0.0065 | 8k tokens | |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Meta | $0.0002 | $0.0066 | 16k tokens |
| Ministral 3 3B 2512 | Mistral | $0.0003 | $0.0096 | 131k tokens |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Meta | $0.0004 | $0.013 | 60k tokens |
| Llama 3 8B Instruct | Meta | $0.0004 | $0.013 | 8k tokens |
| Ministral 3 8B 2512 | Mistral | $0.0005 | $0.014 | 262k tokens |
| Mistral Nemo | Mistral | $0.0005 | $0.014 | 131k tokens |
| gpt-oss-safeguard-20b | OpenAI | $0.0005 | $0.015 | 131k tokens |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Mistral | $0.0005 | $0.015 | 128k tokens |
| Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1needs chunking | Mistral | $0.0005 | $0.015 | 3k tokens |
| Llama Guard 4 12B | Meta | $0.0006 | $0.017 | 164k tokens |
| Llama Guard 3 8B | Meta | $0.0006 | $0.019 | 131k tokens |
| Ministral 3 14B 2512 | Mistral | $0.0006 | $0.019 | 262k tokens |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite | $0.0007 | $0.021 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Devstral Small 1.1 | Mistral | $0.0007 | $0.022 | 131k tokens |
| Mistral Small 3.1 | Mistral | $0.0007 | $0.022 | 128k tokens |
| Mistral Small Creative | Mistral | $0.0007 | $0.022 | 33k tokens |
| Voxtral Small 24B 2507 | Mistral | $0.0007 | $0.022 | 32k tokens |
| DeepSeek V4-Flash | DeepSeek | $0.0007 | $0.022 | 1M tokens |
| GPT-5 Nano | OpenAI | $0.0009 | $0.026 | 400k tokens |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash | $0.0009 | $0.028 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | $0.0009 | $0.028 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 | $0.0009 | $0.028 | 1.0M tokens | |
| GPT-4.1 Nano | OpenAI | $0.0009 | $0.028 | 1.0M tokens |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | $0.0010 | $0.029 | 262k tokens | |
| Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct | Meta | $0.0011 | $0.033 | 131k tokens |
| Qwen 3.8 Flash | Alibaba | $0.0011 | $0.034 | 991k tokens |
| GLM-5.3 Flash | Z.ai | $0.0012 | $0.035 | 1M tokens |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Meta | $0.0013 | $0.038 | 131k tokens |
| Grok 3 Mini | xAI | $0.0014 | $0.041 | 131k tokens |
| Grok 3 Mini Beta | xAI | $0.0014 | $0.041 | 131k tokens |
| GPT-4o Mini | OpenAI | $0.0014 | $0.041 | 128k tokens |
| Mistral Small 4 | Mistral | $0.0014 | $0.041 | 262k tokens |
| Saba | Mistral | $0.0014 | $0.043 | 33k tokens |
| Mistral Small 3 | Mistral | $0.0015 | $0.046 | 33k tokens |
| Mixtral 8x7B Instruct | Mistral | $0.0017 | $0.052 | 33k tokens |
| Gemma 2 27B | $0.0021 | $0.062 | 8k tokens | |
| Llama 3 70B Instruct | Meta | $0.0021 | $0.063 | 8k tokens |
| Codestral 2508 | Mistral | $0.0022 | $0.065 | 256k tokens |
| DeepSeek V4-Pro | DeepSeek | $0.0023 | $0.068 | 1M tokens |
| Gemma 4 31B | $0.0024 | $0.072 | 262k tokens | |
| DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek | $0.0025 | $0.076 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | $0.0026 | $0.079 | 1.1M tokens |
| Claude 3 Haiku | Anthropic | $0.0028 | $0.084 | 200k tokens |
| Llama 4 Scout | Meta | $0.0030 | $0.090 | 512k tokens |
| Grok Code Fast 1 | xAI | $0.0032 | $0.097 | 256k tokens |
| Gemini 3 Flash Preview | $0.0033 | $0.099 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | Meta | $0.0034 | $0.103 | 131k tokens |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo | OpenAI | $0.0036 | $0.108 | 16k tokens |
| Mistral Large 3 2512 | Mistral | $0.0036 | $0.108 | 262k tokens |
| GPT-4.1 Mini | OpenAI | $0.0037 | $0.110 | 1.0M tokens |
| Llama 4 Maverick | Meta | $0.0039 | $0.118 | 256k tokens |
| GPT-5 Mini | OpenAI | $0.0043 | $0.129 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | OpenAI | $0.0043 | $0.129 | 400k tokens |
| Devstral 2 2512 | Mistral | $0.0045 | $0.134 | 262k tokens |
| Devstral Medium | Mistral | $0.0045 | $0.134 | 131k tokens |
| Mistral Medium 3 | Mistral | $0.0045 | $0.134 | 131k tokens |
| Mistral Medium 3.1 | Mistral | $0.0045 | $0.134 | 131k tokens |
| DeepSeek R1 | DeepSeek | $0.0050 | $0.151 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) | OpenAI | $0.0052 | $0.156 | 4k tokens |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.0054 | $0.161 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.0054 | $0.161 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | $0.0054 | $0.161 | 33k tokens | |
| GPT Audio Mini | OpenAI | $0.0055 | $0.166 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct | OpenAI | $0.0058 | $0.174 | 4k tokens |
| Codestral 25.01 | Mistral | $0.0065 | $0.194 | 256k tokens |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash | $0.0066 | $0.198 | 1M tokens | |
| GPT-5 Image Mini | OpenAI | $0.0070 | $0.210 | 400k tokens |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | $0.0084 | $0.252 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | $0.0084 | $0.252 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Claude 3.5 Haiku | Anthropic | $0.0090 | $0.269 | 200k tokens |
| Claude 4 Haiku | Anthropic | $0.0090 | $0.269 | 200k tokens |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | Moonshot | $0.0091 | $0.274 | 256k tokens |
| Muse Spark | Meta | $0.010 | $0.300 | 1.0M tokens |
| o3 Mini | OpenAI | $0.010 | $0.304 | 200k tokens |
| o3 Mini High | OpenAI | $0.010 | $0.304 | 200k tokens |
| o4 Mini | OpenAI | $0.010 | $0.304 | 200k tokens |
| o4 Mini High | OpenAI | $0.010 | $0.304 | 200k tokens |
| GLM-5.2 | Z.ai | $0.010 | $0.314 | 1M tokens |
| GLM-5.3 | Z.ai | $0.010 | $0.314 | 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.2 Mini | OpenAI | $0.011 | $0.331 | 128k tokens |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | $0.011 | $0.336 | 200k tokens |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | OpenAI | $0.012 | $0.348 | 16k tokens |
| Grok 4 | xAI | $0.014 | $0.432 | 2M tokens |
| Grok 4.5 | xAI | $0.014 | $0.432 | 500k tokens |
| Grok 4.6 | xAI | $0.014 | $0.432 | 500k tokens |
| Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Mistral | $0.014 | $0.432 | 66k tokens |
| Pixtral Large 2411 | Mistral | $0.014 | $0.432 | 131k tokens |
| Qwen 3.8 Max | Alibaba | $0.014 | $0.432 | 1M tokens |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Mistral | $0.017 | $0.504 | 256k tokens |
| Qwen 3.7 Max | Alibaba | $0.018 | $0.540 | 1M tokens |
| GPT-4.1 | OpenAI | $0.018 | $0.552 | 1.0M tokens |
| o3 | OpenAI | $0.018 | $0.552 | 200k tokens |
| o4 Mini Deep Research | OpenAI | $0.018 | $0.552 | 200k tokens |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | $0.020 | $0.594 | 1.0M tokens | |
| GPT-5 | OpenAI | $0.022 | $0.645 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5 Chat | OpenAI | $0.022 | $0.645 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-5 Codex | OpenAI | $0.022 | $0.645 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5.1 | OpenAI | $0.022 | $0.645 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5.1 Chat | OpenAI | $0.022 | $0.645 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-5.1-Codex | OpenAI | $0.022 | $0.645 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5.1-Codex-Max | OpenAI | $0.022 | $0.645 | 400k tokens |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | $0.022 | $0.645 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 | $0.022 | $0.645 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | $0.022 | $0.645 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Mistral Large 2 | Mistral | $0.022 | $0.648 | 128k tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | $0.022 | $0.672 | 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | $0.022 | $0.672 | 1.1M tokens |
| GPT Audio | OpenAI | $0.023 | $0.690 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-4o | OpenAI | $0.023 | $0.690 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | $0.026 | $0.792 | 1.1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | $0.026 | $0.792 | 2M tokens | |
| Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | $0.026 | $0.792 | 66k tokens | |
| GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | $0.030 | $0.903 | 200k tokens |
| GPT-5.3 Chat | OpenAI | $0.030 | $0.903 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-5.3-Codex | OpenAI | $0.030 | $0.903 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5 Image | OpenAI | $0.032 | $0.960 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5.4 | OpenAI | $0.033 | $0.990 | 272k tokens |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking) | Anthropic | $0.034 | $1.01 | 200k tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 4 | Anthropic | $0.034 | $1.01 | 200k tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | $0.034 | $1.01 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | $0.034 | $1.01 | 1M tokens |
| Grok 3 | xAI | $0.034 | $1.01 | 131k tokens |
| Grok 3 Beta | xAI | $0.034 | $1.01 | 131k tokens |
| Kimi K3 | Moonshot | $0.034 | $1.01 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | $0.056 | $1.68 | 200k tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | Anthropic | $0.056 | $1.68 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | $0.056 | $1.68 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | $0.056 | $1.68 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | $0.056 | $1.68 | 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | $0.066 | $1.98 | 1M tokens |
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Anthropic | $0.067 | $2.02 | 200k tokens |
| GPT-4 Turbo | OpenAI | $0.072 | $2.16 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) | OpenAI | $0.072 | $2.16 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-4 Turbo Preview | OpenAI | $0.072 | $2.16 | 128k tokens |
| o3 Deep Research | OpenAI | $0.092 | $2.76 | 200k tokens |
| Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | $0.112 | $3.36 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | $0.112 | $3.36 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Mythos 5 | Anthropic | $0.112 | $3.36 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Mythos 5.1 | Anthropic | $0.112 | $3.36 | 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | $0.112 | $3.36 | 1.1M tokens |
| o1 | OpenAI | $0.138 | $4.14 | 200k tokens |
| GPT-4 | OpenAI | $0.156 | $4.68 | 8k tokens |
| GPT-4 (older v0314) | OpenAI | $0.156 | $4.68 | 8k tokens |
| Claude Opus 4 | Anthropic | $0.168 | $5.04 | 200k tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.1 | Anthropic | $0.168 | $5.04 | 200k tokens |
| o3 Pro | OpenAI | $0.184 | $5.52 | 200k tokens |
| GPT-5 Pro | OpenAI | $0.258 | $7.74 | 400k tokens |
| o1-pro | OpenAI | $1.38 | $41.40 | 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.
At these token counts every model on the list costs less than a cup of coffee per month, so cost is not the deciding factor — quality is. This is the clearest case in the whole set for ignoring the cheap column and buying on writing quality instead.
$0.0002 on Gemma 2 9B, the cheapest capable option, rising to $0.022 on Claude Sonnet 5 at the top end. DeepSeek V4-Pro is the value pick at $0.0023 per run. The job is priced at 1,200 input and 2,000 output tokens — see the working below.
A brief, outline and a page of reference notes ≈ 900 words ≈ 1,200 input tokens. A 1,500-word draft ≈ 2,000 output tokens.
$0.0065 a month on Gemma 2 9B, $0.068 on DeepSeek V4-Pro, and $0.672 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.
At these token counts every model on the list costs less than a cup of coffee per month, so cost is not the deciding factor — quality is. This is the clearest case in the whole set for ignoring the cheap column and buying on writing quality instead.
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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