Writing
A résumé and a job posting in; a letter written against that specific posting out.
Pricing verified:
Between $0.0001 and $0.0099 per run, depending on the model. That is a 86× spread for the same job.
A two-page résumé plus a full job posting ≈ 1,650 words ≈ 2,200 input tokens. A 400-word letter ≈ 550 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 25 applications a month | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 2 9B | $0.0001 | $0.0029 | 8k tokens | |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Meta | $0.0002 | $0.0039 | 16k tokens |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Meta | $0.0002 | $0.0042 | 60k tokens |
| gpt-oss-safeguard-20b | OpenAI | $0.0003 | $0.0066 | 131k tokens |
| Ministral 3 3B 2512 | Mistral | $0.0003 | $0.0069 | 131k tokens |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Mistral | $0.0003 | $0.0069 | 128k tokens |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite | $0.0003 | $0.0083 | 1.0M tokens | |
| GPT-5 Nano | OpenAI | $0.0003 | $0.0083 | 400k tokens |
| Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1 | Mistral | $0.0003 | $0.0087 | 3k tokens |
| Devstral Small 1.1 | Mistral | $0.0004 | $0.0096 | 131k tokens |
| Mistral Small 3.1 | Mistral | $0.0004 | $0.0096 | 128k tokens |
| Mistral Small Creative | Mistral | $0.0004 | $0.0096 | 33k tokens |
| Voxtral Small 24B 2507 | Mistral | $0.0004 | $0.0096 | 32k tokens |
| Llama 3 8B Instruct | Meta | $0.0004 | $0.0096 | 8k tokens |
| Ministral 3 8B 2512 | Mistral | $0.0004 | $0.010 | 262k tokens |
| Mistral Nemo | Mistral | $0.0004 | $0.010 | 131k tokens |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash | $0.0004 | $0.011 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | $0.0004 | $0.011 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 | $0.0004 | $0.011 | 1.0M tokens | |
| GPT-4.1 Nano | OpenAI | $0.0004 | $0.011 | 1.0M tokens |
| DeepSeek V4-Flash | DeepSeek | $0.0005 | $0.012 | 1M tokens |
| Llama Guard 4 12B | Meta | $0.0005 | $0.012 | 164k tokens |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | $0.0005 | $0.013 | 262k tokens | |
| Ministral 3 14B 2512 | Mistral | $0.0006 | $0.014 | 262k tokens |
| GLM-5.3 Flash | Z.ai | $0.0006 | $0.015 | 1M tokens |
| Qwen 3.8 Flash | Alibaba | $0.0006 | $0.015 | 991k tokens |
| GPT-4o Mini | OpenAI | $0.0007 | $0.017 | 128k tokens |
| Mistral Small 4 | Mistral | $0.0007 | $0.017 | 262k tokens |
| Saba | Mistral | $0.0008 | $0.019 | 33k tokens |
| Grok 3 Mini | xAI | $0.0009 | $0.023 | 131k tokens |
| Grok 3 Mini Beta | xAI | $0.0009 | $0.023 | 131k tokens |
| Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct | Meta | $0.0009 | $0.024 | 131k tokens |
| Llama Guard 3 8B | Meta | $0.0011 | $0.027 | 131k tokens |
| Mistral Small 3 | Mistral | $0.0011 | $0.027 | 33k tokens |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | $0.0011 | $0.028 | 1.1M tokens |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Meta | $0.0011 | $0.028 | 131k tokens |
| Codestral 2508 | Mistral | $0.0012 | $0.029 | 256k tokens |
| DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek | $0.0012 | $0.030 | 128k tokens |
| Claude 3 Haiku | Anthropic | $0.0012 | $0.031 | 200k tokens |
| Grok Code Fast 1 | xAI | $0.0013 | $0.032 | 256k tokens |
| Gemini 3 Flash Preview | $0.0014 | $0.034 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemma 4 31B | $0.0014 | $0.035 | 262k tokens | |
| DeepSeek V4-Pro | DeepSeek | $0.0014 | $0.036 | 1M tokens |
| Mixtral 8x7B Instruct | Mistral | $0.0015 | $0.037 | 33k tokens |
| Llama 3 70B Instruct | Meta | $0.0015 | $0.038 | 8k tokens |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | Meta | $0.0016 | $0.040 | 131k tokens |
| GPT-5 Mini | OpenAI | $0.0016 | $0.041 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | OpenAI | $0.0016 | $0.041 | 400k tokens |
| Llama 4 Scout | Meta | $0.0018 | $0.044 | 512k tokens |
| GPT-4.1 Mini | OpenAI | $0.0018 | $0.044 | 1.0M tokens |
| Gemma 2 27B | $0.0018 | $0.045 | 8k tokens | |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo | OpenAI | $0.0019 | $0.048 | 16k tokens |
| Mistral Large 3 2512 | Mistral | $0.0019 | $0.048 | 262k tokens |
| Devstral 2 2512 | Mistral | $0.0020 | $0.050 | 262k tokens |
| Devstral Medium | Mistral | $0.0020 | $0.050 | 131k tokens |
| Mistral Medium 3 | Mistral | $0.0020 | $0.050 | 131k tokens |
| Mistral Medium 3.1 | Mistral | $0.0020 | $0.050 | 131k tokens |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.0020 | $0.051 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.0020 | $0.051 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | $0.0020 | $0.051 | 33k tokens | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | Meta | $0.0022 | $0.055 | 256k tokens |
| DeepSeek R1 | DeepSeek | $0.0024 | $0.060 | 128k tokens |
| GPT Audio Mini | OpenAI | $0.0026 | $0.066 | 128k tokens |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash | $0.0027 | $0.069 | 1M tokens | |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) | OpenAI | $0.0033 | $0.083 | 4k tokens |
| Codestral 25.01 | Mistral | $0.0035 | $0.087 | 256k tokens |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | $0.0037 | $0.093 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | $0.0037 | $0.093 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Claude 3.5 Haiku | Anthropic | $0.0040 | $0.099 | 200k tokens |
| Claude 4 Haiku | Anthropic | $0.0040 | $0.099 | 200k tokens |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | Moonshot | $0.0043 | $0.107 | 256k tokens |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct | OpenAI | $0.0044 | $0.110 | 4k tokens |
| o3 Mini | OpenAI | $0.0048 | $0.121 | 200k tokens |
| o3 Mini High | OpenAI | $0.0048 | $0.121 | 200k tokens |
| o4 Mini | OpenAI | $0.0048 | $0.121 | 200k tokens |
| o4 Mini High | OpenAI | $0.0048 | $0.121 | 200k tokens |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | $0.0050 | $0.124 | 200k tokens |
| Muse Spark | Meta | $0.0051 | $0.127 | 1.0M tokens |
| GPT-5.2 Mini | OpenAI | $0.0053 | $0.132 | 128k tokens |
| GLM-5.2 | Z.ai | $0.0055 | $0.137 | 1M tokens |
| GLM-5.3 | Z.ai | $0.0055 | $0.137 | 1M tokens |
| GPT-5 Image Mini | OpenAI | $0.0066 | $0.165 | 400k tokens |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Mistral | $0.0074 | $0.186 | 256k tokens |
| Grok 4 | xAI | $0.0077 | $0.193 | 2M tokens |
| Grok 4.5 | xAI | $0.0077 | $0.193 | 500k tokens |
| Grok 4.6 | xAI | $0.0077 | $0.193 | 500k tokens |
| Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Mistral | $0.0077 | $0.193 | 66k tokens |
| Pixtral Large 2411 | Mistral | $0.0077 | $0.193 | 131k tokens |
| Qwen 3.8 Max | Alibaba | $0.0077 | $0.193 | 1M tokens |
| GPT-5 | OpenAI | $0.0083 | $0.206 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5 Chat | OpenAI | $0.0083 | $0.206 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-5 Codex | OpenAI | $0.0083 | $0.206 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5.1 | OpenAI | $0.0083 | $0.206 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5.1 Chat | OpenAI | $0.0083 | $0.206 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-5.1-Codex | OpenAI | $0.0083 | $0.206 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5.1-Codex-Max | OpenAI | $0.0083 | $0.206 | 400k tokens |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | $0.0083 | $0.206 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 | $0.0083 | $0.206 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | $0.0083 | $0.206 | 1.0M tokens | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | $0.0083 | $0.206 | 1.0M tokens | |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | OpenAI | $0.0088 | $0.220 | 16k tokens |
| GPT-4.1 | OpenAI | $0.0088 | $0.220 | 1.0M tokens |
| o3 | OpenAI | $0.0088 | $0.220 | 200k tokens |
| o4 Mini Deep Research | OpenAI | $0.0088 | $0.220 | 200k tokens |
| Qwen 3.7 Max | Alibaba | $0.0096 | $0.241 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | $0.0099 | $0.248 | 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | $0.0099 | $0.248 | 1.1M tokens |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | $0.011 | $0.275 | 1.1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | $0.011 | $0.275 | 2M tokens | |
| Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | $0.011 | $0.275 | 66k tokens | |
| GPT Audio | OpenAI | $0.011 | $0.275 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-4o | OpenAI | $0.011 | $0.275 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | $0.012 | $0.289 | 200k tokens |
| GPT-5.3 Chat | OpenAI | $0.012 | $0.289 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-5.3-Codex | OpenAI | $0.012 | $0.289 | 400k tokens |
| Mistral Large 2 | Mistral | $0.012 | $0.289 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-5.4 | OpenAI | $0.014 | $0.344 | 272k tokens |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking) | Anthropic | $0.015 | $0.371 | 200k tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 4 | Anthropic | $0.015 | $0.371 | 200k tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | $0.015 | $0.371 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | $0.015 | $0.371 | 1M tokens |
| Grok 3 | xAI | $0.015 | $0.371 | 131k tokens |
| Grok 3 Beta | xAI | $0.015 | $0.371 | 131k tokens |
| Kimi K3 | Moonshot | $0.015 | $0.371 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | $0.025 | $0.619 | 200k tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | Anthropic | $0.025 | $0.619 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | $0.025 | $0.619 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | $0.025 | $0.619 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | $0.025 | $0.619 | 1M tokens |
| GPT-5 Image | OpenAI | $0.028 | $0.688 | 400k tokens |
| GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | $0.028 | $0.688 | 1M tokens |
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Anthropic | $0.030 | $0.743 | 200k tokens |
| GPT-4 Turbo | OpenAI | $0.039 | $0.963 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) | OpenAI | $0.039 | $0.963 | 128k tokens |
| GPT-4 Turbo Preview | OpenAI | $0.039 | $0.963 | 128k tokens |
| o3 Deep Research | OpenAI | $0.044 | $1.10 | 200k tokens |
| Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | $0.050 | $1.24 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | $0.050 | $1.24 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Mythos 5 | Anthropic | $0.050 | $1.24 | 1M tokens |
| Claude Mythos 5.1 | Anthropic | $0.050 | $1.24 | 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | $0.050 | $1.24 | 1.1M tokens |
| o1 | OpenAI | $0.066 | $1.65 | 200k tokens |
| Claude Opus 4 | Anthropic | $0.074 | $1.86 | 200k tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.1 | Anthropic | $0.074 | $1.86 | 200k tokens |
| o3 Pro | OpenAI | $0.088 | $2.20 | 200k tokens |
| GPT-4 | OpenAI | $0.099 | $2.48 | 8k tokens |
| GPT-4 (older v0314) | OpenAI | $0.099 | $2.48 | 8k tokens |
| GPT-5 Pro | OpenAI | $0.099 | $2.48 | 400k tokens |
| o1-pro | OpenAI | $0.660 | $16.50 | 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.
A whole job search costs pennies at API rates, so almost nobody should be paying per token for this — the free consumer tiers cover it comfortably. The API figures below matter only if you are building a tool that writes letters for other people.
$0.0001 on Gemma 2 9B, the cheapest capable option, rising to $0.0099 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 2,200 input and 550 output tokens — see the working below.
A two-page résumé plus a full job posting ≈ 1,650 words ≈ 2,200 input tokens. A 400-word letter ≈ 550 output tokens.
$0.0029 a month on Gemma 2 9B, $0.028 on GPT-5.6 Luna, and $0.248 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.
A whole job search costs pennies at API rates, so almost nobody should be paying per token for this — the free consumer tiers cover it comfortably. The API figures below matter only if you are building a tool that writes letters for other people.
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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