What it costs to write 1,000 product descriptions

Structured product attributes in; a 160-word listing description out. Priced per item and per catalogue.

Pricing verified: August 2026

The short answer

Between $0.0000 and $0.0014 per run, depending on the model. That is a 116× spread for the same job.

Cheapest that fits

Mistral: Mistral Nemo

$0.0000

$0.012 at a 1,000-product catalogue

Best value

GPT-5.6 Luna

$0.0002

$0.157 at a 1,000-product catalogue

Highest quality

Claude Sonnet 5

$0.0014

$1.35 at a 1,000-product catalogue

How this is calculated

Ten product attributes with values ≈ 250 input tokens. A 160-word description ≈ 220 output tokens.

250 input tokens220 output tokens470 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 a 1,000-product catalogue	Context
Mistral: Mistral Nemo	Mistral	$0.0000	$0.012	131k tokens
Google: Gemma 2 9B	Google	$0.0000	$0.027	8k tokens
Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct	Meta	$0.0000	$0.030	16k tokens
Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512	Mistral	$0.0000	$0.047	131k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano	OpenAI	$0.0001	$0.050	400k tokens
Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct	Meta	$0.0001	$0.051	60k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano	OpenAI	$0.0001	$0.056	1.0M tokens
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B	Mistral	$0.0001	$0.063	128k tokens
Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct	Meta	$0.0001	$0.066	8k tokens
Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1	Mistral	$0.0001	$0.069	3k tokens
Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512	Mistral	$0.0001	$0.071	262k tokens
Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B	Meta	$0.0001	$0.085	164k tokens
GPT-4o	OpenAI	$0.0001	$0.085	128k tokens
Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite	Google	$0.0001	$0.085	1.0M tokens
OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b	OpenAI	$0.0001	$0.085	131k tokens
Llama 4 Scout	Meta	$0.0001	$0.091	512k tokens
Mistral: Devstral Small 1.1	Mistral	$0.0001	$0.091	131k tokens
Mistral: Mistral Small Creative	Mistral	$0.0001	$0.091	33k tokens
Mistral: Voxtral Small 24B 2507	Mistral	$0.0001	$0.091	32k tokens
Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512	Mistral	$0.0001	$0.094	262k tokens
DeepSeek V4-Flash	DeepSeek	$0.0001	$0.097	1M tokens
Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash	Google	$0.0001	$0.113	1.0M tokens
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Google	$0.0001	$0.113	1.0M tokens
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025	Google	$0.0001	$0.113	1.0M tokens
Gemma 4 26B A4B	Google	$0.0001	$0.120	262k tokens
Gemma 4 31B	Google	$0.0001	$0.123	262k tokens
Llama Guard 3 8B	Meta	$0.0001	$0.127	131k tokens
GPT-5.6 Luna	OpenAI	$0.0002	$0.157	1.1M tokens
Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct	Meta	$0.0002	$0.162	131k tokens
GPT-4o Mini	OpenAI	$0.0002	$0.170	128k tokens
Mistral: Mistral Small 4	Mistral	$0.0002	$0.170	262k tokens
Mistral: Saba	Mistral	$0.0002	$0.182	33k tokens
xAI: Grok 3 Mini	xAI	$0.0002	$0.185	131k tokens
xAI: Grok 3 Mini Beta	xAI	$0.0002	$0.185	131k tokens
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct	Meta	$0.0002	$0.188	131k tokens
Mistral Small 3.1	Mistral	$0.0002	$0.210	128k tokens
Mistral: Mistral Small 3	Mistral	$0.0002	$0.210	33k tokens
Llama 4 Maverick	Meta	$0.0002	$0.226	256k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini	OpenAI	$0.0002	$0.226	1.0M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo	OpenAI	$0.0002	$0.228	16k tokens
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	Mistral	$0.0003	$0.254	33k tokens
Mistral: Codestral 2508	Mistral	$0.0003	$0.273	256k tokens
Meta: Llama 3 70B Instruct	Meta	$0.0003	$0.290	8k tokens
DeepSeek V4-Pro	DeepSeek	$0.0003	$0.300	1M tokens
Google: Gemma 2 27B	Google	$0.0003	$0.305	8k tokens
DeepSeek V3	DeepSeek	$0.0003	$0.310	128k tokens
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash	Google	$0.0003	$0.313	1.0M tokens
Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku	Anthropic	$0.0003	$0.338	200k tokens
xAI: Grok Code Fast 1	xAI	$0.0004	$0.380	256k tokens
Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview	Google	$0.0004	$0.393	1.0M tokens
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512	Mistral	$0.0005	$0.455	262k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini	OpenAI	$0.0005	$0.503	400k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini	OpenAI	$0.0005	$0.503	400k tokens
Gemini 3.6 Flash	Google	$0.0005	$0.506	1.0M tokens
Mistral: Devstral 2 2512	Mistral	$0.0005	$0.540	262k tokens
Mistral: Devstral Medium	Mistral	$0.0005	$0.540	131k tokens
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3	Mistral	$0.0005	$0.540	131k tokens
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1	Mistral	$0.0005	$0.540	131k tokens
DeepSeek R1	DeepSeek	$0.0006	$0.619	128k tokens
OpenAI: o3 Mini	OpenAI	$0.0006	$0.622	200k tokens
OpenAI: o3 Mini High	OpenAI	$0.0006	$0.622	200k tokens
OpenAI: o4 Mini	OpenAI	$0.0006	$0.622	200k tokens
OpenAI: o4 Mini High	OpenAI	$0.0006	$0.622	200k tokens
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite	Google	$0.0006	$0.625	1.0M tokens
Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)	Google	$0.0006	$0.625	33k tokens
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5	Anthropic	$0.0007	$0.675	200k tokens
OpenAI: GPT Audio Mini	OpenAI	$0.0007	$0.678	128k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)	OpenAI	$0.0007	$0.690	4k tokens
Gemini 3.1 Flash	Google	$0.0008	$0.785	1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct	OpenAI	$0.0008	$0.815	4k tokens
Codestral 25.01	Mistral	$0.0008	$0.819	256k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini	OpenAI	$0.0011	$1.06	400k tokens
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku	Anthropic	$0.0011	$1.08	200k tokens
Claude 4 Haiku	Anthropic	$0.0011	$1.08	200k tokens
Kimi K2.7 Code	Moonshot	$0.0011	$1.12	256k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-4.1	OpenAI	$0.0011	$1.13	1.0M tokens
OpenAI: o3	OpenAI	$0.0011	$1.13	200k tokens
Gemini 3.5 Flash	Google	$0.0012	$1.18	1.0M tokens
Muse Spark	Meta	$0.0012	$1.25	1.0M tokens
Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro	Google	$0.0013	$1.26	1.0M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5 Codex	OpenAI	$0.0013	$1.26	400k tokens
GLM-5.2	Z.ai	$0.0013	$1.32	1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5	Anthropic	$0.0014	$1.35	1M tokens
GPT-5.6 Sol	OpenAI	$0.0014	$1.35	1.1M tokens
GPT-5.2 Mini	OpenAI	$0.0014	$1.36	128k tokens
GPT-5.6 Terra	OpenAI	$0.0016	$1.57	1.1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5	OpenAI	$0.0016	$1.57	400k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k	OpenAI	$0.0016	$1.63	16k tokens
Grok 4	xAI	$0.0018	$1.82	2M tokens
Grok 4.5	xAI	$0.0018	$1.82	500k tokens
Mistral Large 2	Mistral	$0.0018	$1.82	128k tokens
Mistral: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct	Mistral	$0.0018	$1.82	66k tokens
Mistral: Pixtral Large 2411	Mistral	$0.0018	$1.82	131k tokens
Qwen 3.8 Max	Alibaba	$0.0018	$1.82	1M tokens
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5	Anthropic	$0.0020	$2.02	1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6	Anthropic	$0.0020	$2.02	1M tokens
Mistral Medium 3.5	Mistral	$0.0020	$2.02	256k tokens
OpenAI: o4 Mini Deep Research	OpenAI	$0.0023	$2.26	200k tokens
Qwen 3.7 Max	Alibaba	$0.0023	$2.27	1M tokens
Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06	Google	$0.0025	$2.51	1.0M tokens
Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05	Google	$0.0025	$2.51	1.0M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat	OpenAI	$0.0025	$2.51	128k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.1	OpenAI	$0.0025	$2.51	400k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.1 Chat	OpenAI	$0.0025	$2.51	128k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex	OpenAI	$0.0025	$2.51	400k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Max	OpenAI	$0.0025	$2.51	400k tokens
OpenAI: GPT Audio	OpenAI	$0.0028	$2.83	128k tokens
Gemini 3.1 Pro	Google	$0.0031	$3.14	2M tokens
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)	Google	$0.0031	$3.14	66k tokens
Claude Opus 5	Anthropic	$0.0034	$3.38	1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat	OpenAI	$0.0035	$3.52	128k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.3-Codex	OpenAI	$0.0035	$3.52	400k tokens
GPT-5.4	OpenAI	$0.0039	$3.92	272k tokens
Anthropic: Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking)	Anthropic	$0.0040	$4.05	200k tokens
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4	Anthropic	$0.0040	$4.05	200k tokens
Kimi K3	Moonshot	$0.0040	$4.05	1M tokens
xAI: Grok 3	xAI	$0.0040	$4.05	131k tokens
xAI: Grok 3 Beta	xAI	$0.0040	$4.05	131k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo	OpenAI	$0.0046	$4.55	128k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5 Image	OpenAI	$0.0047	$4.70	400k tokens
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5	Anthropic	$0.0068	$6.75	200k tokens
Claude Fable 5	Anthropic	$0.0068	$6.75	1M tokens
Claude Opus 4.7	Anthropic	$0.0068	$6.75	1M tokens
Claude Opus 4.8	Anthropic	$0.0068	$6.75	1M tokens
GPT-5.5	OpenAI	$0.0078	$7.85	1M tokens
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet	Anthropic	$0.0081	$8.10	200k tokens
OpenAI: o1	OpenAI	$0.0085	$8.47	200k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106)	OpenAI	$0.0091	$9.10	128k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview	OpenAI	$0.0091	$9.10	128k tokens
OpenAI: o3 Deep Research	OpenAI	$0.011	$11.30	200k tokens
OpenAI: o3 Pro	OpenAI	$0.011	$11.30	200k tokens
GPT-5.2	OpenAI	$0.011	$11.36	200k tokens
Claude Mythos 5	Anthropic	$0.014	$13.50	1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5 Pro	OpenAI	$0.015	$15.07	400k tokens
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4	Anthropic	$0.020	$20.25	200k tokens
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1	Anthropic	$0.020	$20.25	200k tokens
Claude Opus 4.6	Anthropic	$0.020	$20.25	1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-4	OpenAI	$0.021	$20.70	8k tokens
OpenAI: GPT-4 (older v0314)	OpenAI	$0.021	$20.70	8k tokens
OpenAI: o1-pro	OpenAI	$0.085	$84.75	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?

This is the volume shape where cheap models earn their keep: the per-item cost is fractions of a cent and the job is formulaic enough that a budget model rarely embarrasses you. Batch APIs typically halve these figures again for work with no deadline.

Price your own token counts →best ai for ecommerce →best ai for copywriting →best cheap api →best ai for content creation →

Frequently asked

How much does it cost to write product descriptions with AI?

$0.0000 on Mistral: Mistral Nemo, the cheapest capable option, rising to $0.0014 on Claude Sonnet 5 at the top end. GPT-5.6 Luna is the value pick at $0.0002 per run. The job is priced at 250 input and 220 output tokens — see the working below.

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

Ten product attributes with values ≈ 250 input tokens. A 160-word description ≈ 220 output tokens.

What does this cost at a 1,000-product catalogue?

$0.012 a month on Mistral: Mistral Nemo, $0.157 on GPT-5.6 Luna, and $1.35 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?

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.