LLM API Providers pricing across 15 tracked products: entry-tier median $0.02, top-tier median $10. Cheapest: Fireworks AI. Most premium: OpenAI API. Updated April 2026.
LLM API Providers pricing varies across per-seat, per-usage, and enterprise-quoted tiers. Published list prices on vendor pricing pages form the basis of this benchmark; negotiated deals typically land 15-40% below list for teams over 20 seats.
Entry-tier median is $0.02, top-tier median $10. Negotiated enterprise deals typically land 15-40% below list.
| Product | Entry | Median | Top | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anyscale | $0.15 | $1.00 | $5.00 | month |
| Claude API | $0.03 | $38 | $75 | month |
| Cohere API | $0.04 | $0.60 | $10 | month |
| DeepInfra | $0.02 | $41 | $82 | month |
| Fireworks AI | $0 | $0.20 | $9.00 | month |
| Google Gemini API | $0 | $9.00 | $18 | month |
| Groq | $0 | $1.50 | $3.00 | month |
| Lepton AI | $0.07 | $0.50 | $4.00 | month |
| Mistral AI API | $0.10 | $0.50 | $6.00 | month |
| OctoAI | $0 | $0 | $0 | month |
| OpenAI API | $0.02 | $135 | $270 | month |
| OpenRouter | $0 | $2.00 | $75 | month |
| Perplexity API | $1.00 | $3.00 | $15 | month |
| Together AI | $0.03 | $4.99 | $9.95 | month |
| Vercel AI SDK | $0 | $20 | $20 | month |
Low is the entry-tier price (often a free or starter plan). Median is the middle price across published tiers. High is the top published tier — enterprise contracts with negotiated discounts usually land 15-40% below the published high.
Across 15 tracked products, the entry-tier median is $0.02 and the top-tier median is $10. Individual products vary significantly — see the per-product table above.
Fireworks AI has the lowest entry-tier price in our tracked set.
OpenAI API has the highest top-tier list price among tracked products.
Prices are sourced from vendor pricing pages and automatically re-checked. Any tier marked 'custom' has no public list price; negotiated deals aren't shown here.