Vendors offer 15-20% off for annual commitment. Sounds obvious - until you realize that if you stop using the service after 8 months, you've still paid for 12. Pick your subscription and how confident you are you'll keep using it. We'll tell you which billing cycle actually wins.
Should you commit to annual billing? Break-even analysis across subscriptions.
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The annual discount is only worth it if usage is stable and the vendor won’t change on you. Usage stability fixed at 70%.
💡Cheaper assumes you actually realize the discount. Best fit weighs lock-in: high churn risk can make flexible monthly the smarter call.
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Last-verified date is the most recent successful daily snapshot
(aicost_pricing_snapshots) or, when no snapshot exists yet,
the latest successful crawler run (aicost_crawler_runs).
10 of 10
vendors are currently verified. Aggregator services (TokenCost, AI Pricing Guru, etc.)
are not listed.
Derived from industry conventions, not directly published by the vendor. Typical conventions: cached input = 10% of base (90% off), Batch API = 50% of base (50% off).
| Vendor / Model | Field | Why it’s inferred |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic — Claude Sonnet 4.6 | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input rate — Anthropic publishes 90% cache-hit discount on this tier. |
| Anthropic — Claude Sonnet 4.5 | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input rate; same 90% cache-hit convention as Sonnet 4.6. |
| Anthropic — Claude Sonnet 4.5 | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of standard input — Anthropic documents uniform 50% Batch discount. |
| Anthropic — Claude Sonnet 4.5 | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of standard output — Anthropic documents uniform 50% Batch discount. |
| Anthropic — Claude Haiku 4.5 | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input rate — Anthropic 90% cache-hit discount convention. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.4 Mini | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input — OpenAI documents automatic 90% discount on cache hits across GPT-5.x tier. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.4 Nano | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input — OpenAI 90% cache-hit convention. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.4 Nano | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input — OpenAI Batch API uniform 50% discount. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.4 Nano | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output — OpenAI Batch API uniform 50% discount. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.4 Pro | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input — OpenAI 90% cache-hit convention. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.4 Pro | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input — OpenAI Batch API uniform 50% discount. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.4 Pro | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output — OpenAI Batch API uniform 50% discount. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.2 | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input; no residency uplift. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.2 | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.2 | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5 | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5 | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5 | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.5 Pro | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input — OpenAI does not publish a cached rate for *-pro models; using the family convention. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.5 Pro | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.5 Pro | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.2 Pro | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input — pro-tier convention. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.2 Pro | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.2 Pro | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.1 | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5.1 | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5 Pro | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5 Pro | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5 Nano | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5 Nano | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input. |
| OpenAI — GPT-5 Nano | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output. |
| Google — Gemini 3 Flash | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input — Google caching discount convention ~90%. |
| Google — Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input — Google caching convention. |
| Google — Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input — Google Batch API uniform 50% discount. |
| Google — Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output — Google Batch API uniform 50% discount. |
| Google — Gemini 2.5 Pro | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input. |
| Google — Gemini 2.5 Flash | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input. |
| Google — Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input — Google caching convention. |
| Google — Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input — Google Batch API uniform 50% discount. |
| Google — Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output — Google Batch API uniform 50% discount. |
| Google — Gemini 2.0 Flash | cachedInput |
Derived at 25% of input per Google 2.0 family caching rates. |
| Google — Gemini 2.0 Flash | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input — Google Batch API uniform 50% discount. |
| Google — Gemini 2.0 Flash | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output — Google Batch API uniform 50% discount. |
| Google — Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | cachedInput |
Derived at 10% of input — Google caching convention. |
| Google — Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | batchInput |
Derived at 50% of input — Google Batch API uniform 50% discount. |
| Google — Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | batchOutput |
Derived at 50% of output — Google Batch API uniform 50% discount. |
| xAI — Grok 4 (legacy) | cachedInput |
Extrapolated at 25% of base. |
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