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List price vs. effective price per model
Cached and batch discounts routinely cut the sticker price in half; the gap is widest on the newest frontier models.
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USD per 1M output tokens · list
Illustrative data
Multi-line chart of model API prices under list, cached, or batch pricing.
Sources: OpenAI API pricing · Anthropic pricing · Google AI pricing
Methodology & sources
Illustrative list / cached / batch output prices. Cached ratios approximate public discount schedules; not measured effective spend.
Text summary: Multi-line chart comparing list, cached, and batch USD-per-million-token prices across selected models. Download CSV as a data fallback.
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Data API: /api/charts/list-vs-effective-price · /api/charts/list-vs-effective-price.json · /api/charts/list-vs-effective-price.csv