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The inference cost of flagship models ranges from $3 to $15 per million tokens, far exceeding the marginal cost of traditional SaaS services.
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7/20/2026
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Valid until: 10/18/2026(expired)
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UnverifiedPublic pricing data from companies including Anthropic and OpenAI shows that the inference cost per million tokens is approximately in the range of $0.5–$15.80% similarUnverifiedThe output price of mainstream top-tier closed-source models is often 3 to 5 times the input price, with some flagship model output prices as high as $15 or more per million tokens.78% similarUnverifiedInference cost per million tokens ranges from a few dollars to tens of dollars, depending on model size and optimization.76% similarVerifiedThe API pricing for Claude 3 Opus is approximately $15 per million input tokens and $75 per million output tokens.74% similar
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