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AI Plans & Costs: Subscriptions, API Pricing and Tokens

Understand AI subscription plans, API token pricing and monthly budgets, with official, dated price sources.

AI pricing comes in two shapes: flat monthly subscriptions per person, and pay-as-you-go API pricing per million tokens. Which one is cheaper depends on how much text you send and how many people need access.

The guides here link to official, dated price lists so you can budget with numbers you can check.

API pricing

What GPT, Claude and Gemini APIs cost per request, per day and per month.

Closest pages so far: ChatGPT Plus vs Claude Pro vs Google AI Pro: Which Is Worth It?, How Many Words Is a Token? Real Counts From Real Text.

Subscription plans

Monthly AI plans compared on price, limits and what you actually get.

Token math

How text turns into tokens and how tokens turn into a bill.

Closest pages so far: ChatGPT Plus vs Claude Pro vs Google AI Pro: Which Is Worth It?, How Many Words Is a Token? Real Counts From Real Text.

Budgeting

Setting and tracking a realistic monthly AI budget for a team.

Closest pages so far: ChatGPT Plus vs Claude Pro vs Google AI Pro: Which Is Worth It?, How Many Words Is a Token? Real Counts From Real Text.

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Key questions

How much does an AI API cost per month?
Multiply monthly tokens by the per-million-token price for input and output separately.
Is a subscription cheaper than the API?
For light, occasional use the API is often cheaper; heavy daily users usually save with a plan.
How many words is a token?
Roughly three quarters of an English word, but it varies by model and text.