Everyone is spending money on AI.
Almost nobody can do the math.
AI Cost Pal is a set of free, independent calculators that answer the money questions — with prices we keep current, because providers change them almost monthly.
LLM API Cost Calculator
Enter your token usage once, compare your monthly bill across GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok and Qwen — including prompt-caching discounts.
Compare API costs →Can I Run This LLM?
Pick your GPU, see which open models fit in your VRAM and at which quantization — before you download 40 GB to find out the hard way.
Check my hardware →Subscription vs API
Is ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro worth $20/month for how you actually use it? Find your break-even point in ten seconds.
Find my break-even →Why this site exists
Every AI provider publishes prices on a different page, in a different format, with different caching rules, batch discounts and regional endpoints. Comparing them honestly takes an afternoon — and the comparison you find on a blog post is outdated within a month, because prices in this market move constantly.
These tools do the comparison in one place, run entirely in your browser, and sit on a price dataset that syncs automatically from a live pricing feed on a schedule — not a page someone forgot to update. The last-sync date is printed on every page.