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Top 25 LLMs Ranked by Price and Performance
A plain-English comparison of leading AI models, covering cost per million tokens, context size, and the best use for each.
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Prices and specs for all ranked models, updated monthly.
| Rank | Model & Company | Best For | Price / 1M Tokens | Context | Quality | Score | Access | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet Anthropic • US | Writing & Reasoning | $3 / M | 200K | Strong | 96 | Pro | Read More |
| #2 | GPT-4o OpenAI • US | General Purpose | $2.50 / M | 128K | Strong | 94 | API | Read More |
| #3 | Gemini 1.5 Pro Google • US | Long Context | $1.25 / M | 2M | Strong | 92 | API | Read More |
| #4 | Llama 3.1 405B Meta • Open | Open Source | Free | 128K | Good | 91 | Free | Read More |
| #5 | Mistral Large Mistral AI • EU | Writing & Reasoning | $2 / M | 128K | Good | 89 | API | Read More |
| #6 | Command R+ Cohere • US | Enterprise RAG | $2.50 / M | 128K | Good | 88 | API | Read More |
| #7 | Grok 2 xAI • US | General Purpose | $2 / M | 128K | Fair | 87 | Pro | Read More |
| #8 | DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek • CN | Open Source | $0.27 / M | 128K | Good | 86 | API | Read More |
| #9 | Claude 3 Haiku Anthropic • US | Fast & Cheap | $0.25 / M | 200K | Good | 86 | API | Read More |
| #10 | Gemini 1.5 Flash Google • US | Fast & Cheap | $0.075 / M | 1M | Good | 85 | API | Read More |
| #11 | Qwen 2.5 72B Alibaba • CN | Open Source | Free | 128K | Fair | 84 | Free | Read More |
| #12 | Phi-3.5 Mini Microsoft • US | Small & Local | Free | 128K | Good | 84 | Free | Read More |
| #13 | Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI • EU | Open Source | Free | 64K | Good | 83 | Free | Read More |
| #14 | Perplexity Sonar Perplexity • US | Search & Research | $1 / M | 127K | Good | 83 | API | Read More |
| #15 | Codestral Mistral AI • EU | Coding | $0.30 / M | 32K | Good | 82 | API | Read More |
| #16 | Gemma 2 27B Google • Open | Small & Local | Free | 8K | Fair | 81 | Free | Read More |
| #17 | Yi-Large 01.AI • CN | General Purpose | $3 / M | 32K | Fair | 81 | API | Read More |
| #18 | Reka Core Reka • US | Multimodal | $10 / M | 128K | Fair | 80 | API | Read More |
| #19 | Falcon 180B TII • AE | Open Source | Free | 2K | Fair | 79 | Free | Read More |
| #20 | Jamba 1.5 Large AI21 Labs • US | Long Context | $8 / M | 256K | Fair | 79 | API | Read More |
| #21 | Nemotron 70B NVIDIA • US | Open Source | Free | 128K | Good | 78 | Free | Read More |
| #22 | DBRX Databricks • US | Open Source | Free | 32K | Fair | 78 | Free | Read More |
| #23 | Amazon Nova Lite Amazon • US | Fast & Cheap | $0.06 / M | 300K | Good | 77 | API | Read More |
| #24 | Inflection Pi Inflection • US | Conversation | Free | 8K | Fair | 76 | Free | Read More |
| #25 | Aya Expanse 32B Cohere • Open | Multilingual | Free | 128K | Fair | 75 | Free | Read More |
Clear Criteria Behind Every Ranking
Each model is scored on price, speed, quality, and context size, so you can compare options without reading technical papers.
What each tool does best
Plain-English summaries of each AI model, with the features and benefits that matter most to you.
Comparison data is reviewed regularly against official provider pricing and documentation.
Pricing at a Glance
Free tiers, pay-as-you-go rates, and monthly plans compared side by side. Prices change often, so confirm on each provider's site.
Subscriptions & Free Tiers
ChatGPT Free
Free access to a general-purpose chat model with usage limits. Good for everyday questions and drafting.
Claude Pro
PopularMonthly plan with higher usage limits and access to the most capable model for long documents and writing.
Gemini Free
Free chat access with Google integration. Suitable for light research and simple tasks.
Enterprise Plan
Team-wide access with admin controls, data privacy terms, and volume discounts. Priced per seat.
Pay-as-you-go & Teams
OpenAI API
Billed per million input and output tokens. You only pay for what your application actually uses.
Anthropic API
Token-based pricing with separate rates for input and output. A smaller model costs less per request.
Google Gemini API
PopularLow-cost token pricing with a free tier for testing. Rates vary by model size and context length.
Team Plan
PopularShared workspace for small teams with pooled usage and central billing. Billed per user each month.
Prices Change Often
Figures shown are typical list prices and may be outdated. Check the provider's pricing page before you commit to a plan.
How We Rank Every Model
We evaluate leading AI models using verifiable pricing data, reproducible benchmarks, and live latency diagnostics. Every model receives a composite score from 0 to 100 based on standard production requirements.
Reasoning & Benchmark Quality
Evaluated on standard logic, coding accuracy, and real-world task completion without marketing spin.
Real Token Economics
Calculated from blended input/output costs per 1M tokens to measure true operational ROI at scale.
Reliability & Global Latency
Continuous 24/7 uptime checks, median time-to-first-token (TTFT), and API error-rate monitoring.
Context Window & Limits
Assessment of active context window retention, needle-in-a-haystack recall, and batch rate headroom.
Usability & Tooling Integration
Availability of official SDKs, function calling consistency, prompt caching, and ecosystem documentation.
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