AI API cost calculator

LLM pricing calculator

Estimate your monthly API cost by token volume. Enter your input and output tokens and compare the base per-1M-token price of every model on Zylo — billed from prepaid credits with no markup on usage.

A typical chat turn is a few hundred to a few thousand tokens. Output tokens usually cost more, so long answers drive most of the cost.

Estimated monthly cost by model

Base usage cost at each model's per-1M-token rate, cheapest first. Loaded live from the catalogue.

ModelProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MEst. / month
Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic$5.00$25.00$100.00
GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI$0.75$4.50$16.50
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek$0.0983$0.1966$1.38
How to read this. Figures are the base usage cost for the token volumes above — no markup on usage. Zylo's flat 25% platform fee applies only when you add credits, so budget roughly the usage cost plus 25% in credits. Estimates are point-in-time; see live pricing and plans.

Frequently asked questions

How is the AI API cost estimated?

The estimate multiplies your monthly input and output tokens by each model's base per-1M-token rate, loaded live from the Zylo catalogue. Output tokens usually cost more than input tokens.

Does the estimate include Zylo's platform fee?

The table shows the base usage cost with no markup. Zylo's flat 25% platform fee applies only when you add credits, so the credits you budget are roughly the usage cost plus 25%.

Are the prices live?

Yes. Prices load from the live Zylo models catalogue, so the calculator reflects current per-token rates.

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