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.
Base usage cost at each model's per-1M-token rate, cheapest first. Loaded live from the catalogue.
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Est. / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | $5.00 | $25.00 | $100.00 |
| GPT-5.4 Mini | OpenAI | $0.75 | $4.50 | $16.50 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | DeepSeek | $0.0983 | $0.1966 | $1.38 |
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.
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%.
Yes. Prices load from the live Zylo models catalogue, so the calculator reflects current per-token rates.
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