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AI plans are easy to buy and harder to compare.
We examine what their prices, usage limits, and token counts mean in practice.
Four years of API list prices from six AI labs in one chart: OpenAI’s 300-fold low-cost decline, its smaller flagship decline, and new models that cost more. Every price record, with sources.
Read the researchExplore SemiAnalysis’s public October 2026 figures: subscription value, monthly tokens, model caps, and workload sensitivity, with interactive charts.
Read the researchPublished by tokenusage.dev. Our research pairs explicit methods with available measurements. Explore the methodology.
