The independent price desk for every AI model on the market
Launched May 2026 with verified pricing for Anthropic's Claude lineup. Shipping coverage of every major lab — OpenAI, Google, Mistral, DeepSeek, Meta — through Q3 2026. No paid placements. No sponsored rankings. No vibes.
| Section | Coverage | Pages | Updated | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing Hub → | Per-model pricing with calculators and historical charts | 214 pages | Jun 4 | LIVE |
| Comparisons | Two-way and three-way head-to-heads with category verdicts | — | — | SOON |
| Capability Q&A | "Can X do Y?" with verified test outputs and screenshots | — | — | SOON |
| Calculators | Cost, RAG, self-host, fine-tune, carbon, multi-model routing | — | — | SOON |
| AI Agents | Brand hubs, benchmark scores, real test runs, install guides | — | — | SOON |
| Alternatives | Curated swaps with filtering by free, open-source, region | — | — | SOON |
| Best for [task] | Editorial picks with strict separation of sponsored slots | — | — | SOON |
| Integrations | Tool-pair workflows with multi-platform recipes & cost | — | — | SOON |
| Rankings | Top-N lists with transparent methodology and dual disclosure | — | — | SOON |
| Glossary | Definitions with code samples, cost framing, adoption signals | — | — | SOON |
| The Journal → | Editorial: news cycle, deep analysis, opinion, research digests | 4 posts | Jun 3 | LIVE |
Pricing picks
Best LLM APIs with a free tier (2026)
The cheapest LLM API by use case (2026)
Caveman mode for Claude Code: the math behind the 65% headline
How prompt caching actually changes the LLM cost math
The tape doesn't lie.
Every price move, model release, and policy change in the AI market — logged within hours, not weeks.
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Pricing data is verified manually against each vendor's own canonical pricing page — 13 frontier providers, no scraping, no third-party aggregators. Every number on this site has a verification date stamped next to it.
Models documented, tools coming
Phase 1 ships per-model pricing pages across 13 providers. Calculators and side-by-side comparisons are Phase 2-3. We don't claim coverage we don't have.
No paid placements. Ever.
Editorial rankings are not for sale. Affiliate links exist and are disclosed line-by-line. Sponsored slots in lists are visually quarantined and labeled.