The Inflating Cost of Intelligence (opens in new tab)

Google’s AI triples in price each year. OpenAI’s flagship model was seemingly subsidized for a while, before rising again. Anthropic’s AI has been the same price for a little bit & decreased for the most powerful models. Those are three very different pricing strategies. If we compare the absolutes, the data completes the picture. Vendor Model Input ($/1M) Output ($/1M) Google Gemini 3.1 Pro $2.00 $12.00 Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 $5.00 $25.00 OpenAI GPT-5.5 $5.00 $30.00 Google remains the low...