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Flagship Model Price History
Flagship Lines by Vendor: Blended Price (USD per Million Tokens, log)#
Flagship blended prices move in generational jumps: the US names hold the high band while DeepSeek bounces around in the low band.Draft, pending review
How to read this chart
Each line hands off from one flagship generation to the next, so it jumps at each generation change; hover to see the model of the month. List prices exclude caching and batch discounts.
Source: Published model pricing and the Artificial Analysis index; FinSight compilation · Updated 2026-09-04
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Cheapest US Flagship (the Frontier Floor Price)#
The cheapest US flagship stopped getting cheaper after 2025; the frontier cost line for applications has bottomed.Draft, pending review
How to read this chart
The monthly minimum of the three US flagships' blended prices (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google): the cheapest frontier cost line available to applications.
Source: FinSight compilation and estimates · Updated 2026-09-04
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Latest Flagship Pricing: Input vs Output (July 2026)#
Output usually costs 2 to 6 times input, and reasoning models raise the output share, so the realized average price is above list.Draft, pending review
Source: FinSight compilation and estimates · Updated 2026-09-04
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