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Terminal-based AI API Cost Calculator, Converter & Recommender. Compare providers, convert currencies, and get model recommendations.
A terminal-based calculator and recommendation engine for AI API costs. Supports multiple providers, local currency conversion, and automated pricing updates.
Compare the effective cost of using models directly vs. through gateways like OpenRouter, including platform fees.
Comparison: gpt-4o vs openrouter/gpt-4o
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┃ Attribute ┃ gpt-4o ┃ openrouter/gpt-4o ┃
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│ Provider │ OpenAI │ OpenRouter │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Source │ Direct │ Aggregator │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Platform Fee │ 0.0% │ 5.5% │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Type │ text │ text │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Input Cost │ 111.4775 TRY (1M) │ 117.6088 TRY (1M) │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Output/Unit Cost │ 445.9100 TRY (1M) │ 470.4350 TRY (1M) │
└──────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘
| Model | Provider | Input/1M | Output/1M | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | $5.00 | $25.00 | reasoning, coding, vision, agentic |
| GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | $5.00 | $30.00 | multimodal, coding, agentic |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | OpenAI | $30.00 | $180.00 | precision, enterprise, agentic |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | $3.00 | $15.00 | coding, fast, general |
| GPT-4o | OpenAI | $2.50 | $10.00 | reasoning, coding, vision |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | $2.00 | $12.00 | long-context, multimodal | |
| DeepSeek R1 | DeepSeek | $0.55 | $2.19 | reasoning, coding, smart |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.30 | $2.50 | fast, reasoning, legacy | |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | $0.25 | $1.50 | fast, cheap, agentic | |
| DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek | $0.14 | $0.28 | general, coding, cheap |
| Model | Provider | Price | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imagen 4 Fast | $0.02/image | Image | |
| GPT-Image-1 | OpenAI | $0.02/image | Image |
| DALL-E 3 | OpenAI | $0.04/image | Image |
| Imagen 4 Ultra | $0.06/image | Image | |
| Veo 3 Lite | $0.05/sec | Video | |
| Veo 3 | $0.40/sec | Video | |
| Lyria 3 Clip | $0.04/clip | Music | |
| Lyria 3 Pro | $0.08/song | Music | |
| Whisper | OpenAI | $0.006/min | Speech-to-Text |
| TTS Standard | OpenAI | $15/1M chars | Text-to-Speech |
Full list available via
aicost list --currency USD
pip install aicost-cli
With MCP server support:
pip install aicost-cli[mcp]
Or from source:
git clone https://github.com/ufhouck/aicost.git
cd aicost
pip install -e .
aicost list --currency TRY
# Text model — token-based
aicost calc claude-opus-4.7 --input 1000000 --output 500000 --currency TRY
# With platform fee breakdown (aggregators)
aicost calc openrouter/gpt-4o --input 1000000 --output 500000 --currency TRY
Output Example:
╭───────── Cost Calculation ──────────╮
│ Model: openrouter/gpt-4o │
│ Source: Aggregator │
│ │
│ Base Cost: 316.9976 TRY │
│ Platform Fee (5.5%): 17.4349 TRY │
│ │
│ Total Cost: 334.4325 TRY │
╰─────────────────────────────────────╯
aicost compare claude-opus-4.7 gpt-5.5 --currency USD
aicost recommend "fast cheap coding" --currency USD
aicost sync
Start the Model Context Protocol server for AI agent integration:
aicost mcp
io.github.ufhouck/aicost-cliSee CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on how to contribute, including pricing updates, bug reports, and code contributions.
MIT — see LICENSE for details. Developed by Ufuk Aydın.
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Terminal-based AI API Cost Calculator, Converter & Recommender. Compare providers, convert currencies, and get model recommendations.
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