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Price changes, model launches, monthly roundups and guides, written from the pricing data on this site.

Latest monthly roundup13 min readAI API Pricing November 2026: What Changed This MonthClaude Haiku 5.5 launched at $0.10/$0.50, GPT-6.1 Terra at $1/$5 and Gemini 4 Argon at an introductory $2/$10, while Mistral cut Large 4 to $0.70/$2.10. Every AI API price change since 5 October 2026, and the deadlines to watch.

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Guide10 min readClaude Prompt Caching Pricing: Costs vs GPT and GeminiClaude prompt caching pricing, model by model: writes cost 1.25x or 2x the input price, and reads 2.5% to 10% of it. When the cache pays off, how it stacks with the Batch API, and how Claude's cache prices compare with GPT and Gemini.
Market Analysis11 min readIs AI Getting Cheaper? 2026 API Prices, Tier by TierIs AI getting cheaper? Below the top tier, yes: Claude Haiku 5.5 and GPT-6 Luna cost $0.10/$0.50, and Claude Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol $2/$10. But new flagships launched at $10/$50, and Gemini 4 Argon doubles on 1 Dec. 2026's API prices, tier by tier.
News8 min readClaude Ultra Plan: Max 20x Renamed, Max vs Ultra ComparedAnthropic has renamed Max 20x as Ultra and Max 5x as plain Max, at unchanged prices of £180 ($200) and £90 ($100) a month. Ultra drops the five-hour limit for verified accounts and gives 10x Pro's weekly usage. What changed, which to pick, and how both compare with ChatGPT Pro.
New Model11 min readGemini 4 Argon Pricing: What's New and Who It's ForGemini 4 Argon, Google's flagship reasoning model, went GA on 13 Oct 2026 at an introductory $2/$10 per million tokens, doubling to $4/$20 on 1 Dec 2026. What's new, what it costs against Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra, and who should switch.
News13 min readClaude Motion and Dashboards: Every Claude Release in October 2026Claude Motion and Claude Dashboards launched in beta on 8 October 2026, Docs, Slides and Design left beta on every plan, and Haiku 5.5 arrived at $0.10/$0.50. Every Claude release since mid-September, who gets it and what it costs, plus a real Motion clip.
News14 min readAI API Pricing October 2026: What Changed This MonthClaude Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol launched a day apart at $2/$10, GPT-6 Luna set OpenAI's new floor at $0.10/$0.50, and Perplexity Sonar moved to the Agent API. Every AI API price change in October 2026, verified against vendor pricing pages.
New Model12 min readClaude Opus 5.5: What's New, Pricing and Who It's ForClaude Opus 5.5 launched on 22 September 2026 at $4/$20 per million tokens, 20% below Opus 5, with cache reads down 60%. Here's what changed, how it compares to Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 Astra, and which teams should switch.
News13 min readAI API Pricing September 2026: What Changed This MonthOpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra at $10/$50, Claude Fable 5.1 cut cache reads by 75%, and DeepSeek's peak-hour pricing went live. Every AI API price change in September 2026, verified against vendor pricing pages.
News13 min readAI API Pricing August 2026: What Changed Across 10 ProvidersOpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna by 80%, Anthropic cancelled the Claude Sonnet 5 price rise, and DeepSeek warned of an increase. Every AI API price change in August 2026, verified against vendor pricing pages.
New Model11 min readClaude Opus 5: What's New, Pricing and Who It's ForClaude Opus 5 launched on 24 July 2026 at $5/$25 per million tokens - the same price as Opus 4.8. Here's what actually changed, how it compares to Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol, and which teams should switch.
News9 min readAI News July 2026: The Biggest Stories So FarClaude Sonnet 5, GPT-5.6 and Grok 4.5 all landed in a fortnight, Gemini 3.5 Pro slipped, and the EU AI Act gets its teeth in August. Here's July 2026's AI news so far - and what each story does to your cost per million tokens.
Market Analysis7 min readFable 5 Returns: Inside Anthropic's Export-Control StandoffClaude Fable 5 is back after a 19-day suspension. Here's what triggered the export controls, what changed, and how it now compares on compareai.today.
News7 min readAI News Today: Sonnet 5, Export Rules, Black MarketClaude Sonnet 5 launched at roughly half the price of Opus 4.8, the US tightened its AI chip export rules to reach Chinese firms' overseas subsidiaries, and reporting exposed a black market reselling API tokens at up to 93 percent off. Here is today's AI news roundup, and what each story means if you build with AI.
Guide8 min readThe Future of Operating Systems: How AI Rewrites the OSAI is turning the operating system from passive plumbing into an agentic layer that reads your intent and acts for you. See what an AI-native OS means, who's building it, and the benefits, risks and UK implications.
Guide8 min readWhat Is a Token in AI? How AI Pricing Really WorksA token is the unit AI APIs bill you for — roughly four characters of text. See how tokens are counted, why output costs more than input, and how to estimate and cut your AI bill.
Market Analysis9 min readHow Reliable Is Claude? Uptime and Integration RiskClaude is dependable for everyday chat, but its API has no default uptime guarantee, and 2026 brought a run of outages. See why wiring Claude into tooling carries extra risk, and how to build resilient AI integrations.
Market Analysis7 min readClaude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Suspended: AlternativesThe US government has suspended Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users. Here's what happened, what it means, and the best alternatives to switch to now.
Market Analysis8 min readSpaceX IPO 2026: What It Means for AI, Grok & StarlinkSpaceX's $1.75T IPO is also an AI story: it now owns xAI and Grok and is building orbital data centers. See what it means for AI buyers and Grok pricing.
New Model8 min readClaude Fable 5 Explained: Pricing and CapabilitiesClaude Fable 5 is Anthropic's most powerful public model yet. See its benchmarks, $10/$50 pricing and how its API cost compares to GPT, Gemini and Grok.
Market Analysis13 min readAI Image Generator Pricing: Cheapest Plans & Cost Per ImageMidjourney, ChatGPT and GPT Image, Firefly, Stable Diffusion, Google's Nano Banana and Flux, converted into real cost per image, from about $0.005 to over $0.20 at high resolution. See which is cheapest for your workload.
New Model8 min readClaude Opus 4.8: New Features, Benchmarks, and PricingAnthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 on 28 May. See verified benchmarks vs GPT-5.5 and Gemini 3.1 Pro, new pricing, and what to pin if you build on the API.
Pricing Update9 min readClaude Opus 4.7 Review: Same Price, 35% Bigger Bills (Here's Why)Claude Opus 4.7 keeps $5/$25 per MTok, but a new tokenizer counts up to 35% more tokens. See workload cost impact, mitigations, and a clean upgrade decision.
Pricing Update10 min readDeepSeek V4 Just Halved AI Inference Costs Again — What It Means For Your StackDeepSeek V4 launched in April 2026 at roughly half V3's per-token rate, undercutting GPT-5 and Claude on cost. Here's what to do in the next 90 days.
Market Analysis16 min readChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini (2026): Real Output ComparisonPractical comparison of ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for writing, coding, and research with scoring rubric.
Market Analysis14 min readThe Best AI Image Generator For Realistic PhotosSide-by-side comparison of Midjourney, ChatGPT (GPT Image), Adobe Firefly, Stable Diffusion and Google's Gemini image models.
Market Analysis12 min readI Ran the Same Prompt on 7 AI Models — The Results Will Surprise YouRunning the same prompt across seven AI models reveals surprising differences in reasoning and safety.
Pricing Update3 min readAnthropic Holds Claude Opus 4.6 Pricing Steady at $5/$25 per MTokAnthropic's latest flagship model maintains competitive pricing while expanding the context window to 1M tokens at standard rates.
New Model4 min readOpenAI GPT-5.4 Series: New Nano Model at $0.20/MTok InputOpenAI expands its model lineup with GPT-5.4 Nano, the most affordable model yet at $0.20 input / $1.25 output per million tokens.
Price Drop3 min readGoogle Drops Gemini 2.0 Flash to $0.075/MTok — Cheapest Major ModelGoogle aggressively cuts pricing on Gemini 2.0 Flash, now the cheapest model from a major provider.