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 | 265 pages | Jul 16 | LIVE |
| Comparisons → | Two-way head-to-heads with live pricing, benchmarks, and verdicts | 28 pages | Jul 16 | LIVE |
| Capability Q&A | "Can X do Y?" with verified test outputs and screenshots | — | — | SOON |
| Calculators → | LLM API cost + token counter on live pricing — more tools next | 2 live tools | Jul 16 | NEW |
| 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 | 9 posts | Jul 11 | LIVE |
Pricing picks
Featured comparisons
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Free AI compute in 2026: every free tier, trial, startup grant, and student deal — verified
Best LLM APIs with a free tier (2026)
Hidden LLM API costs nobody quotes (2026)
The reasoning dial nobody touches: why your thinking-model bill is so high
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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 — 20 frontier providers, no scraping, no third-party aggregators. Every number on this site has a verification date stamped next to it.
Models documented, tools shipping
Per-model pricing pages cover 20 frontier providers, and the first calculator — LLM API cost — is live on the same verified data. Side-by-side comparisons are next. 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.
