Published LLM prices now span roughly 400x on input and 600x on output, which means the model string in your config is probably the biggest line item you haven't priced out. Put in your monthly traffic below and this page multiplies it against the July 2026 price sheet — every major API, plus TierUp's own tiers, sorted cheapest first. The math runs in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere.
That's 120,000,000 tokens a month. Cost per request = (input tokens ÷ 1M) × input price + (output tokens ÷ 1M) × output price.
| Model / tier | Provider | In $/M | Out $/M | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TierUp tier 1 (Speed)currently free | TierUp | $0 | $0 | $0.00 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | $0.075 | $0.3 | $18.00 | |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | DeepSeek | $0.27 | $1.1 | $65.60 |
| Gemini 3 Flash | $0.5 | $3 | $160.00 | |
| TierUp tier 4 (Reasoning) | TierUp | $1 | $4 | $240.00 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | $1 | $5 | $280.00 |
| TierUp tier 2 (Balance) | TierUp | $1.5 | $7.5 | $420.00 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro≤200K context; input doubles to $4/M above that | $2 | $12 | $640.00 | |
| TierUp tier 3 (Intelligence) | TierUp | $2.5 | $12.5 | $700.00 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | $3 | $15 | $840.00 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | $5 | $25 | $1,400.00 |
| GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | $5 | $30 | $1,600.00 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | OpenAI | $30 | $180 | $9,600.00 |
Estimates only. Real bills also depend on prompt caching (up to 90% off cached input), batch APIs (typically 50% off), and long-context surcharges — Gemini 3.1 Pro, for example, doubles its input rate past 200K tokens of context.
Prices as of 2026-07-05, cross-checked against three public trackers:
Disclosure: TierUp is this site's own product, so read those rows accordingly. Tier prices are ~50% below the retail price of the models behind them and are transparently subsidized while we test product–market fit; requests are routed via OpenRouter today. Tier prices are exactly what we publish on the pricing page.
Want to see what a tier feels like before you re-run the math?
The playground at tierup.ai/try works without signing up, and tier 1 is currently free.