api-cost-compare

Problem → Solution

The problem: You're building an AI app and picking a model. Claude Opus 4.7 costs $15/M tokens input, GPT-4o costs $2.50, DeepSeek V4 Flash costs $0.14. The pricing landscape shifts monthly. You're probably overpaying by 90%+ because you picked the default model. $4,000/year wasted on API costs you didn't need to spend.

The solution: One command compares 18 models across 6 providers for your specific scenario (coding, chat, writing, reasoning). Realistic token estimates per scenario. Spending tracker to know exactly what you're burning.

Quick Start

pip install git+https://github.com/minirr890112-byte/api-cost-compare.git

api-cost list              # All 18 models with pricing
api-cost recommend coding  # Cheapest for your use case
api-cost compare 0 1 chat  # Head-to-head comparison
api-cost track 3.50 openai gpt-4o  # Log spending
api-cost report            # Spending summary

Real Output

$ api-cost recommend coding

⭐ #1   Mistral Mistral Small 3        $1.65/month
⭐ #2   DeepSeek DeepSeek V4 Flash     $1.89/month
⭐ #3   OpenAI GPT-4o-mini             $2.92/month

💸 Choosing #1 over Claude Opus 4.7 saves $335.85/month ($4,030/year)

Providers Covered

OpenAI · Anthropic · Google · DeepSeek · xAI · Mistral

Scenarios

| Scenario | Input tokens | Output tokens | Requests/day | |----------|-------------|---------------|--------------| | coding | 5,000 | 2,000 | 50 | | chat | 500 | 500 | 100 | | writing | 1,000 | 3,000 | 10 | | reasoning| 2,000 | 4,000 | 20 |

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