AI API Pricing
The normalized observation layer keeps endpoint identity, price fields, region, effective time, source and review state together.
See normalization rulesPublic research beta · Official index withheld
API price lookup: check the date and source.
Compare input, cached-input, output and batch rates for ten model endpoints across four providers, observed on 24 August 2026. Check the linked provider source before budgeting; prices and access may have changed. For workload estimates, the separate token calculator uses unexpired starter rates or your own rates; it does not load this stale KAPI snapshot.
Release kapi-shadow-2026-08-24 · observed 24 August 2026 · independent recomputation passed
The prices are public; the index is not. These dated official-source observations are retained for historical inspection, not current quotes. Kingy is not publishing an official KAPI headline, ranking or cheapest-model claim until thirteen consecutive weekly baselines and a separate publication authorization pass. A missing price means “not published,” never zero.
Normalized price observations
API rates observed on 24 August 2026
USD per one million tokens unless marked otherwise. “Eligible” refers to the governed future index cohort. These historical rows are not available as current-price presets in the separate token calculator.
All 10 observations passed operator review and source-snapshot verification.2 DeepSeek rows remain index-ineligible because explicit US availability is unverified.
DeepSeek values use the documented weekday peak rate as a conservative estimate; Monday–Friday peak windows and all-hours off-peak conditions remain available in the public contract and calculator disclosure.
| Model endpoint | Provider | Input | Cached input | Output | Batch in / out | Index status | US evidence | Evidence & tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini | OpenAI | $0.75 | $0.075 | $4.5 | $0.375 / $2.25 | EligibleNo exclusion reason | VERIFIED_US | Official source Model profile Open separate calculator |
| GPT-5.4gpt-5.4 | OpenAI | $2.5 | $0.25 | $15 | $1.25 / $7.5 | EligibleNo exclusion reason | VERIFIED_US | Official source Model profile Open separate calculator |
| GPT-5.5gpt-5.5 | OpenAI | $5 | $0.5 | $30 | $2.5 / $15 | EligibleNo exclusion reason | VERIFIED_US | Official source Model profile Open separate calculator |
| Claude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | Anthropic | $1 | $0.1 | $5 | $0.5 / $2.5 | EligibleNo exclusion reason | VERIFIED_US | Official source Model profile Open separate calculator |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6claude-sonnet-4-6 | Anthropic | $3 | $0.3 | $15 | $1.5 / $7.5 | EligibleNo exclusion reason | VERIFIED_US | Official source Model profile Open separate calculator |
| Claude Opus 4.8claude-opus-4-8 | Anthropic | $5 | $0.5 | $25 | $2.5 / $12.5 | EligibleNo exclusion reason | VERIFIED_US | Official source Model profile Open separate calculator |
| DeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek-v4-flash | DeepSeek | $0.44Conservative peak rate; UTC bands disclosed | $0.014 | $1.32 | Not published | Not eligibleUS_AVAILABILITY_UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED_US | Official source Model profile Open separate calculator |
| DeepSeek V4 Prodeepseek-v4-pro | DeepSeek | $1.32Conservative peak rate; UTC bands disclosed | $0.044 | $3.96 | Not published | Not eligibleUS_AVAILABILITY_UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED_US | Official source Model profile Open separate calculator |
| Grok Build 0.1grok-build-0.1 | xAI | $1 | $0.2 | $2 | Not published | EligibleBATCH_RATE_WITHHELD_OFFICIAL_SURFACE_CONFLICT | VERIFIED_US | Official source Model profile Open separate calculator |
| Grok 4.3grok-4.3 | xAI | $1.25 | $0.2 | $2.5 | $1 / $2 | EligibleNo exclusion reason | VERIFIED_US | Official source Model profile Open separate calculator |
Long-context multipliers, prompt-cache write costs and provider-specific conditions are preserved in the public data and calculator disclosures. Prices are evidence, not a model-quality verdict.
One data layer, three useful surfaces
From provider source to a decision you can inspect.
Model Intelligence
The same observation appears as source-checked price evidence on each matching canonical model record.
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The separate token calculator uses unexpired starter rates or your custom rates, then adds cache mix, retries, accepted-result rate and review labour. KAPI-backed current pricing remains paused.
Use the separate token calculatorTrust contract
What the beta proves—and what it deliberately withholds.
Source before claim
Each row cites an official provider surface and retains a checksum of the captured evidence.
Null is not zero
Unsupported batch, cache or regional facts remain null and cannot silently enter a calculation.
Price ≠ eligibility
A usable official USD price can coexist with an index exclusion when regional evidence is incomplete.
No hidden ranking
The official headline, rankings and shadow computation remain unpublished during this research beta.
Independent recomputation
The sealed release passed a separate calculation path before any public integration was prepared.
Versioned release
This table retains release kapi-shadow-2026-08-24. The separate token calculator has its own rate checks. Neither its starter rates nor the model pages make this historical table current.
Official evidence catalog
Eleven retained source records.
Provider pricing, model identity and availability evidence used by this release.
- OpenAIopenai-gpt-5.4-mini-modelSnapshot SHA-256:
47d5f784e39e2ae1… - OpenAIopenai-gpt-5.4-modelSnapshot SHA-256:
4d50758e118b31e5… - OpenAIopenai-gpt-5.5-modelSnapshot SHA-256:
18890b9879019742… - OpenAIopenai-us-data-residencySnapshot SHA-256:
263771821bdd1d9b… - Anthropicanthropic-pricingSnapshot SHA-256:
523f4139b805a4b7… - Anthropicanthropic-model-idsSnapshot SHA-256:
419acbc15dfff24f… - Anthropicanthropic-supported-countriesSnapshot SHA-256:
be6ae8d0be5b5ee4… - DeepSeekdeepseek-pricingSnapshot SHA-256:
d321546b99bc7706… - xAIxai-pricingSnapshot SHA-256:
fdb9e346fb09aef7… - xAIxai-grok-build-0.1-modelSnapshot SHA-256:
55c9c6849d999254… - xAIxai-grok-4.3-modelSnapshot SHA-256:
645c7bef06e33a9e…
For researchers and builders
Machine-readable, redacted by design.
The public release exposes observations, source metadata, eligibility and withheld-index status. It excludes the internal shadow headline, creator minima and computed ranked results.