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Compare AI chat apps and models

Two kinds of comparison live here. The chat apps (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and DeepSeek) are compared by their monthly plans. The models behind them are compared by what developers pay per token through each maker’s API.

Checked October 18, 2026 against each company’s plans and pricing pages

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Pick up to four. The lowest price in each row is marked; equal prices are ties.

Per 1M tokensClaude Sonnet 5.5GPT-6.1 SolGemini 4 ArgonGrok 4.7
CompanyAnthropicOpenAIGooglexAI
Input$2.00$2.00$2.00$2.00
Cached input$0.10$0.10$0.10$0.50
Output$10.00$10.00$10.00$6.00

Months: support chat = 30,000 requests of 2,000 tokens in (half from cache) and 500 out; long documents = 2,000 requests of 150,000 in and 2,000 out; overnight batch = 100,000 requests of 3,000 in (60% from cache) and 300 out at batch prices where the company has them. Score: Epoch Capabilities Index (CC BY 4.0).

Chat apps: plans at a glance

Monthly prices in US dollars
AppPlansShare of visitsCompared
ClaudeFree, Pro $20, Max from $1000.95%Claude vs ChatGPT
ChatGPTFree, Go $8, Plus $20, Pro from $10080.48%See the three comparisons
GeminiFree, Google AI Plus $4.99, Google AI Pro $19.99, Google AI Ultra from $99.9910.91%Gemini vs ChatGPT
DeepSeekFree0.02%DeepSeek vs ChatGPT

Claude Pro is $17 a month billed yearly; ChatGPT Plus is $19.99 through Apple’s App Store. Share of visits: the visits each chatbot referred to websites, as a share of all chatbot referrals (Statcounter, September 2026).

Claude vs ChatGPTClaude Pro against ChatGPT Plus, and their top modelsGemini vs ChatGPTGoogle AI Pro against ChatGPT Plus, with storage and videoDeepSeek vs ChatGPTA free app against paid plans, and where your data goesGrok pricingFree, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra plans

Models through the API

Each maker’s cheapest and priciest current model, input / output per 1M tokens
MakerCheapestPricePriciestPrice
AnthropicClaude Haiku 5.5$0.10 / $0.50Claude Fable 5.1$10.00 / $50.00
OpenAIGPT-6 Luna$0.10 / $0.50GPT-6 Astra$10.00 / $50.00
GoogleGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite$0.30 / $2.50Gemini 4 Argon$2.00 / $10.00
xAIGrok 4.7$2.00 / $6.00(one current model)
DeepSeekDeepSeek Flash$0.30 / $1.20DeepSeek V4 Pro$1.32 / $3.96

Gemini 4 Argon’s price is introductory and doubles on December 1, 2026. DeepSeek’s prices are its peak-hour rates; the rest of the day costs half.

Claude Opus 5.5 vs Fable 5.1Anthropic’s top two modelsClaude Opus vs SonnetTwice the price: what you getGPT-6.1 Sol vs GPT-6 AstraOpenAI’s top model at five times the priceClaude Haiku 5.5 vs GPT-6 LunaThe two cheapest models, same list priceCheapest AI APIEvery model ranked by the cost of a jobOpenAI API alternativesAPIs that work with OpenAI’s SDK

Best AI for the job

Best AI modelsIndependent rankings with pricesWhich AI should I use?Pick a job and a budgetBest AI chatbotsFree and paid, by the model each plan usesBest AI for writingBy the kind of writing you doBest AI for codingCoding tests and cost per taskBest AI video generatorsFree clips to prices per secondBest AI agentsIn ChatGPT and Claude, and no-code buildersBest AI image generatorsFree picks and API pricesBest AI for studyingFree tools and student dealsBest AI for designersFigma, Claude Design, StitchBest AI for businessTeam plans and prices

Coding tools, images and clouds

Claude Code pricingPlans against paying per tokenCursor pricingPlans, usage pools and model costsCodex pricingOpenAI’s coding agent: plans or API keyNano Banana pricingCost per Gemini imageAWS Bedrock pricingClaude on Bedrock vs Anthropic’s API

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