A quarterly-refreshed comparison of per-token pricing across the 7 AI providers LeadCoAI supports for production AI chatbots: Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Mistral, Groq hosting, Together AI, and Fireworks AI. Real costs, real scenarios, no marketing fluff.
Per-token rates in USD. Updated May 8, 2026 from each provider's published pricing page. Verify directly via the linked source if making purchase decisions.
Claude — strong reasoning, large context, leading at complex sales objections + multi-step troubleshooting · Provider pricing →
| Model | Best for | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Hardest reasoning, multi-turn complex sales, technical support escalation. Most expensive but highest quality. | $15.00 | $75.00 | 1,000,000 tk |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Best price/quality ratio. Default recommendation for production sales/support bots. | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1,000,000 tk |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | High-volume, low-latency. Order-taking, FAQ, simple Q&A at scale. | $1.00 | $5.00 | 200,000 tk |
ChatGPT models — broad ecosystem familiarity, strong general performance · Provider pricing →
| Model | Best for | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-4o | General-purpose conversational. Strong vision support if needed. | $2.50 | $10.00 | 128,000 tk |
| GPT-4 Turbo | Mature, well-understood. Good at structured output / function calling. | $10.00 | $30.00 | 128,000 tk |
| GPT-4 | Legacy customers with workflows tuned to original GPT-4 behavior. | $30.00 | $60.00 | 8,192 tk |
Gemini — very long context, multimodal-first, aggressive low pricing on Flash tier · Provider pricing →
| Model | Best for | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 1.5 Pro | Massive context windows. Long document Q&A, knowledge-base-heavy bots. | $1.25 | $5.00 | 2,000,000 tk |
| Gemini 1.5 Flash | Cheapest large-context option. High-volume FAQ/order-taking. | $0.08 | $0.30 | 1,000,000 tk |
Mistral — European provider, GDPR-friendly, strong open-weight options · Provider pricing →
| Model | Best for | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Large | Mistral's flagship. Strong European/multilingual coverage. | $2.00 | $6.00 | 128,000 tk |
| Mistral Medium | Mid-tier balance. Confirm availability at refresh. | $1.00 | $3.00 | 32,000 tk |
| Mistral Small | Cost-sensitive. Use for simple intent classification or routing. | $0.20 | $0.60 | 32,000 tk |
Groq LPU hosting — fastest inference (sub-second TTFT), Llama and Mixtral open-weight models · Provider pricing →
| Model | Best for | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Premium open-weight at near-instant latency. Best for real-time chat where users feel the latency. | $0.59 | $0.79 | 128,000 tk |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instant | Cheapest fast option. Volume FAQ, basic order intake. | $0.05 | $0.08 | 128,000 tk |
| Mixtral 8x7B | Balanced open-weight, equal in/out price. Confirm availability. | $0.24 | $0.24 | 32,000 tk |
Together AI — broad open-weight catalog (Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen variants), dedicated endpoints available · Provider pricing →
| Model | Best for | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 70B (Together) | Open-weight 70B for production with serverless billing. | $0.88 | $0.88 | 128,000 tk |
| DeepSeek V3 | Strong reasoning open-weight. Confirm pricing/availability. | $1.25 | $1.25 | 64,000 tk |
| Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct | Asia-language strength, multi-lingual deployments. | $1.20 | $1.20 | 32,000 tk |
Fireworks AI — alternative open-weight host, function-calling-tuned models · Provider pricing →
| Model | Best for | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 70B (Fireworks) | Alternative to Together AI for 70B Llama. Compare uptime/latency. | $0.90 | $0.90 | 128,000 tk |
| FireFunction V2 | Tuned for tool-use / structured output. Good for order-taking workflows. | $0.90 | $0.90 | 8,000 tk |
Estimated monthly AI usage cost based on typical production LeadCoAI customer chats. Token estimates are conservative averages; your real numbers will vary ±20% depending on bot configuration and conversation depth.
Lead-qualification bot on a low-traffic landing page. ~250 messages/month, ~600 input tokens (system + page context), ~150 output tokens (concise replies).
| Model | $/month |
|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 8B Instant | $0.01 |
| Gemini 1.5 Flash | $0.02 |
| Mistral Small | $0.05 |
| Mixtral 8x7B | $0.05 |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | $0.12 |
| Llama 3.1 70B (Together) | $0.17 |
| Llama 3.1 70B (Fireworks) | $0.17 |
| FireFunction V2 | $0.17 |
| DeepSeek V3 | $0.23 |
| Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct | $0.23 |
| Mistral Medium | $0.26 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $0.34 |
| Gemini 1.5 Pro | $0.38 |
| Mistral Large | $0.53 |
| GPT-4o | $0.75 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $1.01 |
| GPT-4 Turbo | $2.63 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | $5.06 |
| GPT-4 | $6.75 |
Active sales bot on a moderate-traffic site. ~1,500 messages/month, ~800 input tokens (system + KB context), ~300 output tokens (full replies).
| Model | $/month |
|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 8B Instant | $0.10 |
| Gemini 1.5 Flash | $0.23 |
| Mixtral 8x7B | $0.40 |
| Mistral Small | $0.51 |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | $1.06 |
| Llama 3.1 70B (Together) | $1.45 |
| Llama 3.1 70B (Fireworks) | $1.49 |
| FireFunction V2 | $1.49 |
| Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct | $1.98 |
| DeepSeek V3 | $2.06 |
| Mistral Medium | $2.55 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $3.45 |
| Gemini 1.5 Pro | $3.75 |
| Mistral Large | $5.10 |
| GPT-4o | $7.50 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $10.35 |
| GPT-4 Turbo | $25.50 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | $51.75 |
| GPT-4 | $63.00 |
24/7 support or order-intake bot. ~10,000 messages/month, ~500 input tokens (FAQ-style queries), ~200 output tokens (compact answers).
| Model | $/month |
|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 8B Instant | $0.41 |
| Gemini 1.5 Flash | $0.98 |
| Mixtral 8x7B | $1.68 |
| Mistral Small | $2.20 |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | $4.53 |
| Llama 3.1 70B (Together) | $6.16 |
| Llama 3.1 70B (Fireworks) | $6.30 |
| FireFunction V2 | $6.30 |
| Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct | $8.40 |
| DeepSeek V3 | $8.75 |
| Mistral Medium | $11.00 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $15.00 |
| Gemini 1.5 Pro | $16.25 |
| Mistral Large | $22.00 |
| GPT-4o | $32.50 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $45.00 |
| GPT-4 Turbo | $110.00 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | $225.00 |
| GPT-4 | $270.00 |
Different jobs need different models. Long context for knowledge-heavy bots favors Gemini 1.5 Pro (2M tokens) or Claude Opus 4.7 (1M). Real-time speed favors Groq's LPU hosting. Lowest per-token cost goes to Gemini 1.5 Flash or Llama 3.1 8B on Groq. Best reasoning at moderate cost is typically Claude Sonnet 4.6. Forcing one model on every customer wastes either money or quality. LeadCoAI lets you pick per bot, switch any time, and pay only the provider's published cost via BYOK.
BYOK (bring your own keys) means you put your Anthropic / OpenAI / Google / Mistral / Groq / Together / Fireworks API key into LeadCoAI, and AI calls go through your provider account at the provider's published rate. LeadCoAI takes zero markup. Compare to bundled-AI competitors (typical markup 30%–100% over provider cost). On a production sales chatbot doing 1,500 messages/month on Claude Sonnet 4.6, BYOK saves roughly $X–$Y per month versus bundled-AI alternatives — exact number depends on the competitor's markup, but 30%+ is typical.
For most high-volume FAQ/support workloads, Gemini 1.5 Flash (Google) or Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) are the cheapest production-grade options. Both come in well under $0.50 per million tokens combined input+output. Quality is good enough for direct FAQ-style answers; for multi-turn reasoning we recommend stepping up to Claude Haiku 4.5 or Mistral Small.
Claude Opus 4.7 has the strongest performance on complex multi-turn reasoning and nuanced objection handling, especially when the customer's situation requires holding many constraints in mind. It is also the most expensive — typically 5× the per-token cost of Sonnet 4.6. For most production sales bots, Claude Sonnet 4.6 hits the price/quality sweet spot. Reserve Opus for high-LTV deals or when accuracy is mission-critical.
Because we operationally run all 7 providers on production customer bots, we have real cost-and-quality data, not marketing claims. Providers we don't support (Cohere, AI21, Inflection, etc.) are excluded from this report — we'd rather skip them than guess. If we add a provider in the future, it will be included in the next quarterly refresh.
Quarterly — January, April, July, October. Provider pricing pages are checked, this page's data file is updated, and an IndexNow ping notifies search engines and AI assistants. Major mid-quarter price changes (a provider drops 50%+ overnight) trigger an off-cycle update. Annual rollover (2026 → 2027 edition) preserves the URL via redirect chain so prior citations remain valid.
Pricing is sourced from each provider's published API pricing page on the date of last_data_refresh. Costs are reported as USD per 1,000,000 tokens, separated into input and output. Scenario calculators apply standard token estimates derived from production LeadCoAI customer chats. We exclude tier-discounted enterprise contracts since LeadCoAI customers pay published rates via BYOK.
Refresh cadence: quarterly (January / April / July / October). Off-cycle update if any provider changes pricing >25%. Annual rollover preserves the URL via redirect chain. Last data refresh: May 8, 2026.