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The Model Desk

The Model Desk

15 models

Current frontier and open-weight models, side by side. Prices are official list prices in USD per million tokens unless marked with an asterisk. Last updated October 23, 2026. Tick up to three models to compare them side by side.

Organization Context License
Deepseek Oct 17, 2026 n/a n/an/a Open weights
Black Forest Labs Oct 15, 2026 n/a n/an/a Open weights
Meta Oct 15, 2026 1M* n/an/a Open weights
OpenAI Sep 3, 2026 n/a $10$50 Proprietary
OpenAI Oct 2026 n/a $2$10 Proprietary
Anthropic 2026 1M* $10$50 Proprietary
Anthropic Sep 22, 2026 n/a $4$20 Proprietary
Anthropic 2026 n/a $2*$10* Proprietary
Google Oct 13, 2026 1M out $2$10 Proprietary
Meta Oct 12, 2026 n/a $4$20 Proprietary
Meta Oct 12, 2026 n/a n/an/a Proprietary
SpaceXAI Jul 8, 2026 n/a $2*$6* Proprietary
DeepSeek Sep 2026 n/a n/an/a Open weights
Alibaba Aug 2026 n/a n/an/a Open weights
Moonshot AI Sep 2026 n/a n/an/a Open weights

n/a means not disclosed at press time. An asterisk (*) marks figures reported by launch coverage or aggregators rather than an official page. Cache pricing, batch tiers and volume discounts are omitted. See methodology.

Model

Organization
Released
Context
Input $/1M
Output $/1M
License

Side by side

Prices are official list prices per million tokens unless marked with an asterisk; n/a means not disclosed at press time. Bars scale to the highest price among the selected models.