Pricing Index

A comprehensive index of today's usage-based pricing models, features, and capabilities from leading AI providers

Perplexity Search API and Sonar

AI-powered search API platform combining real-time web search with large language models for structured, cited responses
  • Chatbot
  • API
<ul><li><strong>Pricing Model:</strong> Usage-based</li><li><strong>Packaging Model:</strong> À la carte</li><li><strong>Credit Model:</strong> Prepaid credits</li></ul>

Perplexity AI

AI-powered research and question-answering platform that combines real-time web search with advanced language models
  • Chatbot
  • API
<ul><li><strong>Pricing Model:</strong> Hybrid | Seat-based, with usage cap</li><li><strong>Packaging Model:</strong> Good / Better / Best (GBB)</li><li><strong>Credit Model:</strong> Not used</li></ul>

OpenAI API

OpenAI's developer platform providing programmatic access to GPT, o-series reasoning models, and multimodal AI capabilities
  • Enterprise LLM
<ul><li><strong>Pricing Model:</strong> Usage-based pricing</li><li><strong>Packaging Model:</strong> À la carte</li><li><strong>Credit Model:</strong> Prepaid credits</li></ul>

Open AI - ChatGPT

OpenAI's flagship conversational AI platform with multimodal capabilities and tiered subscription pricing
  • Chatbot
<ul><li><strong>Pricing Model:</strong> Hybrid | Subscription with overage</li><li><strong>Packaging Model:</strong> Freemium, Flexible Tiered Subscription</li><li><strong>Select Plans:</strong> Not used</li></ul>

Lovable

AI-powered web development platform enabling full-stack application building through natural language conversations
  • Developer Tool
  • API
<ul><li><strong>Pricing Model:</strong> Hybrid | Subscription with recurring credits</li><li><strong>Packaging Model:</strong> Good / Better / Best (GBB)</li><li><strong>Credit Model:</strong> Fixed credit pool with recurring daily allocation</li></ul>

JanitorAI

AI character chatbot platform with flexible proxy architecture and multi-provider integrations
  • Image / Video Generation
  • API
<ul><li><strong>Pricing Model:</strong> Freemium</li><li><strong>Packaging Model:</strong> Freemium + paid tiers </li><li><strong>Credit Model:</strong> Not used directly. Third-party integrations (DeepSeek API, OpenRouter) may use their own credit systems independently</li></ul>

DeepSeek

Cost-effective AI reasoning models with cache-optimized pricing
  • Enterprise LLM
<ul><li><strong>Pricing Model:</strong> Usage-based</li><li><strong>Packaging Model:</strong> À la carte</li><li><strong>Credit Model:</strong> Prepaid credits</li></ul>

Cohere

Language Models & Embeddings for enterprise applications
  • Enterprise LLM
<ul><li><strong>Pricing Model:</strong> Usage-based</li><li><strong>Packaging Model:</strong> Good / Better / Best</li><li><strong>Credit Model:</strong> Not used</li></ul>

Claude API

Anthropic's enterprise-grade language model API with token-based billing and constitutional AI training
  • Enterprise LLM
<ul><li><strong>Pricing Model:</strong> Usage-based</li><li><strong>Packaging Model:</strong> À la carte model selection</li><li><strong>Credit Model:</strong> Prepaid credits</li></ul>

Anthropic - Claude AI

Anthropic's conversational AI platform with project organization, team collaboration, and constitutional AI safety features
  • Chatbot
<ul><li><strong>Pricing Model:</strong> Hybrid | Seat-based, with usage cap</li><li><strong>Packaging Model:</strong> Freemium, Good / Better / Best (GBB)</li><li><strong>Credit Model:</strong> Overage paygo credits</li></ul>