Token Cost Estimator

AI services often count text using tokens. More tokens usually means more cost.

This is a simple learning estimator, not exact pricing for any real AI provider.

Interactive Playground

📥 Prompt (Input)

📤 AI Response (Output)

Token Mode

Input cost / 1K tokens ($)

Output cost / 1K tokens ($)

Statistics

Input Tokens

Output Tokens

Total Tokens

$0.00000

Input Cost

$0.00000

Output Cost

$0.00000

Total Cost

Cost Formula

            Cost = (input tokens × input rate)
+ (output tokens × output rate)
          

Example (GPT-4o mini)

📥 100 input tokens × $0.15 / 1M = $0.000015

📤 50 output tokens × $0.60 / 1M = $0.000030

💰 Total $0.000045

💡 Output tokens are always more expensive than input tokens, AI generating text costs more than reading it.

Token Breakdown & Cost

Input Tokens 0 tokens

Prompt tokens appear here…

Output Tokens 0 tokens

Response tokens appear here…

Input Cost $0.00000

Output Cost $0.00000

Total Estimated Cost

$0.00000

for this prompt + response pair

🎓 Beginner Tips 2 tips

Output tokens are always more expensive, generating text takes more compute than reading it.

Shorten your system prompt, it's sent with every request. A 500-token system prompt × 1000 calls = 500,000 extra tokens billed.

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Key Takeaway

Longer prompts and longer responses use more tokens, which can increase the cost of using AI services.