{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "title": "AI API pricing baseline — 2026-08-22",
  "currency": "USD",
  "unit": "per_1m_tokens",
  "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-08-22",
  "ownerApprovedAt": "2026-08-22T22:29:27+08:00",
  "ownerApprovedBy": "xiaofengzhang",
  "publicationStatus": "article_approved",
  "articleApprovedAt": "2026-08-22T22:39:23+08:00",
  "articleApprovedBy": "xiaofengzhang",
  "scenario": {
    "requests": 1000,
    "freshInputTokensPerRequest": 2000,
    "cachedInputTokensPerRequest": 1000,
    "outputTokensPerRequest": 500,
    "formula": "((requests * freshInputTokensPerRequest * inputPrice) + (requests * cachedInputTokensPerRequest * cachedInputPrice) + (requests * outputTokensPerRequest * outputPrice)) / 1000000"
  },
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    { "id": "gpt-5-6-terra", "provider": "OpenAI", "name": "GPT-5.6 Terra", "inputPrice": 2.5, "cachedInputPrice": 0.25, "outputPrice": 15, "scenarioCost": 12.75, "rateBasis": "Standard short-context direct API", "sourceUrl": "https://platform.openai.com/pricing" },
    { "id": "gpt-5-6-luna", "provider": "OpenAI", "name": "GPT-5.6 Luna", "inputPrice": 1, "cachedInputPrice": 0.1, "outputPrice": 6, "scenarioCost": 5.1, "rateBasis": "Standard short-context direct API", "sourceUrl": "https://platform.openai.com/pricing" },
    { "id": "claude-opus-5", "provider": "Anthropic", "name": "Claude Opus 5", "inputPrice": 5, "cachedInputPrice": 0.5, "outputPrice": 25, "scenarioCost": 23, "rateBasis": "Base input cache hit output", "sourceUrl": "https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing" },
    { "id": "claude-sonnet-5", "provider": "Anthropic", "name": "Claude Sonnet 5", "inputPrice": 2, "cachedInputPrice": 0.2, "outputPrice": 10, "scenarioCost": 9.2, "rateBasis": "Base input cache hit output", "sourceUrl": "https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing" },
    { "id": "claude-haiku-4-5", "provider": "Anthropic", "name": "Claude Haiku 4.5", "inputPrice": 1, "cachedInputPrice": 0.1, "outputPrice": 5, "scenarioCost": 4.6, "rateBasis": "Base input cache hit output", "sourceUrl": "https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing" },
    { "id": "gemini-3-7-flash", "provider": "Google", "name": "Gemini 3.7 Flash", "inputPrice": 0.75, "cachedInputPrice": 0.075, "outputPrice": 3.75, "scenarioCost": 3.45, "rateBasis": "Paid Standard promotional through 2026-12-31", "sourceUrl": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing?hl=en" },
    { "id": "gemini-3-5-flash", "provider": "Google", "name": "Gemini 3.5 Flash", "inputPrice": 1.5, "cachedInputPrice": 0.15, "outputPrice": 9, "scenarioCost": 7.65, "rateBasis": "Paid Standard", "sourceUrl": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing?hl=en" },
    { "id": "gemini-3-5-flash-lite", "provider": "Google", "name": "Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite", "inputPrice": 0.3, "cachedInputPrice": 0.03, "outputPrice": 2.5, "scenarioCost": 1.88, "rateBasis": "Paid Standard", "sourceUrl": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing?hl=en" },
    { "id": "deepseek-v4-flash", "provider": "DeepSeek", "name": "DeepSeek V4 Flash", "inputPrice": 0.44, "cachedInputPrice": 0.014, "outputPrice": 1.32, "scenarioCost": 1.554, "rateBasis": "Peak conservative default", "sourceUrl": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/" },
    { "id": "deepseek-v4-pro", "provider": "DeepSeek", "name": "DeepSeek V4 Pro", "inputPrice": 1.32, "cachedInputPrice": 0.044, "outputPrice": 3.96, "scenarioCost": 4.664, "rateBasis": "Peak conservative default", "sourceUrl": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/" }
  ]
}