I compared AI costs across 22 models — here's what surprised me
A developer analyzed the costs of 22 AI models from 8 providers for specific prompts, revealing significant price discrepancies. The analysis found a 40x cost difference for a customer support classification task and highlighted that GPT-4o mini is no longer the cheapest option, being outpriced by models like DeepSeek V3 and Gemini 1.5 Flash. The study also noted that advanced reasoning models can be prohibitively expensive for simple tasks, with one instance showing an 890x difference for JSON extraction. AI