How often is the pricing data updated?

The catalog refreshes hourly. Each row in the table shows the exact "last verified" timestamp alongside a link to the provider source it was read from, so you can confirm a price yourself rather than trusting a stale snapshot.

Do I need an account to compare prices?

No. Browsing, filtering, reading the chart, copying share links, and using the ROI calculator are all account-free.

What does "quality tier" mean on the chart and table?

It's a rough capability class — frontier, balanced, or budget — used to group models with similar strengths, not a numeric benchmark score. Use it to avoid comparing a narrow classifier against a frontier reasoning model as if they were substitutes.

Why do some models show no current price?

When a provider changes a rate by more than a review threshold, the new price is held for manual confirmation instead of being published automatically, so a model can briefly show no current price rather than an unverified one.

Is the price shown here what I'll actually be billed?

Treat it as an informational estimate, not an invoice. Provider pricing pages are the source of truth — this table exists to help you compare quickly, not to replace checking directly before you commit spend.

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AI pricing inside the Mindcrew tool network

Compare AI model costs here, or jump to calculators, code formatting, and Markdown conversion across the Mindcrew browser tools.

Compare providers & calculate ROI

Rank AI providers and coding tools by estimated monthly cost, then translate the pick into expected return on investment — both tools live on this one page.

ROI calculator

Compare an AI tool's monthly cost against the labor it replaces. Pick a tracked model to price it from live catalog data, or enter a custom monthly cost for anything not yet tracked.

AI tool

Model

Labor replaced

Hours saved / monthLabor rate ($/hour)One-time setup cost ($)Quality factor (1 = equivalent to human output)

ROI output readout

Pick a model on the left to estimate its monthly cost from live pricing.

ROI method

The calculator values monthly labor saved, adjusts it by the quality factor, subtracts monthly AI cost, then treats setup cost as the one-time investment to recover.

Labor value: hours x rate x quality
Net savings: labor value - AI cost
ROI: net savings / AI cost
Payback: setup cost / net savings

Assumptions to check

Use saved time after human review, retries, and correction work.
Use loaded labor cost if salary, benefits, tax, and overhead matter to the decision.
Put rollout, integration, training, and evaluation effort into setup cost.
Lower the quality factor when output needs more checking or cannot replace the whole task.

Sensitivity checks

Run a conservative, expected, and optimistic case before using the result in a business case. The inputs that usually move ROI most are hours saved, review burden, and the quality factor. If a small change makes net savings negative, treat the result as a pilot hypothesis rather than a purchasing case.

ROI calculator FAQ

What does the quality factor mean?

It discounts saved labor when AI output is not fully equivalent to human work. A factor of 0.7 means you count 70% of the estimated saved hours.

Should implementation cost be monthly or one-time?

Use setup cost for one-time rollout effort. Keep recurring subscription, API, or operations spend in monthly AI cost.

Why can ROI be positive but payback still look slow?

Monthly ROI compares recurring savings against recurring cost. Payback also has to recover setup cost, so large rollout effort can delay break-even.

How often is catalog cost data updated?

Catalog-mode cost uses the current AICostCompass pricing data for the selected model and workload. Check the model detail page for provider sources and update notes.

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