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Grok Imagine Image 2.0 API Pricing: 1K vs 2K, Costs & Savings

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 API Pricing: 1K vs 2K, Costs & Savings

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 API costs $0.04–$0.08 per image. Compare 1K vs 2K, quality tiers, editing fees, and 30% LinkModel savings.

Fiona Thorne
Gemini 4 Argon API Pricing: Token Costs, Cache & 25% Savings

Gemini 4 Argon API Pricing: Token Costs, Cache & 25% Savings

Gemini 4 Argon API pricing explained: thinking costs, caching and December rates. LinkModel token rates are 25% below Google's current Standard prices.

Fiona Thorne
Claude Sonnet 5.5 API Pricing: Input, Output, Cache & Real Costs

Claude Sonnet 5.5 API Pricing: Input, Output, Cache & Real Costs

Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs $2/M input and $10/M output. Compare cache fees, real cost examples, and LinkModel's 15% lower published rates.

Fiona Thorne
GPT-6.1 Sol API Pricing: Input, Output, Cache & Hidden Costs

GPT-6.1 Sol API Pricing: Input, Output, Cache & Hidden Costs

Understand GPT-6.1 Sol API pricing, cache writes, and the 272K cost jump. Compare OpenAI Standard with LinkModel’s 25% lower token rates.

Fiona Thorne
Nano Banana 2.1 API Pricing: Cost per Image at 1K, 2K & 4K

Nano Banana 2.1 API Pricing: Cost per Image at 1K, 2K & 4K

Compare Nano Banana 2.1 API pricing at 1K, 2K and 4K using Google’s published rates, Batch costs, extra charges and approved-image budgets.

Fiona Thorne
Claude Haiku 5.5 API Pricing: Input, Output, Cache & Batch Costs

Claude Haiku 5.5 API Pricing: Input, Output, Cache & Batch Costs

Why can cheap Haiku tokens produce a costly bill? Compare Claude Haiku 5.5 API pricing, the 100K price jump, cache savings, Batch rates, and worked cost examples.

Fiona Thorne
Claude Opus 5.5 API Pricing: Why 20% Lower Rates Can Mean ~40% Lower Cost

Claude Opus 5.5 API Pricing: Why 20% Lower Rates Can Mean ~40% Lower Cost

Claude Opus 5.5 API pricing is $4/M input and $20/M output. Compare cache, Batch and Fast pricing, and see why Anthropic reports ~40% lower typical workload cost despite 20% lower token rates.

Claire Lowe
GPT-6 Sol API Pricing: Why $2/M Isn’t Your Real Cost

GPT-6 Sol API Pricing: Why $2/M Isn’t Your Real Cost

GPT-6 Sol API pricing starts at $2/M input and $10/M output. See how the 272K full-request repricing rule, caching, and processing modes change real cost.

Claire Lowe
GPT-6 Luna API Pricing: Why 2K More Tokens Can Cost 87.6% More

GPT-6 Luna API Pricing: Why 2K More Tokens Can Cost 87.6% More

GPT-6 Luna API pricing starts at $0.10/M input and $0.50/M output, but crossing 272K can raise one request’s cost by 87.6%. See cache, tiers and real task cost.

Claire Lowe
GPT-6 Astra API Pricing: The 272K Cost Cliff You Need to Know

GPT-6 Astra API Pricing: The 272K Cost Cliff You Need to Know

GPT-6 Astra costs 2.5× more than Sol—but is it worth it? See the 272K long-context cost cliff, caching savings, agent costs, and how to cut API spend.

claire-lowe
GPT-6 API Pricing: Is Astra Really Worth 2.5× More Than Sol?

GPT-6 API Pricing: Is Astra Really Worth 2.5× More Than Sol?

GPT-6 API pricing starts at $10/M input and $50/M output. See the 272K cost cliff, Batch/Flex savings, Astra vs Sol, and what a real task can cost.

claire-lowe