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Token Cost DecoderWhat are AI tokens?
Token Cost Decoder
What are AI tokens?
Tokens are the pieces of text an AI model reads and writes. Choose ChatGPT/OpenAI or Claude to see pricing rules, model options, and what 1M tokens actually means for that provider.
100 tokens≈ 75 words
1,000 tokens≈ 750 words
10,000 tokens≈ 7,500 words
100,000 tokens≈ 75,000 words
1,000,000 tokens≈ 750,000 words
What surprises people?
- Conversation history becomes input tokens every time it is sent again.
- System prompts cost money on every request unless caching applies.
- Uploaded files and retrieved search results can add a lot of context tokens.
- Output tokens often cost more than input tokens.
- Web search, file search, images, audio, and code/tool sessions may add separate charges.
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AI Model Cost & Capability Library
Choose ChatGPT/OpenAI or Claude. Pricing is seeded from public provider pages and can be edited by the site admin when rates change.