#llm-pricing

Grok 4.5 landed at $2 per million input tokens the same week GPT-5.6 shipped at $5. Capability keeps climbing while price falls off a cliff. If your business is selling raw model access, that is the worst possible combination.

OpenAI shipped three models on July 9 at $5, $2.50, and $1 per million input tokens. The prices are a clean scalar, which means the only question that matters is whether the top tier earns its 5x. For most of your traffic, it doesn't.